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Fourth Quarter Comeback Comes Up Short, Mastodon WBB Falls to Purdue 87-77
11/6/2024 9:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Four Mastodons scored in double-figures in Purdue Fort Wayne women's basketball's 87-77 loss at Purdue on Wednesday night (Nov. 6).
Jazzlyn Linbo (16), Lauren Ross (11), Jordan Reid (11) and Amellia Bromenschenkel (11) all scored in double-digits in the season opener against the Boilermakers.
Purdue jumped out to a 12-3 lead over the Mastodons, making six layups in the first five minutes. The newcomer Reid sparked early scoring, netting five of her 11 points in a three-minute span.
The Mastodons scored the first four buckets of the second quarter, cutting the Boilermaker lead down to four. Purdue stretched its lead back out to double-digits, taking a 12-point lead into the locker room at halftime. Linbo was 3-for-3 from the floor in the first half for a team-high eight points at the break.
The Boilermakers extended its lead out to 20 early in the third quarter before the Mastodons started to chip away.
The Mastodons out-scored the Boilermakers 34-26 in the final 10 minutes of the contest, led in large part to Ross. She had two 3-pointers and a layup in a three-minute span before Renna Schwieterman hit a 3-pointer. Shortly after, Audra Emmerson hit a triple, then Ross found Taeya Steinauer off a turnover to bring it back to within eight. Linbo hit a pair of freebies and a layup to bring to eight again with 90 seconds to go, but Purdue hit free throws to extend it back out to 10.
The Boilermakers were without a field goal in the final 2:41. Meanwhile, the Mastodons shot 57.9 percent from the floor in the fourth quarter.
Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 0-1 while Purdue improves to 1-0. The Mastodons are back in action on Saturday at Valparaiso at 8 p.m. ET.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
