NCAA TOURNAMENT Game 33 • Mackey Arena (2,353)
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PURDUE (Ind.)
68 83
March 17, 2012 • NCAA Tournament First Round
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Courtney Moses drained an NCAA Tournament record nine three-pointers en route to a game-high 29 points, leading 12th-ranked Purdue to a 83-68 victory over South Dakota State in the opening round of postseason play on March 17, 2012. The fourth-seeded Boilermakers improved to 25-8 overall and moved on to face fifth-seeded South Carolina in second-round action. SDSU, which was making its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, ended its season 24-9 overall. Purdue led wire to wire, putting together a 12-4 run in the opening five minutes to build a 16-7 lead after the first of Moses' three-pointers. The Boilermakers extended their lead to 12 points at 23-11 on the third-pointer of the game by Moses at the 13:09 mark. The Jackrabbits cut the margin to five points, 25-20, two minutes later after a pair of three-pointers by reserve wing Rachel Walters and a triple by Jennie Sunnarborg. Purdue led 38-33 at the half. SDSU trimmed the deficit to two points, 38-36, on a traditional threepoint play by Sunnarborg 38 seconds into the second half. However, Purdue countered with a 14-4 run over the next three minutes to build the lead back to double figures. The Jackrabbits got back to within eight at 62-54 on a pair of Leah Dietel free throws with 8:55 remaining, but Purdue slammed the door shut with a decisive 13-3 run that included another Moses three-pointer and a three-point play by Brittany Rayburn, who tallied 12 points in the game. K.K. Houser also scored a dozen for the Boilermakers, adding six assists and five steals. Jill Young led SDSU with 19 points as she made 4-of-5 attempts from three-point range in becoming the Summit League career leader with 305 three-pointers. Sunnarborg ended the afternoon with 17 points, while Katie Lingle contributed nine off the bench. SDSU finished the game 22-of-55 from the field, 40 percent, including 10-of-21 from three-point range. The Jackrabbits converted 14-of-18 attempts the free throw line for 77.8 percent. Purdue ended the afternoon an even 50 percent from the field, 32-of-64, including 11-of-22 from behind the arc. The Boilermakers made 8-of-11 free throws, 72.7 percent. The Jackrabbits wound up with a 33-30 advantage on the boards, with Ashley Eide pulling down a team-high seven rebounds. Fort Pierre native Sam Ostarello paced Purdue with 11 rebounds to lead all players. SDSU (19-14) 10 Young* 12 Heiser* 21 Dietel* 30 Eide* 31 Sunnarborg* 03 Stuart 04 Boever 14 Strop 23 Walters 40 Clarin 42 Lingle Team Totals
FG 5-6 1-6 0-0 4-9 4-13 0-2 0-4 2-3 2-4 0-0 4-8
3FG 4-5 0-2 0-0 1-3 3-5 0-0 0-2 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0
22-55
10-21
PURDUE (25-8) 32 Ostarello* 40 Jones* 05 Rayburn* 15 Moses* 22 Houser* 02 Howard 04 Thornton 20 Williams
FG 3-6 3-4 5-12 10-17 4-10 0-2 0-0 0-0
3FG 0-1 0-0 1-5 9-14 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
80
FT 5-6 0-0 2-2 0-1 6-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2
REB F 2-3-5 0 0-1-1 0 0-1-1 0 2-5-7 2 3-1-4 2 1-0-1 0 0-1-1 1 0-1-1 1 0-2-2 1 0-0-0 0 3-2-5 5 3-2-5 14-18 14-19-33 12 FT 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
REB 4-7-11 1-2-3 0-1-1 0-1-1 1-1-2 1-3-4 0-0-0 0-0-0
F 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0
TP 19 2 2 9 17 0 0 4 6 0 9
A 3 3 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0
B 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
S 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN 31 30 20 29 32 1 19 10 10 1 17
68
14
3
4
200
TP 7 6 12 29 12 0 0 0
A 2 4 7 0 6 1 0 1
B 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
S 1 4 1 0 5 0 0 0
MIN 26 18 28 34 25 15 3 9
23 Clemons 41 Guyton 43 Poston 54 Woods Team Totals
3-4 1-2 3-7 0-0
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0
32-64
11-22
8-11
1-0-1 1 0-1-1 4 0-0-0 1 1-1-2 1 2-2-4 11-19-30 16
6 2 9 0
0 0 2 0
1 1 2 0
0 1 1 0
8 14 16 4
83
23
9
13
200
JILL YOUNG scored a team-high 19 points and set the Summit League career three-point record with 305 in her final collegiate game.
KATIE LINGLE scored nine points and added five rebounds off the bench for the Jackrabbits.
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