Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Sunday, January 30, 2005

Three days after shocking Penn State in Evanston, Northwestern almost beat still-ranked Purdue. Northwestern are now "a very physical team" and "can really shoot the ball," one of Purdue's assistant coaches says. Gearlds and Lawless scored 17 apiece as Gearlds' free throw sealed the win, 68-65; totally unheralded junior Suzanne Morrison led Northwestern with 18.