Friday, January 14
Milwaukee, Wis.
8 PM ET
Purdue Fort Wayne
3-11,2-5Horizon
56
at
68
Milwaukee
6-9,5-3Horizon
1
2
3
4
F
Purdue Fort Wayne
12
13
14
17
56
Milwaukee
13
14
21
20
68
Team Stats
Pur-FW
MKE
FG%
.382
.373
3FG%
.333
.364
FT%
.714
.880
RB
26
43
TO
14
23
STL
8
7
Game Leaders
Pts
24
FGM
9
3FGM
6
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
F
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's Basketball
Shayla Sellers
Shayla Sellers Scores Career-High 24 at Milwaukee
1/14/2022 10:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MILWAUKEE - Shayla Sellers scored a career-high 24 points on Friday night (Jan. 14), but the Purdue Fort Wayne women's basketball team dropped a Horizon League game 68-56 at Milwaukee.
Sellers' career-high came on 9-of-15 shooting (60 percent) and 6-of-8 (75 percent) from beyond the arc. She also recorded two assists, two blocks, two steals and a rebound.
The Mastodons took their first lead with 3:57 left in the second quarter, when Sellers scored two layups in a row for a solo 4-0 run. Milwaukee re-took the lead with 1:36 to go to take a two-point lead into halftime. The Panthers led from that point on.
MKE built up a lead to 10 on a few occasions in the third quarter, but the Mastodons cut it down to six multiple times. Riley Ott drained a circus shot with 8:38 to go in the game to cut the Panthers' lead down to five at 48-43. Before garbage time, the score was 60-51 in favor of the home team.
The difference in Friday's game came in the rebounding and free throw battles. Milwaukee led in rebounds 43-26 and freebies 22-5.
Ryin Ott joined Sellers in double figures with 11. Jazzlyn Linbo scored six points and grabbed nine rebounds.
The Mastodons out-scored the Panthers in the paint 22-16 and scored 19 points off Milwaukee's 23 turnovers. The 23 turnovers forced is the most against a Division I opponent this season for Purdue Fort Wayne.
Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 5-11, 4-5 Horizon League while Milwaukee improves to 7-9, 6-3. The Mastodons' next scheduled game is Thursday, January 20, when the 'Dons head to Cleveland State.
Sellers' career-high came on 9-of-15 shooting (60 percent) and 6-of-8 (75 percent) from beyond the arc. She also recorded two assists, two blocks, two steals and a rebound.
The Mastodons took their first lead with 3:57 left in the second quarter, when Sellers scored two layups in a row for a solo 4-0 run. Milwaukee re-took the lead with 1:36 to go to take a two-point lead into halftime. The Panthers led from that point on.
MKE built up a lead to 10 on a few occasions in the third quarter, but the Mastodons cut it down to six multiple times. Riley Ott drained a circus shot with 8:38 to go in the game to cut the Panthers' lead down to five at 48-43. Before garbage time, the score was 60-51 in favor of the home team.
The difference in Friday's game came in the rebounding and free throw battles. Milwaukee led in rebounds 43-26 and freebies 22-5.
Ryin Ott joined Sellers in double figures with 11. Jazzlyn Linbo scored six points and grabbed nine rebounds.
The Mastodons out-scored the Panthers in the paint 22-16 and scored 19 points off Milwaukee's 23 turnovers. The 23 turnovers forced is the most against a Division I opponent this season for Purdue Fort Wayne.
Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 5-11, 4-5 Horizon League while Milwaukee improves to 7-9, 6-3. The Mastodons' next scheduled game is Thursday, January 20, when the 'Dons head to Cleveland State.
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