The Purdue Northwest Women's Basketball team fell at home against Lewis on Monday night, 66-49.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (2-2), Lewis (2-2)
- Location: John Friend Court - Hammond, Ind.
- Attendance: 300
Inside The NumbersÂ
- Senior Nessa Walsh (Chicago, Ill./St. Joseph)Â led the Pride with a game-high 15 points and with six rebounds.
- Senior Akyia Baker (Newark, N.J./St. Thomas Aquinas) and junior Alyssa Cole (Nashville, Ill./Nashville Community) each added ten points during the game.
- As a team, the Pride ended the contest shooting 18-of-54 (33.3%) from the floor and went 5-of-15 (33.3%) from behind the arc.
- Taylor Gugliuzza led Lewis with 14 points and notched four rebounds.
- As a team, the Flyers finished the game going 27-of-52 (51.9%) from the field and shot 4-of-16 (25.0%) from the three-point line.
The Breakdown
- The Pride started slow and let Lewis get off to a fast start taking a 15-5 lead in the seven minutes.
- Purdue Northwest battled back to cut their deficit to 17-14 to end the first period.
- The Pride outscored the Flyers in a low scoring second period 13-9, and took a small 27-26 lead over Lewis at the half.
- The third period was different story as Lewis outshot the Pride 19-10 and took a 45-37.
- Purdue Northwest couldn't get much more offense going in the fourth period and the Flyers taking control at the end.
- The Pride ultimately fell in the end after a tough night, 66-49.
- Purdue Northwest held a slight advantage in points off turnovers, 19-16.
- Lewis held a small edge in rebounds during the game, 35-31.
Up Next
- The Pride look to defend home court once again when they host Judson on Saturday, November 23. Tip-off is set for 1:00 PM CT at John Fiend Court in Hammond, Indiana.
