IOWA CITY, Iowa - A first half deficit proved too much for the Purdue women's basketball team to overcome, as the Boilermakers fell to No. 12/10 Iowa on the road, 83-68, on Wednesday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Boilermakers (10-3, 1-2) outscored the Hawkeyes (11-2, 3-0) 45-39 over the final 20 minutes. Lasha Petree scored 16 of her 18 points in the second half, as the Boilermakers knocked down six second-half 3-pointers. Despite the uptick in the final two periods by Purdue, the first half saw Iowa build up a 24-point lead that was insurmountable.
Petree notched her fifth game this season with more than 20 points, finishing with 22 on the night to pace Purdue. Cassidy Hardin and Caitlyn Harper joined the fifth-year senior in double figures with 10 each.
Purdue shot 34.7% from the field and went 9-of-31 (29%) from distance. The Boilermakers were 9-of-11 at the line, with Petree accounting for seven of those makes.
Iowa won the rebounding battle 48-37. Both teams hauled down 11 offensive rebounds. Purdue tallied seven second-chance points to the Hawkeyes' 13.
The Hawkeyes were led by Caitlin Clark with 24 points and McKenna Warnock with 19 points. Iowa shot 47.5% from the field and connected on 11 of its 27 3-point attempts (40.7%).
Purdue took an early 7-3 lead in the first quarter with five points from Harper. After the Hawkeyes took a 10-7 lead, Madison Layden connected on a long-distance triple to even the score with 3:19 to play in the first. Iowa closed the frame on a 10-2 run.
In the second, Purdue went 4-of-18 from the field as Iowa extended its lead to 44-23. Layden and Petree accounted for all of Purdue's 11 points in the frame. The Boilermakers committed just five giveaways in the opening 20 minutes.
The Boilermakers rallied in the third quarter, going on an 11-1 run that trimmed the gap to 12 points midway through the period. Hardin, Petree and Harper all connected outside shots on the run. As Purdue shot 8-of-17 in the third, the Boilermakers held Iowa to just 4-of-13 shooting.
After Iowa extended its lead to 20 early in the fourth, Petree went on a personal 5-0 run. Iowa withstood any Purdue rally by making 10 of its 14 free throw attempts in the final period.
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Iowa 40-37.
• The Boilermakers flipped 15 Iowa turnovers into 15 points, while giving up just eight points on 12 giveaways.
• Madison Layden made her return after missing the last two games. The Kokomo, Ind., native tallied eight points, one rebound and an assist.
• Cassidy Hardin knocked down a pair of 3-pointers. She pulled within one of Stephanie White's 183 career 3-pointers for seventh in program history.
• Petree went scoreless in the first period before notching her 22 points over the final 30 minutes.
• Jeanae Terry recorded her 10th game this season with at least five rebounds and five assists, finishing with eight and seven, respectively.