WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Playing at Purdue for the first time since 2009, the University of Evansville women’s basketball team fell to the Boilermakers by a score of 91-49 on Wednesday night inside Mackey Arena.
Camryn Runner (Cicero, Ind./Hamilton Heights) scored in double figures for the seventh time this season, leading the Aces with 17 points on five-for-seven shooting, including a five-for-seven mark from three-point range. Freshman Georgia Ferguson (Waterloo, Ontario/Cairine Wilson Secondary School) added eight points, while Elle Snyder (Latrobe, Penn./Greater Latrobe) grabbed a team-high six rebounds.
After Purdue scored the first five points of the game, Evansville responded with baskets by Logan Luebbers Palmer (Union, Ky./Randall K. Cooper) and Ferguson to make it 5-4 two minutes in. However, the Boilermakers opened up a run in the following five minutes of action, taking a 17-4 advantage before a basket by Luebbers Palmer ended the run. Runner ended the half with four points for the Aces, who trailed 22-10 at the end of the first quarter.
Purdue increased their lead to 20 in first six and a half minutes of the second period, but Runner continued to battle on the offensive end for Evansville, knocking down a pair of threes and a layup. However, the Boilermakers continued to roll into halftime, carrying a 46-22 lead at the break.
The third quarter continued in Purdue’s favor, as the home team limited Evansville to six points in the first seven minutes of the period. Runner put together a mini-run of her own with a pair of free throws and a three-pointer with just over two minutes to go in the quarter, while Kaiden Kreinhagen (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) drilled a triple as the buzzer sounded to end the quarter.
Another three-pointer from Kreinhagen with 7:40 to go in the fourth made it 74-39, while Daniela Llavero (Malaga, Spain/Ies Mediterraneo) scored five points in a row with 2:16 to play, but the Boilermakers cruised to the 91-49 win.
The Aces return to action on Sunday for a trip to Saint Louis to take on the Saint Louis Billikens. Tip-off is set for 5 PM.
