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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: NEWS AND NOTES Double vertime Purdue wins opener KCharters@GoldandBlack.com BY KYLE CHARTERS The following is a look at Purdue's game last week. The Boilermakers opened up their regu- lar season in resounding fashion, at least for all but the first four minutes against the Spartans. After going scoreless to start the NOV. 10 • MACKEY ARENA NO. 21 PURDUE 82, USC UPSTATE 47 ratic again, so we'll have to continue to work on that, yp said after the 35-point victory. "I thought the second half we settled in, played some tough de- fense and did a variety of things. But when you play as many players as we played, you're going to have people going in out and maybe not have as much rhythm. Overall, I thought we did a pretty decent job. " Coach Sharon Vers- at least 10 minutes, and none put in more than KK Houser's 26, as Versyp rotated the lineups early and often against the over- matched opponent. Key Player Houser was outstanding for the Boil- Eleven of Purdue's 12 players recorded " KK Houser came up big in Purdue's season-opening win, with 17 points and five assists. Tom Campbell game, Purdue came out of its freeze to run over the visitors. "We started off er- in Fort Wayne in its opener Sunday. Game 2 is Thursday night at Illinois-Chicago. ... Center Raven Berry was named to the All-Mid Ma- jor team by CollegeSportsMadness.com. She had 23 points and 16 boards in Sunday's win. ... Edwardsville is picked to finish third in the Western Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. ... Paula Buscher is in her first season as head coach. ... This game was scheduled as a return trip for Purdue, after SIUE agreed to play in West Lafayette as the Boilers sought make-up games following their cancelled trip to Cancun in the wake of Drey Mingo's illness in 2010-11. the Boilers didn't score in the first four-plus minutes, making it to the media timeout down 2-0. But a 22-8 run over a seven- Key Stretch Purdue's start was dreadful; minute span of the second saw the Boilers go from a three-point deficit to a nine-point edge. And they were never challenged. During the stretch, Purdue ermakers, scoring points — she had 17, in- cluding a career-high tying four three-point- ers — running the offense, with five assists, and playing defense; she had three steals. She had only two turnovers. Opponent: SIU-Edwardsville Location: Vadalabene Center When: 8 p.m. ET Saturday Notables: The Cougars are 1-0, having beaten IPFW FLASH FORWARD Date substitutions where players are used to playing with each other and they were able to do some good things, shared the ball and we were able to get it inside to Drey. And when you score, your de- fense always picks up. " Versyp said. "They " 2012-13 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Nov. 4 Game Nov. 10 USC UPSTATE Nov. 17 at SIU-Edwardsville Nov. 19 BOWLING GREEN Nov. 22 vs. Marist^ Nov. 23 vs. Wake Forest^ Nov. 24 vs. Connecticut^ Nov. 28 GEORGIA TECH* Dec. 2 Dec. 6 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 at Oakland Dec. 21 at Illinois Jan. 24 NORTHWESTERN Jan. 27 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Jan. 14 OHIO STATE Jan. 17 MINNESOTA Jan. 20 at Nebraska at Iowa at Michigan State INDIANA Feb. 10 MICHIGAN Feb. 14 often found Drey Mingo inside, and the sixth-year senior finished with 15 points and six rebounds in 23 minutes. "Around that eight-, nine- minute mark, we made some Feb. 17 IOWA Feb. 20 Feb. 24 at Penn State at Wisconsin at Indiana Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE March 3 ILLINOIS March 7-10 at Minnesota Dec. 29 at Notre Dame Jan. 2 Jan. 5 LINDSEY WILSON (exh.) W, 89-33 — 7 p.m. Time/Result TV CENTRAL MICHIGAN at IPFW at Tennessee-Martin IUPUI 8 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. BTN 8:15 p.m. — 6 p.m. — 8:15 p.m. — 7 p.m. 1:30/4 p.m. BTN 7 p.m. — 3 p.m. — 3 p.m. — Noon 2 p.m. — 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 6:30/7:30 p.m. BTN 7 p.m. 4 p.m. CBS 8:30 p.m. BTN 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. BTN 7 p.m. Noon 8 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. TBA TBA BTN (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) ^ Paradise Jam (University of Virgin Islands) * ACC/Big Ten Challenge BTDN BTN ESPN2 ESPN2 BTDN ESPN2 BTDN ESPN2 Big Ten Tournament BTN/BTN.com BTN/BTN.com PurdueSports.com BTDN BTDN BTDN GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 11 • 40