FINAL: PU 76, IU 66
HALFTIME: IU 38, PU 35
IU leads Purdue at halftime by 3 points. The Hoosiers are lead by Jori Davis with 12 points, and Jamie Braun with 10 points. Hope Elam and Aulani Sinclair both have 7 points. For the Boilermakers, guard Brittany Rayburn put up 11 points. Rayburn was the only Purdue player to score double digits, but all Purdue players seeing playing time have scored.
Purdue is winning the turnover battle by a large margin, only committing 7 turnovers compared to the Hoosiers 16 turnovers. Purdue's bench is also outscoring IU's bench, 13 to 9. The Hoosiers bench averages 23 points a game. The Hoosiers, however, have out-rebounded the Boilermakers, 22-16, with 18 of those rebounds coming on the defensive end.
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PREGAME:
The Women's basketball team returns to conference play with an away game against instate rival Purdue, the Barnburner trophy game. The Hoosiers have a better record at 8-4, while the Boilermakers are 6-6 on the season. Today will be the 69th game all-time between the two teams. Purdue leads the all-time rivalry 66-44.
The Barnburner trophy was established in the 1993-1994 season. Purdue has been the victor in the majority of the trophy contests, winning 13 of the 16 games. Purdue has also won 10 of the last 11, the Hoosiers getting one of their 3 victories last year at Assembly Hall.
The Hoosiers are ranked high in several Big Ten leader categories, including second in scoring, with 73.6 points per game, and third in three point shooting percentage, hitting 35.9% of their three-point shots. The Hoosiers also ranked fourth in steals, averaging about 9.5 steals a game.
The game will be televised on Big Ten Network
