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2013-14 women's BASKETBALL SCHEDULE women's basketball: news and notes Double vertime DateOpponent Nov. 3 CLARK (exh.) (BTND) Nov. 10 BALL STATE (BTND) Nov. 13 at IUPUI Nov. 17 at Toledo Nov. 22 BELMONT Puerto Vallarta Holiday Tournament Nov. 26 No. 6 Stanford Nov. 28 TCU BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com T he Boilermakers are working to try to keep their frontcourt out of foul trouble. With new emphasis on contact, Purdue continues to try to adjust. But for the Boilermakers, it's been in the interior that they've struggled to get it right at times. Against No. 6 Stanford in MexAP Top 25 ico last week, Liza (Dec. 2) Clemons played 1. Connecticut (36) 2. Duke only 13 minutes 3. Tennessee and Whitney 4. Notre Dame 5. Kentucky Bays only 12 due 6. Stanford to fouls; Camille 7. Louisville 8. Maryland Redmon came off 9. Baylor the bench to pick 10. Penn State 11. Colorado up three fouls in 12. South Carolina about a four-min- 13. LSU 14. Oklahoma State ute stretch. 15. Nebraska "It's actually 16. PURDUE 17. Oklahoma really hard, espe- 18. North Carolina cially at the begin- 19. Georgia 20. Iowa State ning of the game," 21. California said Clemons, who 22. Syracuse 23. Texas A&M 24. Gonzaga 25. Iowa responded to the Stanford foul issues by having 11 points and nine boards, with only one foul, in a win over TCU. "We just have to pretty much let everything go, see how the refs are calling it. We get in trouble in practice a lot now; we can't foul. So we're keeping our hands straight up as best we can. Still playing aggressive, but sometimes we can't get USA Today Top 25 too aggressive." (Dec. 2) Purdue's issue 1. Connecticut (32) might be more 2. Duke 3. Tennessee pronounced due 4. Stanford to its limited bench 5. Notre Dame 6. Kentucky in the frontcourt. 7. Louisville Outside Clemons, 8. Maryland 9. Baylor Bays and Redmon, 10. South Carolina the Boilermakers' 11. Penn State 12. Iowa State other posts stand 13. Nebraska only 6-foot, mak14. LSU 15. Oklahoma ing it imperative 16. North Carolina that they keep 17. Colorado 18. Georgia their top-line play19. Oklahoma State ers available. 20. Texas A&M 21. California "It's happen22. PURDUE ing all over the 23. Syracuse 24. Gonzaga 25. Michigan State Tom Campbell Liza Clemons and Purdue's post players are trying to adjust to the new NCAA rules about contact. It's crucial for the Boilermakers that the bigs stay out of foul trouble with the lack of depth. country," Coach Sharon Versyp said. "If we're not a top-five team, they're going to be in foul trouble. They call it differently for the top-five teams. I watch that on video all the time. … But we're still trying to adjust, and you have to adjust each half. It's not game-to-game but half-to-half, depending on how it's going to be called." Bays says the Boilermakers are working on adjusting during practice. Then, they're not allowed to swat at or block shots. "We're also trying to take advantage of it too, and get other teams in foul trouble," the junior forward said. "So we've been working on shot fakes and L, 69-86 W, 75-68 ACC/Big Ten Challenge Dec. 5 at No. 2 Duke out of trouble Time/Result W, 102-33 W, 63-57 W, 75-56 W, 81-79 W, 76-46 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 15 Jan. 19 Jan. 23 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 20 Feb. 23 March 2 March 6-9 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. Noon 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Noon TBA 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA IPFW at Kansas at Green Bay BOWLING GREEN CENTRAL MICHIGAN at Ohio State INDIANA (BTN) at Northwestern at Penn State (ESPN2) MICHIGAN (BTND) at Nebraska (BTN) NORTHWESTERN (BTN) at Illinois (BTN) PENN STATE (BTN) at Michigan State (BTN) OHIO STATE (BTND) at Michigan (BTN) IOWA (BTND) at Minnesota WISCONSIN (BTN) NEBRASKA (ESPN2) Big Ten Tournament* * Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis a bunch of things, attacking the hole more and being more aggressive. The fouls can benefit us and hurt us too." Great Bench Production Through the first six games of the season, the No. 16 Boilermakers (5-1) are getting huge production from their bench. GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 13 • 15