The Purdue Northwest women's basketball team celebrated Senior Day in a GLIAC home contest against Wayne State on Saturday afternoon but sadley falling in the end, 54-68.
Game Note: Before the game, the Pride celebrated senior day honoring
Elexah Roepke (Versailles, Ind./South Ripley) and student assistant
Payton Courier/
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (8-20, 4-14), Wayne State
- Location: John Friend Court, Hammond, Indiana
- Attendance: 800
Inside The Numbers
- Junior Mercedes Simmons (Crystal Falls, Mich./Forest Park) led the Pride with 16 points while grabbing 4 rebounds and blocking 2 shots.
- Junior Dash Shaw added 10 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.
- Junior Syria Butler (Dolton, Ill./Thornton) chipped in 6 points off the bench dished 1 assist.
- As a team, the Pride ended the game shooting 22-56 (39.3 %) from the field and went 3-14 (21.4 %) from behind the arc.
- Maxine Moore led Wayne State scoring 20 points and recorded 7 rebounds.
- As a team, Wayne State finished the contest going 28-57 (49.1%) from the floor and shot 4-17 (23.5%) from deep.
The Breakdown
- The Pride started a little slow in the first period finding themselves down 10 at the endo of period one, 23-13
- The Pride began to get in a rhythm in period two however Wayne State did not take their foot off the gas pedal as the continued to outscore the Pride.
- The Pride would enter halftime down 12, 40-28.
- Wayne State would continue to battle finding consist buckets inside the paint however the Pride struggled on defense as Wayne State continued to score.
- Wayne State would continue their scoring efforts and end up closing out the game and securing a 68-54 victory.
Up Next
- Despite this loss the women's basketball team has still qualified to compete in the 2023 GLIAC tournament. The Pride to take on top-seeded Grand Valley State on Wednesday, March 1 on the road.
