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Boilers play the Hoosiers tonight in Bloomington. This game makes me a little nervous. On paper, Purdue should win without tons of trouble. But, IU has had a way of making Purdue play pretty ugly in B'ton the last few season. While I don't consider IU a big rival for Purdue in WCBB -- that is much more Penn State and Notre Dame -- IU pretty much considers Purdue coming to town to be their NC game.
Cindi Valentine and Jenny Demuth are as good of a duo in the league, outside of of Michigan State. Purdue is coming off the biggest win in two seasons, and the team has been inconsistent this year. IU is better than they have been in years. Sharon Versyp would love to beat her own team.
I expect a 10-15 point win, but I am not totally confident. I wouldn't be shocked for us to leave B'ton with a loss either.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 4:57 pm ::: |
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The Hoosiers are on a bit of a roll -- defensively. If Purdue breaks 65, expect a win. If they can't hit 60, IU played their game and has a good chance of taking Purdue (or most anyone for that matter) down.
Keys of the game:
-- Rebounding. IU is weak in the post, and while Purdue isn't a world-beater down low, they certainly have more talent down low. Angela Hawkins will go to work, and play strong defense. If she can pick up some points in the paint, IU will be in great shape.
-- IU's Offense. Cyndi Valentin has to get herself to the line. It is IU's most efficient way to score. She just doesn't miss. She just has to stay aggressive offensively. She's not very big though, so someone like KG can really push her around. After DeMuth's ACL, Valentin picked up the slack and really became the offensive leader for this team in both scoring and distributing. DeMuth stepping up and being a consistent option the whole game will be huge in opening up the court for Valentin.
Mizzou took down Baylor last night.
I'm looking for IU to pull the upset off today.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 5:02 pm ::: |
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| Alepp03 wrote: |
The Hoosiers are on a bit of a roll -- defensively. If Purdue breaks 65, expect a win. If they can't hit 60, IU played their game and has a good chance of taking Purdue (or most anyone for that matter) down.
Keys of the game:
-- Rebounding. IU is weak in the post, and while Purdue isn't a world-beater down low, they certainly have more talent down low. Angela Hawkins will go to work, and play strong defense. If she can pick up some points in the paint, IU will be in great shape.
-- IU's Offense. Cyndi Valentin has to get herself to the line. It is IU's most efficient way to score. She just doesn't miss. She just has to stay aggressive offensively. She's not very big though, so someone like KG can really push her around. After DeMuth's ACL, Valentin picked up the slack and really became the offensive leader for this team in both scoring and distributing. DeMuth stepping up and being a consistent option the whole game will be huge in opening up the court for Valentin.
Mizzou took down Baylor last night.
I'm looking for IU to pull the upset off today. |
I expect Purdue to lay an egg against a team that we should beat. We seem to do it every year. This one seems like as much of a chance for it as any on the schedule.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 5:30 pm ::: |
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Last year I went to the game against Purdue in Bloomington expecting to see Purdue slaughter us. We were very bad last year. Purdue couldn't hit a shot to save their grandmothers. Neither could IU, but that was pretty much standard operating procedure.
This year should be a better game as both teams are better. IU's defense is even better than last year and they are more capable offensively.
GO IU!
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| Posted: 01/05/06 8:44 pm ::: |
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Sharika Webb doing everything she can to throw the game away in the last seconds. Just caused two turnovers in the last minute.
Jenny Demuth misses two free throws with 30 seconds left.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 8:48 pm ::: |
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Make that 3 turnovers by Webb in the final minute.
Overtime. Take Webb out.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 8:52 pm ::: |
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thanks to Lindsay for that block!!
Geeze, I knew they were gonna play Purdue hard, wish this was on TV!
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:02 pm ::: |
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Gearlds misses her fourth free throw of the season.
Up one point with 39 seconds left.
Sounds very, very ugly.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:04 pm ::: |
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LWH puts us up by 3 with 13 seconds.
IU travels.
That should be the game with 10 seconds left.
Anyone know what happened to Erin Lawless's ankle? She hurt it and has been out at least overtime and part of the second half.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:06 pm ::: |
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THey never really said what happened. All I heard was she went down I think on a rebound attempt...perhaps she came down on someone's foot?!? They said she had tears in her eyes...I just hope it's nothing that will keep her out for an extended period of time.
Wow...Wisdom-Hylton has come up BIG in this game!!!! BIG!!!
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:06 pm ::: |
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Purdue wins 61-56. Alone in 1st place in the B11.
Surprisingly, this is the first time Purdue has been 3-0 in the B11 since 2001.
Won 33 of the last 37 against IU.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:12 pm ::: |
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Purdue wins 61-56. Alone in 1st place in the B11.
Surprisingly, this is the first time Purdue has been 3-0 in the B11 since 2001.
Won 33 of the last 37 against IU. |
Damn did the women need to win this game. Two more road games in a row coming up, esp the one against MN. Lose this game and the road would have been much much tougher.
I still am disappointed in our bench play. Players like Bogs need to really step it up.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:17 pm ::: |
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| I still am disappointed in our bench play. Players like Bogs need to really step it up. |
Agreed!! This was too close for comfort. Natasha definitely needs to step it up, stop looking like that outta control freshman from last year!!!
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:18 pm ::: |
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| I still am disappointed in our bench play. Players like Bogs need to really step it up. |
Agreed!! This was too close for comfort. Natasha definitely needs to step it up, stop looking like that outta control freshman from last year!!! |
I'm not necessarily suprrised at the score....even with Bennett IU played Purdue very tough down in B-ton, but our bench needs to really kick it up in Big Ten play.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:19 pm ::: |
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| PUmatty wrote: |
Purdue wins 61-56. Alone in 1st place in the B11.
Surprisingly, this is the first time Purdue has been 3-0 in the B11 since 2001.
Won 33 of the last 37 against IU. |
Damn did the women need to win this game. Two more road games in a row coming up, esp the one against MN. Lose this game and the road would have been much much tougher.
I still am disappointed in our bench play. Players like Bogs need to really step it up. |
Me too. Bogs looked like she was improved at the beginning of the season, not she has faded away. I also don't know what is going on with Cherelle George. Had been expecting more from her.
Curry sounds very disappointed in the team in the post-game interview. "Frankly, I didn't think we played very well." Giving Indiana lots of credit, and taking Purdue to task.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:20 pm ::: |
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| IU isn't going to win many games with Valentin shooting that poorly. Still, it was pretty much like I said, IU kept the score low and had a shot to win. Versyp will demand that this game goes our way next time. Good win Purdue, good effort IU.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:22 pm ::: |
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Just heard the stat of the game: IU went 3-12 from the line in the second half. This from a team that was ninth in the NCAA coming into the game in free throws.
Lawless with a severely sprained ankle.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:25 pm ::: |
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| PUmatty wrote: |
Purdue wins 61-56. Alone in 1st place in the B11.
Surprisingly, this is the first time Purdue has been 3-0 in the B11 since 2001.
Won 33 of the last 37 against IU. |
Damn did the women need to win this game. Two more road games in a row coming up, esp the one against MN. Lose this game and the road would have been much much tougher.
I still am disappointed in our bench play. Players like Bogs need to really step it up. |
Me too. Bogs looked like she was improved at the beginning of the season, not she has faded away. I also don't know what is going on with Cherelle George. Had been expecting more from her.
Curry sounds very disappointed in the team in the post-game interview. "Frankly, I didn't think we played very well." Giving Indiana lots of credit, and taking Purdue to task. |
I don't have a problem with Kristy taking them to task, and hopefully she's really railing the bench, because they aren't contributing like they should.
As for George, I think she's struggling a) because it's the PG spot and it's the most difficult and b) because it's Big Ten play and she is going against some seasoned players. She'll step into her own, just as Aya is doing.
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| Posted: 01/05/06 9:40 pm ::: |
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Purdue wins 61-56. Alone in 1st place in the B11.
Surprisingly, this is the first time Purdue has been 3-0 in the B11 since 2001.
Won 33 of the last 37 against IU. |
Congrats to Purdue and their 3rd straight win!
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Purdue wins 61-56. Alone in 1st place in the B11.
Surprisingly, this is the first time Purdue has been 3-0 in the B11 since 2001.
Won 33 of the last 37 against IU. |
Congrats to Purdue and their 3rd straight win! |
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| Posted: 01/05/06 10:08 pm ::: |
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| I just want Versyp to bring a scorer in at some point. I am fine with defense being the bread and butter. I know a lot of people don't like that style, but I say whatever works. But at some point, she needs to find someone who can drop 20 consistently.
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