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The Boilermakers took a double-digit lead eight minutes into the game and never looked back. It reached 29 about midway through the second half. Key Player Ostarello was excellent. Along with her 17 rebounds, she had 10 points and four blocks. And her day came against statistically the best rebounding, by margin, team in the country, as Liberty was out-boarding opponents by 17.5 per game. ���I think I was just really focused on the assignment,��� Ostarello said. ������ They get a lot of their points on second-chance opportunities, which is my defensive rebounds, so I just needed to go in there (thinking) every board was mine and if not, my teammates would clean it up.��� Moses was often the beneficiary of Ostarello���s outlets. She made 8-of-12 shots. Key Stretch Trailing by one five minutes in, Purdue went on an 11-0 spurt to take control, leading 20-10 at the 12:03 mark. Six straight came on the break, with KK Houser first finding Moses for a triple, then Moses hitting a layup after taking a long outlet from Ostarello, followed by Moses scoring a layup off a deep Houser pass. earlier in the year, the Boilermakers tried to make plays that were impossible to execute. S This Purdue team did accomplished one of its primary goals, winning a Big Ten Tournament title, but what is it going to take to make a deeper run into Takeaways the NCAA tourney? S Due to foul For the second season in trouble, Drey Mingo a row, Purdue was beaten by a never got untracked. She picked up two quick ones vs. both Liberty and Louisville in the first halves, the second ones coming on offensive fouls. Especially vs. the Cardinals, Purdue needed her to be able to stay on the floor. She might have had an athletic adTom Campbell vantage against LouForward Sam Ostarello picked up the 12th double-double of isville, one of the few her senior season in her final game, going for 16 points and 12 spots the Boilermakrebounds against Louisville. ers could have en���Every time a shot went up joyed such an edge. for them they had five crashing,��� S Houser needs to play unMoses said, asked about her abilder control. When she started ity to leak out to get behind the turning the ball over, it took the Flames��� defense. ���So I was able to Boilermakers out of sync offenget out and run.��� sively and they never recovered. Key Stat And not just her, but everyPurdue outrebounded Libone: Why force passes that aren���t erty 40-38, only the fourth time there? Too regularly, Tuesday and the Flames had gotten beat on the glass this season. It negated Liberty���s biggest advantage and kept it from getting secondchance points; they had only six. lower-seeded team in the second round, albeit on their home court, denying it a trip into the second weekend. Next season, the Boilermakers will have a ton of experience in the backcourt but plenty of questions on the interior. Is it a team that capable of next year���s Sweet 16? It's a big challenge to be sure. j ... all the fun ... all the food ... all the comfort ... all the services GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 27��� ������ 9