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w om en's ba sketba ll: ne ws a nd note s Double got revenge on a buzzer-beater in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. "That would be my message to motivate," Coach Sharon Versyp said of the Lions' 68-66 loss to Purdue. "And they're going to be coming off of a loss. When you lose, you come back and are wired tight. They're going to get after it, so we have to be ready." Although Purdue has won 12 of the last 15 in the series, and five in a row at the Bryce-Jordan Center, the eighthranked Nittany Lions present quite the chalTom Campbell lenge. Led by junior MagCourtney Moses, who received a game ball honoring her gie Lucas' 19.9 points per 1,000th point scored at Purdue before the IU game, and the game average — Alex Boilers take on Penn State Monday night. Bentley adds 12.9 — PSU scores a Big Ten-best loss," Drey Mingo said. "So we have to make sure we stay poised 73.6 points per game. It's second nationally in three-point percentin a hostile environment." Purdue's rivalry with Penn age, shooting at 39.6 percent. And the Nittany Lions have State has returned to being one of the best in the Big Ten. The interior presence as well, with teams split their meetings last 6-foot-4 center Nikki Greene and season, with the Nittany Lions 6-2 forward Mia Nickson combinwinning in Mackey Arena in the ing to average nearly 17 points regular season, before Purdue and 15 rebounds per game. vertime First Place On Line BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com late either ByPurdueMonday night, in will or Penn State have a jump on the lead the Big Ten, with less than half of the conference season remaining. The teams battle for sole possession of first place in a Big Monday matchup at Penn State. It's somewhat surprising that the they came into the matchup tied, considering Penn State had been undefeated through its first seven games. But, the Nittany Lions suffered a surprising loss Thursday. After beating Wisconsin by 42 at home earlier this season, PSU was upset by the Badgers in the final seconds in Madison. It set up the showdown between Purdue (18-3 overall, 7-1 in the Big Ten) and PSU (17-3, 7-1), with plenty on the line. "I feel like they're always extra charged against us, but I feel like that's going to be an extra kicker, with them coming off a Link pur to 201due's 2-13 season stats Previously, the Lions had half defensive responsibilities on been largely guard-oriented, but Lucas in the win last season, bethey're getting production in- fore Purdue threw several bodies side, too. at her in the second. "She'll knock "They have both," Versyp it down or take it to the hole. Just said. "They can go down low face-guarding and putting a lot with Greene or with Nickson; she hurts 2012-13 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL us quite a bit. They SCHEDULE rotate some big Date Game Time/ResultTV bodies in." Nov. 4 LINDSEY WILSON (exh.) W, 89-33 — In the Big Ten Nov. 10 USC UPSTATE W, 82-47 PurdueSports.com W, 66-51 — Tournament in Nov. 17 at SIU-Edwardsville Nov. 19 BOWLING GREEN W, 59-45 BTN March, Purdue won Nov. 22 vs. Marist^ W, 71-50— with its defense, Nov. 23 vs. Wake Forest^ W, 67-53 — particularly on Lu- Nov. 24 vs. No. 2 Connecticut^ L, 57-91 W, 85-73 BTDN cas. The Boilermak- Nov. 28 GEORGIA TECH* Dec. 2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 87-71 BTN ers face-guarded Dec. 6 at IPFW W, 69-54 — the star, keeping a Dec. 9 at Tennessee-Martin W, 68-60— W, 77-46 — defender directly Dec. 16 at Oakland W, 78-53 BTDN in front of her with Dec. 21 IUPUI Dec. 29 at No. 5 Notre Dame L, 47-74 — little regard for Jan. 2 at Illinois W, 67-66 (OT) BTDN what else was hap- Jan. 5 at No. 25 Nebraska W, 69-66 (OT) CBS W, 82-75 (3OT) BTN pening on the floor. Jan. 14 OHIO STATE W, 75-67 BTDN It worked; Lucas Jan. 17 MINNESOTA Jan. 20 at Iowa L, 46-62 BTN scored only nine on Jan. 24 NORTHWESTERN W, 77-73 BTN 3-of-11 shooting Jan. 27 at No. 25 Michigan State W, 67-62 (OT) ESPN2 W, 59-42 BTN in 40 minutes. She Jan. 31 INDIANA at No. 8 Penn State 7 p.m. ESPN2 had scored 28 in Feb. 4 Feb. 10 MICHIGAN Noon BTN Penn State's win at Feb. 14 at Wisconsin 8 p.m. BTDN Mackey Arena ear- Feb. 17 IOWA 5 p.m. ESPN2 Feb. 20 at Indiana 7 p.m. BTDN lier in the season. Feb. 24 at Minnesota 1 p.m. ESPN2 "You can't let Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE TBA BTN/BTN.com her get even one March 3 ILLINOIS TBA BTN/BTN.com second of being March 7-10 Big Ten Tournament (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) open," said KK Hous- ^ Paradise Jam (University of Virgin Islands) er, who had first- * ACC/Big Ten Challenge GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 20 • 18