The Purdue Northwest Women's Basketball team celebrated Senior Night with a 71-60 win against Davenport on Thursday evening.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (10-14,5-9), Davenport (3-20,1-12)
- Location: John Friend Court - Hammond, Ind.
- Attendance: 300
Inside The Numbers
- Senior Mercedes Simmons (Crystal Falls, Mich./Forest Park) led the Pride with a game-high 21 points and snatched nine rebounds.
- Senior Dash Shaw (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) added 18 points and dished out four assists.
- Senior Syria Butler (Dolton, Ill./Thornton) chipped in eight points off the bench with four rebounds.
- As a team, the Pride completed the game shooting 24-of-53 (45.3%) from the floor and went 7-of-15 (46.7%) from the deep.
- Isabel Lindo led Davenport with 17 points during the game.
- As a team, the Panthers finished the contest going 24-of-58 (41.4%) from the field and shot 6-of-14 (42.9%) from the three-point line.
The Breakdown
- The Pride started strong in the first period taking a 17-11 advantage lead after one.
- With the score in favor of Purdue Northwest 25-19, the Pride finished the first half on a 14-7 run to head into halftime up 39-26.
- The Panthers were able to outshoot the Pride 16-14 in the third period, but Purdue Northwest still held the lead, 53-42, heading into the fourth period.
- The Pride still continued their momentum into the fourth period and keeping their double-digit margin for the rest of the game and seal the win, 71-60.
- Both team scored 34 points each in the paint.
- The Pride outrebounded the Panthers, 38-33.
- Purdue Northwest completed the game going 16-of-21 from the free throw line.
Up Next
- The Pride look to defend home court one last time when they host #2 Grand Valley State in GLIAC play on Saturday, February 17. Tip-off is set 1:00 PM CT at John Friend Court. Saturday's game is also PNW's Play4Kay Game and will hold several events for the game. Please donate and help Purdue Northwest Athletics continue the fight against cancer.
