Purdue topples Kansas women

By J-W Staff Reports     Dec 11, 2014

? Whitney Bays scored 19 points to lead four Purdue players in double figures, and the Boilermakers claimed a 61-48 victory over Kansas in women’s college basketball Thursday night at Mackey Arena.

Bridget Perry (13), April Wilson (13) and Ashley Morrisstte (12) all scored in double figures for Purdue.

Chelsea Gardner led the Jayhawks with 18 points and also added 11 rebounds.

KU’s Natalie Knight scored 13 of her 15 points in the second half, shooting 60 percent from three-point range.

Purdue evened its record at 4-4.

The Jayhawks (7-3) will host Arkansas State at 2 p.m. Sunday.

KANSAS (48)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP

m-a m-a o-t

Chelsea Gardner 38 6-13 6-8 3-11 4 18

Natalie Knight 29 6-8 0-0 0-4 3 15

Chayla Cheadle 14 1-5 0-0 0-2 3 3

Jada Brown 25 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 2

Lauren Aldridge 38 0-4 0-0 0-1 1 0

Asia Boyd 29 2-6 0-0 0-3 3 5

Terriell Bradley 13 1-3 2-2 1-1 1 5

Bunny Williams 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0

C. Manning-Allen 11 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0

team 1-1

Totals 17-43 8-10 5-28 23 48

Three-point goals: 6-14 (Knight 3-5, Bradley 1-1, Boyd 1-2, Cheadle 1-3, Aldridge 0-3). Assists: 14 (Aldridge 8, Knight 3, Cheadle, Brown, Boyd). Turnovers: 23 (Knight 6, Aldridge 6, Gardner 3, Boyd 3, Cheadle 2, Brown, Bradley, Manning-Allen). Blocked shots: 4 (Gardner 2, Knight 2). Steals: 4 (Knight 2, Gardner, Bradley).

PURDUE (61)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP

m-a m-a o-t

Whitney Bays 37 6-17 7-8 2-6 1 19

Bridget Perry 35 4-7 5-6 2-4 1 13

April Wilson 37 2-5 8-10 1-4 2 13

A. Morrissette 33 5-12 1-2 1-2 2 12

Liza Clemons 35 2-7 0-0 1-6 1 4

Torrie Thornton 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0

Justine Hall 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0

Bree Norrocks 4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0

Andreona Keys 11 0-1 0-1 0-3 2 0

team 4-5

Totals 19-49 21-27 11-31 11 61

Three-point goals: 2-5 (Wilson 1-1, Morrisette 1-3, Perry 0-1). Assists: 15 (Wilson 4, Morrisette 4, Clemons 4, Bays, Perry, Keys). Turnovers: 13 (Perry 3, Bays 2, Clemons 2, Thornton 2, Keys 2, WIlson, Morrisette). Blocked shots: 7 (Bays 3, Clemson 2, Keys 2). Steals: 8 (Clemons 4, Perry 2, Bays, Wilson).

Kansas 25 23 — 48

Purdue 32 29 — 61

Officials: Dee Kanter, Tina Napier, Beverly Roberts. Attendance: 5,760.

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