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her 1,000th-career point on a Key Stretch three-pointer only 19 seconds Northwestern made into the game. two runs during the secBut her evening was far ond half, the second getfrom over: The junior guard ting the margin to only scored 26 to help Purdue build two with 28 seconds a big lead, then hold off a surgleft after center Danniing Northwestern team in the elle Diamant hit a threefinal minutes. pointer. Purdue looked like it might But Purdue hit all six put the Wildcats away easily, of its free throws down leading by 19 points with less the stretch to keep the than 13 minutes remaining. Wildcats from getting But Northwestern was within any closer. two points with 28 seconds Key Stat left, and seemed to have the Purdue won on the momentum, yet Purdue held boards 42-31, getting 17 on for the win. second-chance points. "It's a double-edged sword," Mingo and Manuel were said Sam Ostarello, who had a solid on the interior, scordouble-double with 10 points ing 10 and 16 points, reTom Campbell and 16 boards. "Obviously, Taylor Manuel came off the bench against Northwestern to tie spectively. we've played games that have her career-high with 16 points. Takeaways been close and we've had to the quad in the second half and S To give itself a chance in the pull it out in the end. We have was forced to leave briefly, fin- Big Ten race, Purdue needed to at that experience, but we don't ished 8 of 13 from the field, in- least split its road games at Iowa need those games any more." cluding 4 of 6 from three-point and Michigan State. The BoilerKey Player range. She did so despite having makers were able to do so by upMoses started off strong, hitfelt ill in the days leading up to ending the Spartans in overtime. ting consecutive three-pointers the game. Now, assuming Purdue can as she scored Purdue's first eight "She was extremely dehy- get by struggling Indiana, it points, and she never really drated with the flu," Versyp said. would set up a showdown at cooled off. "… Courtney is one of the fierc- Penn State on Feb. 4 in the teams' Another jumper later in est competitors I've ever been only meeting of the season. If the the first helped Purdue build a around as a coach. She's going to Boilermakers want to compete 15-point lead. bring it every second and knows for a Big Ten crown, one would Moses, who took a knee to how to take care of herself." think they'd need a win in Happy Valley. S Purdue's been able to battle through a string of illness that has affected five players over the last few weeks. Somewhat luckily, those illnesses have been staggered, leaving only one player less than 100-percent at a time. Ostarello was the latest, trying to fight through a bug vs. Michigan State. S Purdue probably needs another post player to step up, joining the rotation of Mingo, Ostarello and Manuel. When one is in foul trouble — or sick as Ostarello was vs. MSU — it's put a heap of pressure on the remaining two. If Versyp could get Liza Clemons or Camille Redmon to give a handful of solid minutes, it'd be a huge help to the Boilers. j ... all the fun ... all the food ... all the comfort ... all the services GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 19 • 20