Junior Alyssa Cole (Nashville, Ill./Nashville Community) scored a career-high 27 points in a great effort as the Purdue Northwest Women's Basketball team fell in a tough battle on the road at Parkside in GLIAC play, 78-68.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (5-16,2-11 GLIAC), Parkside (14-7,9-5 GLIAC)
• Location: De Simone Arena - Kenosha, Wisconsin
• Attendance: 287

Inside The Numbers 

• Cole led the Pride with a game-high 27 points going 11-of-17 from the floor and grabbed four rebounds.
• Senior Cherelle Newsom contributed 12 points going 4-of-6 from the three-point line.
• Freshman Ciara Sims (Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider) also added 12 points giving great minutes off the bench and snatched seven rebounds.
• Senior Nessa Walsh (Chicago, Ill./St. Joseph) returned to action after missing the last few games chipping four points with a season-high ten boards and three assists from the bench.
• As a team, Purdue Northwest ended the game shooting 28-of-65 (29.8%) from the field and 5-of-18 (27.8%) from beyond the arc, while tallying six steals and nine assists.
• Chloe Van Zeeland led Parkside with 18 points, adding six rebounds and two blocks.
• Four total Rangers scored in double-figures.
• Parkside finished the contest shooting 32-of-60 (53.3%) from the floor and 6-of-18 (33.3%) from deep, while recording 16 assists and four steals.

The Breakdown

• The Pride started the game fast taking a 14-7 lead before Parkside called a timeout with six minutes left in the first.
• Parkside answered and battled back with a high-scoring first period for both teams and Purdue Northwest holding a slim lead after the first quarter, 19-18.
• Both teams battled back-and-forth in the second period and saw Parkside head into halftime with small lead, 40-38, as the Pride didn't back down in the first half.
• The Rangers came out in the second half fast with a 13-5 run to go up 53-45 halfway through the third quarter.
• Purdue Northwest ended finishing the third period strong cutting their deficit to 61-57 as the tight game headed into the all important fourth quarter.
• Parkside started the fourth with an 11-5 run to take their largest lead of the game so far, 72-62, with six minutes left in the game.
• The Pride couldn't get shots to fall in the final few minutes as their efforts in the game weren't enough in the end, 78-68.
• Purdue Northwest outscored the Rangers bench, 20-13.
• Parkside held a slim advantage in rebounds, 35-32.

 Up Next

• The Pride now return to home action when they host Roosevelt University in GLIAC play on Monday, February 10. Tip-off is set for 5:00 PM CT at John Friend Court in Hammond, Indiana.