Friday, March 28
Fort Wayne, Ind.
7 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
27-8,18-2Horizon
87
vs
61
Butler
16-18,5-13Big East
1
2
3
4
F
Butler
23
15
10
13
61
Purdue Fort Wayne
17
25
25
20
87
Sydney Graber, Sydney Freeman, Renna Schwieterman
Photo by: John Nagel
FEELING GREAT! Mastodon WBB Blows Out Butler to Move on to WNIT Great 8
3/28/2025 9:39:00 PM | Women's Basketball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Purdue Fort Wayne women's basketball team will host more basketball! The Mastodons beat Butler 87-61 in the Women's National Invitational Super 16 on Friday night (March 28) to advance to the Great 8 for the first time in program history.
The Mastodons will welcome a familiar foe to the Gates Sports Center on Monday night (March 31) at 7 p.m. when Cleveland State comes to town. The Mastodons won two of the three meetings against Cleveland State earlier this season, including the semifinal of the Horizon League Championship, which the 'Dons won 83-65.
The 'Dons added another win to the best season in Purdue Fort Wayne history, moving to 27-8. Amellia Bromenschenkel won her DI-era-program-record 74th game as a Mastodon with a team-high 25 points.
Butler, who only had seven available players, came out firing and jumped out to a 23-10 lead. From there though, the Mastodons rattled off a 13-0 run to tie it up. After Bromenschenkel hit a 3-pointer with 5:04 left in the second quarter, the Mastodons never trailed again. The 'Dons outscored Butler 60-33 the rest of the way.
The Mastodons were incredible offensively down the stretch, missing just one of their final 15 shots of the game. They were 7-of-8 for 87.5 percent in the fourth quarter. They finished at a red-hot 60 percent (33-of-55) from the floor, their best for a game since 2017. The 'Dons were also at 52.4 percent (11-of-21) from 3-point range.
Bromenschenkel was great all night. She finished 11-of-15 from the floor and 3-for-4 from 3-point range for 25 points and added six rebounds. Audra Emmerson finished with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting with four 3-pointers. Both Bromenschenkel and Emmerson registered season-high scoring marks. Jordan Reid added 10 points.
This is the second game in a row decided by an exact score of 87-61.
Kilyn McGuff had a team-high 18 points for the shorthanded Bulldogs.
Butler wraps up 2024-25 with a 16-18 record. Purdue Fort Wayne will put its 27-8 record on the line when Cleveland State visits on Monday (March 31) at 7 p.m.
The Mastodons will welcome a familiar foe to the Gates Sports Center on Monday night (March 31) at 7 p.m. when Cleveland State comes to town. The Mastodons won two of the three meetings against Cleveland State earlier this season, including the semifinal of the Horizon League Championship, which the 'Dons won 83-65.
The 'Dons added another win to the best season in Purdue Fort Wayne history, moving to 27-8. Amellia Bromenschenkel won her DI-era-program-record 74th game as a Mastodon with a team-high 25 points.
Butler, who only had seven available players, came out firing and jumped out to a 23-10 lead. From there though, the Mastodons rattled off a 13-0 run to tie it up. After Bromenschenkel hit a 3-pointer with 5:04 left in the second quarter, the Mastodons never trailed again. The 'Dons outscored Butler 60-33 the rest of the way.
The Mastodons were incredible offensively down the stretch, missing just one of their final 15 shots of the game. They were 7-of-8 for 87.5 percent in the fourth quarter. They finished at a red-hot 60 percent (33-of-55) from the floor, their best for a game since 2017. The 'Dons were also at 52.4 percent (11-of-21) from 3-point range.
Bromenschenkel was great all night. She finished 11-of-15 from the floor and 3-for-4 from 3-point range for 25 points and added six rebounds. Audra Emmerson finished with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting with four 3-pointers. Both Bromenschenkel and Emmerson registered season-high scoring marks. Jordan Reid added 10 points.
This is the second game in a row decided by an exact score of 87-61.
Kilyn McGuff had a team-high 18 points for the shorthanded Bulldogs.
Butler wraps up 2024-25 with a 16-18 record. Purdue Fort Wayne will put its 27-8 record on the line when Cleveland State visits on Monday (March 31) at 7 p.m.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
Team Stats
Butler
Pur-FW
FG%
.407
.600
3FG%
.261
.524
FT%
.875
.909
RB
23
34
TO
13
12
STL
7
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
25
FGM
11
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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