Purdue Boilermakers @ Green Bay Phoenix

8-2, 4-1 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Purdue PUR	18	31	49
Green Bay GB	20	25	45

Green Bay PhoenixGreen BayGB

6-4, 1-3 Home

No. 18 Purdue holds off Green Bay 49-45

Dec 18, 2013, 10:58 pm

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- KK Houser hit three of four free throws in the final 11 seconds and scored 17 points as No. 18 Purdue escaped with a 49-45 win a Green Bay Wednesday night.

The Boilermakers (8-2) shot 35 percent but pounded the boards (45-31) and made 17 of 21 free throws. April Wilson added 12 points and Courtney Moses had 11. Whitney Bays had 10 rebounds.

Green Bay (6-4), which lost its third straight, shot just 28.4 percent and missed its only free throw. Tesha Buck and Megan Lukan had 10 points each.

Green Bay led at the half 20-18 but Purdue opened the second half with 10 straight points. The Boilermakers' big lead was 12 and two free throws by Liza Clemons at 3:08 had the Boilermakers up 44-33 with 3:06 to go. The Phoenix reeled off 10 straight points, pulling within one on a 3 by Mehryn Kraker with 49 seconds to play.

Game Information

Green Bay, WI

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Referee:Kevin Dillard

Referee:Jeff Cross

Referee:Katie Lukanich

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UCLA	18-0	-	37-1
Michigan	15-3	3	28-7
Iowa	15-3	3	27-7
Ohio State	13-5	5	27-8
Minnesota	13-5	5	24-9
Maryland	11-7	7	24-9
Michigan State	11-7	7	23-9
Washington	10-8	8	22-11
Illinois	9-9	9	22-12
USC	9-9	9	18-14
Oregon	8-10	10	23-13
Nebraska	7-11	11	19-13
Indiana	6-12	12	18-14
Wisconsin	5-13	13	16-18
Purdue	5-13	13	13-17
Penn State	4-14	14	11-18
Northwestern	2-16	16	8-21
Rutgers	1-17	17	9-20

Horizon League	CONF	GB	OVR
Green Bay	17-3	-	25-9
Youngstown State	15-5	2	25-10
Cleveland State	13-7	4	26-10
Purdue Fort Wayne	12-8	5	21-14
Northern Kentucky	12-8	5	15-17
Robert Morris	11-9	6	18-12
IU Indianapolis	9-11	8	14-17
Oakland	7-13	10	10-21
Wright State	6-14	11	10-22
Milwaukee	4-16	13	8-24
Detroit Mercy	4-16	13	7-24

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