GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Purdue 62, Illinois 52
Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Abby Ellis scored 16 points and Jeanae Terry grabbed 14 rebounds and Purdue built a 10-point first-half cushion and maintained it the rest of the way in posting a 62-52 upset of No. 22 Illinois in a Big Ten Conference battle.
The Boilermakers notched their first win over a ranked opponent on the road and now are 4-2 against the Illini when they are ranked and 65-18 against Illinois overall.
Ellis hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the first quarter to help the Boilermakers build a 16-11 advantage after a quarter and they doubled it in the second, taking a 35-25 lead at intermission.
Ellis hit 6 of 9 from the field, including 2 of 4 from the distance, and grabbed six rebounds to help lead Purdue (14-6, 5-5 Big Ten). Terry hit 5 of 11 from the field and had four assists and four steals to go with her season-high 14 rebounds and 10 points. Caitlyn Harper added 10 points.
Makira Cook was 8 of 24 from the field, including 1 of 8 from distance, to lead Illinois (16-5, 6-4) with 19 points. Genesis Bryant finished with 11 points, Brynn Shoup-Hill had 10 points and Kendall Bostic grabbed 10 rebounds to go with her five points.
January 26, 2023
| Purdue | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Harper | F | 27 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Terry | G | 35 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6-14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Ellis | G | 34 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| C. Hardin | G | 28 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Petree | G | 12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| M. Layden | 34 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 0-4 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| J. Smith | 18 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| R. Woltman | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| A. Learn | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-56 (.482) |
5-6 (.833) |
3-18 (.167) |
10-40 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 62 | |
| Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Bostic | F | 36 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Shoup-Hill | F | 28 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 1-4 | 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Cook | G | 39 | 8-24 | 2-2 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| G. Bryant | G | 36 | 4-13 | 2-2 | 1-7 | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| A. Mckenzie | G | 25 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Peebles | 24 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| J. Oden | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| K. Rhodes | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G. Lopes | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Ndour | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 19-59 (.322) |
10-14 (.714) |
4-26 (.154) |
11-31 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 52 | |
Officials: Maggie Tieman, Bruce Morris, Julie Krommenhoek
Attendance: 2,584
