Eastern Michigan Athletics
Saturday, December 17
West Lafayette, Ind.
4 p.m.
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Photo by: Dave Wegiel
Women's Basketball Falls at Purdue
12/17/2016 5:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Junior Micah Robinson led all scorers with 20 points
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team traveled to West Lafayette, Ind. to take on Purdue University Saturday, Dec. 17, inside Mackey Arena. The Eagles (4-7, 0-0 MAC) hung tough early but the Boilermakers (9-4, 0-0 B1G) proved to be too much too handle as EMU fell by a final score of 77-50.
As a team the Eagles shot 34.0 percent from the field, converting 18-of-53 attempts, including just 3-of-12 from distance. Purdue held the upperhand, knocking down 46.3 percent of its shots, including six three-pointers.
Junior Micah Robinson (Ann Arbor, Mich.-Huron) led all scorers with a game-high 20 points to go along with six rebounds, two assists, and one steal as the lone Eagle to reach double figures in scoring. Junior Sasha Dailey (Toledo, Ohio-Rogers) added nine points, four rebounds, and three assists.
Purdue used an offensive rebound to take a 2-0 lead on its first possession but the Eagles wasted little time responding. On Eastern's next trip down the floor, Dailey whipped a pass across the baseline to Esabelle Levine (Eden Prairie, Minn.-Eden Prairie) who sank the wide open triple.
From there, Purdue rattled off the next nine points to take control, 11-3. Facing an eight-point deficit early, Dailey drove to the bucket and hit the bank shot to kick start an Eagle run. After Phillis Webb (Brooklyn Park, Minn.-Osseo) knocked down a shot on the in-bounds pass, Robinson swiped a pass and converted a jumper from the elbow to pull the Green and White within two, 11-9, with 6:30 to go in the opening frame.
The Boilermakers used offensive rebounds to push their lead to six, 15-9, but Webb and the Eagles came right back with back-to-back baskets to cut Purdue's advantage to two, 15-13, at the media timeout halfway through the period.
Purdue closed the opening frame on a 9-3 run to take a 24-18 lead into the second quarter.
The teams traded baskets over the first five minutes of the second stanza, leaving the score, 30-23, in favor of the Boilermakers. An EMU scoring drought that spanned more than four minutes allowed Purdue to grab a 13-point lead before Robinson's jumper with 2:36 to go pulled the Eagles within 11. Robinson's pull-up was the final basket scored by either side as the Green and White trail, 36-25, at the half.
Eastern Michigan struck first in the third quarter on Webb's drive to the basket, but Purdue's offense caught fire, hitting several three-pointers to take a 59-39 lead with 3:15 left on the clock. Over the next three minutes both teams went cold. Junior Tori Easley (Toledo, Ohio-Rogers) drove to the hoop for her first points of the game to cut Purdue's lead to 19, 61-42, through 30 minutes of play.
Purdue put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter, extending its advantage to as many as 30 as the Eagles went on to drop the game by a final score of 77-50.
Eastern returns to the court at home Wednesday, Dec. 21, against Air Force Academy for its final non-conference tilt of the season. Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. inside the Convocation Center.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team traveled to West Lafayette, Ind. to take on Purdue University Saturday, Dec. 17, inside Mackey Arena. The Eagles (4-7, 0-0 MAC) hung tough early but the Boilermakers (9-4, 0-0 B1G) proved to be too much too handle as EMU fell by a final score of 77-50.
As a team the Eagles shot 34.0 percent from the field, converting 18-of-53 attempts, including just 3-of-12 from distance. Purdue held the upperhand, knocking down 46.3 percent of its shots, including six three-pointers.
Junior Micah Robinson (Ann Arbor, Mich.-Huron) led all scorers with a game-high 20 points to go along with six rebounds, two assists, and one steal as the lone Eagle to reach double figures in scoring. Junior Sasha Dailey (Toledo, Ohio-Rogers) added nine points, four rebounds, and three assists.
Purdue used an offensive rebound to take a 2-0 lead on its first possession but the Eagles wasted little time responding. On Eastern's next trip down the floor, Dailey whipped a pass across the baseline to Esabelle Levine (Eden Prairie, Minn.-Eden Prairie) who sank the wide open triple.
From there, Purdue rattled off the next nine points to take control, 11-3. Facing an eight-point deficit early, Dailey drove to the bucket and hit the bank shot to kick start an Eagle run. After Phillis Webb (Brooklyn Park, Minn.-Osseo) knocked down a shot on the in-bounds pass, Robinson swiped a pass and converted a jumper from the elbow to pull the Green and White within two, 11-9, with 6:30 to go in the opening frame.
The Boilermakers used offensive rebounds to push their lead to six, 15-9, but Webb and the Eagles came right back with back-to-back baskets to cut Purdue's advantage to two, 15-13, at the media timeout halfway through the period.
Purdue closed the opening frame on a 9-3 run to take a 24-18 lead into the second quarter.
The teams traded baskets over the first five minutes of the second stanza, leaving the score, 30-23, in favor of the Boilermakers. An EMU scoring drought that spanned more than four minutes allowed Purdue to grab a 13-point lead before Robinson's jumper with 2:36 to go pulled the Eagles within 11. Robinson's pull-up was the final basket scored by either side as the Green and White trail, 36-25, at the half.
Eastern Michigan struck first in the third quarter on Webb's drive to the basket, but Purdue's offense caught fire, hitting several three-pointers to take a 59-39 lead with 3:15 left on the clock. Over the next three minutes both teams went cold. Junior Tori Easley (Toledo, Ohio-Rogers) drove to the hoop for her first points of the game to cut Purdue's lead to 19, 61-42, through 30 minutes of play.
Purdue put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter, extending its advantage to as many as 30 as the Eagles went on to drop the game by a final score of 77-50.
Eastern returns to the court at home Wednesday, Dec. 21, against Air Force Academy for its final non-conference tilt of the season. Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. inside the Convocation Center.
Team Stats
EMU
PUR
FG%
.340
.463
3FG%
.250
.273
FT%
.500
.750
RB
33
44
TO
14
12
STL
3
6
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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