The Boilermaker Special kept on rollin' and cemented its place in history as the best-worst team EVER, in ANY sport, with a 38-21 whooping of IU in the Old Oaken Bucket game. Purdue has won 11 of the last 13, which prompted me to do a little research. Here are the all-time, head-to-head results, in the Purdue-IU rivalry. Not that this needs mentioning, but the Boilers lead in ALL of these. I think this is proof enough that Purdue is THE Indiana University.
Football: 70-36-6, (56-26-3 in the Old Oaken Bucket era)
Men's basketball: 108-84
Women's basketball: 43-26
Volleyball: 49-31
Soccer: 9-1-2
Softball: 20-12
Purdue sport Saturday results:
-Volleyball wins final home game of the season against OSU, 3-1. Carrie Gurnell eclipses the 1,000 kill mark.
-Purdue women lose to Dayton in the final seconds of their second game in the BTI Classic. Despite the loss, this was one of the best women's games I have seen in a while.
-#16 men's swimming and diving team remains in third place after day two of their three-day tourney (Current standings: Louisville 616.5 points, OSU 609, Purdue 537, Missouri State 216.5)
-As mentioned earlier, football retained the Old Oaken Bucket with a 38-21 win over IU in Bloomington. Joey Elliott reached the 3,000 passing yards mark and threw a career high four TD's in the process. Keith Smith finished with over 1,000 receiving yards on the season. Ralph Bolden, however, didn't play much and did not reach the 1,000 yard rushing mark. Joe McConnell called his final game in the radio booth.
-The men's basketball team did not play, but the Boilers are in action tonight in their second game of the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands. They play St. Joseph's, and pending the seeds hold, No. 7 Purdue will play No. 10 Tennessee in the championship game on Monday.
Rebounding costly to Purdue women
Three ties. Seven lead changes. One staggering statistic.
"The bottom line is the rebounding," coach Sharon Versyp said. "We did a great job defensively and they shot and they missed and they went after their boards. ... We played great defense, but we don't know how to finish yet."
The Boilers held Dayton to just 32 percent shooting, but the Flyers scored 17 points via second chance opportunities. Sophomore forward Sam Woods, who played in her first game after serving an NCAA-mandated two-game suspension, led Purdue with four rebounds to go along with six points.
Guards FahKara Malone and Brittany Rayburn led the Boilermaker offensive attack with 17 and 12 points, while the team shot a collective 45 percent. But the 16 extra shot attempts Dayton earned by hitting the glass remains the difference between a win and defeat.
Despite the rebounding deficit, Purdue was in the game right up to the last second.
Freshman guard KK Houser made a 3-pointer with 10:27 remaining to cut Dayton's lead to 41-37. Offensive fouls on Houser and Rayburn in the ensuing possessions awoke the dormant Purdue offense, which erupted for a 16-5 run. Malone had 11 in the span, including back-to-back 3-pointers to give Purdue a 53-46 lead.
"We were just getting pumped up," Malone said. "We pulled together really well."
But Dayton responded in the final three minutes with a 10-0 run of its own, all but two points coming at the free throw line.
With the score tied at 53, Houser turned the ball over while attempting to find Rayburn. Fittingly, freshman forward Brittany Wilson gathered an offensive rebound and scored the tiebreaking basket
Purdue freshman center Chelsea Jones turned the ball over with three seconds left to seal Purdue's fate.
"We didn't execute what I asked," Versyp said.Dayton, which plays Seattle in today's final game of the Basketball Travelers Classic, has defeated two Top 25 teams (Michigan State and Purdue, which was ranked in the coaches' poll).
"I love our team's heart," coach Jim Jabir said. "I think they're too young to know what they're doing out there."
Versyp will use the loss as a learning experience.
"I thought it was a great battle," Versyp said. "We haven't been in a situation where we've been down so I thought our kids really battled back, and we grew."
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