The Purdue Northwest women's basketball team slipped in both their games at the Nova Southeastern Tournament falling to Palm Beach Atlantic on Friday afternoon,65-52, and nearly falling to Nova Southeastern in a tight battle on Saturday afternoon, 74-72.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (4-3), Palm Beach Atlantic (2-1), Nova Southeastern (5-0)
- Location: Rick Case Arena - Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
- Attendance: 200
Game 1
Inside The Numbers
- Junior Dash Shaw (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) led Purdue Northwest with 15 points going 5-of-11 from the floor and grabbed four rebounds.
- Junior Tadriana Heard (Justice, Ill./Argo) added 13 points, snatched four rebounds, and dished out three assists.
- Junior Mercedes Simmons (Crystal Falls, Mich./Forest Park) chipped in nine points and recorded a team-high seven rebounds.
- The Pride finished the contest shooting 18-of-53 (34.0%)Â from the field and went 4-of-21(19.0%) from behind the arc.
- Kash Ayuso led Palm Beach Atlantic with 16 points off the bench.
- Palm Beach Atlantic ended the game going 21-of-53 (39.6%) from the field and shot 4-of-12 (33.3%) from deep.
Game 2
Inside The Numbers
- Shaw led the Pride once again with 21 points off of 8-of-13 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds.
- Heard added 15 points and dished out four assists.
- Sophomore Antreese Shelton (Elkhart, Ind./Penn) chipped in 11 points off the bench and recorded four rebounds.
- Purdue Northwest ended the contest shooting 28-of-51(54.9%) from the field and went 4-of-12 (33.3%) from deep.
- Maddie Frederick led Nova Southeastern with a game-high 30 points.
- Nova Southeastern finished the game going 20-of-52 (38.5%) from the floor and shot 5-of-13 (38.5%) from the three-point line.
Up Next
- The Pride next start GLIAC conference play when they host Northern Michigan on Thursday, December 1. Tip-off is set for 5:00 p.m. central time at John Friend Court.
