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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 W ith nearly a dozen inches of snow falling on West Lafayette Sunday, and wind chills dipping to 40-below zero on Monday, officials postponed Purdue's home game with Indiana. It had been scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday; no makeup date has been announced. AP Top 25 The cancel(Jan. 6) ation came on Sat- 1. Connecticut (36) 2. Notre Dame urday night, when 3. Duke a d m i n i s t r a t o r s 4. Stanford 5. Louisville determined that 6. Maryland weather condi- 7. Baylor 8. Tennessee tions would force 9. Kentucky them to make an 10. South Carolina 11. Iowa State early decision. 12. LSU "It's mainly a 13. North Carolina 14. Penn State safety issue," Coach 15. Oklahoma State Sharon Versyp said 16. Nebraska 17. Colorado Saturday, several 18. Florida State hours before the 19. California 20. N.C. State announcement. "It 21. PURDUE just doesn't affect 22. Indiana 23. Arizona State 24. San Diego 25. Georgia teams, it affects workers, (fans), others." Rescheduling the game will be difficult, with each team having a bye during different weeks of the Big Ten season. But the programs will find a way to squeeze it in; the game is the only regularseason matchup between the two rivals this season. "We'd have to (reschedule), I think," Versyp said. USA Today Top 25 "That's not my de(Dec. 30) cision. It'd have to 1. Connecticut (32) be the Big Ten, ad2. Notre Dame 3. Duke ministrators and 4. Stanford trying to figure 5. Tennessee 6. Kentucky out when they can 7. Louisville put that game in. 8. Maryland 9. Baylor It'll be difficult be10. Iowa State cause the (sched11. North Carolina 12. South Carolina ule) is pretty tight. 13. Oklahoma State "But we've 14. Colorado 15. Nebraska got to do what 16. LSU we've got to do. 17. Penn State 18. Georgia As we say, it's 19. PURDUE about life, it's not 20. Florida State 21. California about the game 22. Oklahoma of basketball." 23. Iowa 24. Syracuse 25. Arizona State Tom Campbell Purdue needs more big defensive plays like this, when April Wilson stole the ball away against Central Michigan. NEED BETTER DEFENSE KK Houser has a harsh assessment of the Boilermakers' recent defensive efforts. In back-to-back games, Purdue has given up a combined 186 points, including 89 in an 11-point loss at Ohio State in the Big Ten opener Thursday. "We're very lazy on defense right now," Houser said. "… We're not keeping (opponents) out of the middle, hands aren't up on shooters and we're helping off of shooters. We're very lazy." The numbers aren't pretty. The Boilermakers rank secondto-last in the Big Ten in points given up, allowing 69.8 points per game, and last in field goal defense; opponents are making 42.7 percent of their shot attempts, including 32.6 percent on three-pointers, the secondworst in the league. "We just haven't been efficient, I wouldn't say lazy," Versyp said. "Footwork, positioning, we need to be more aware of, understanding that when you force people to the sideline (rather than the middle), it takes away options. L, 69-86 W, 75-68 ACC/Big Ten Challenge Dec. 5 at No. 2 Duke WEATHER DELAYS INDIANA GAME Time/Result W, 102-33 W, 63-57 W, 75-56 W, 81-79 W, 76-46 L, 78-99 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 W, 91-70 W, 71-68 W, 49-45 W, 57-48 W, 109-97 L, 78-89 Postponed 8 p.m. 3 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 2 p.m. 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 (ESPN) 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 "It's just being efficient enough and tuning in on the details; it's the mental part right now. Physically, we're capable of doing anything." And Purdue has shown the capability of playing solid defense as well. In back-to-back games in mid-December, the Boilermakers allowed less than 50 points. But those preceded GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 24, EXPRESS 15 • 15