Purdue Boilermakers vs Northwestern Wildcats

Big Ten Tournament - 1st Round

9-21, 4-14 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Northwestern NU	20	19	16	17	72
Purdue PUR	18	17	17	26	78

Purdue BoilermakersPurduePUR

13-17, 5-13 Big Ten

Ellis has 25, Jones 19, Purdue rallies past Northwestern for 78-72 win in Big Ten tourney

— Abbey Ellis scored 25 points, 10 in the fourth quarter when she made six free throws in the last 40 seconds, and 12th-seeded Purdue rallied to beat 13th-seeded Northwestern 78-72...

Mar 7, 2025, 10:07 am - AP

--NU

100%

--PUR

According to ESPN Analytics

Jeanae Terry made Jumper.
Caileigh Walsh made Layup. Assisted by Melannie Daley.
Madison Layden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Abbey Ellis.
Abbey Ellis missed Jumper.
Alaina Harper made Layup.
Caileigh Walsh made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paige Mott.
Jeanae Terry made Jumper.
Melannie Daley made Jumper. Assisted by Caroline Lau.
Madison Layden missed Three Point Jumper.
Abbey Ellis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeanae Terry.
Caileigh Walsh missed Layup.
Caileigh Walsh made Layup.
Abbey Ellis made Layup. Assisted by Jeanae Terry.
Paige Mott made Free Throw.
Paige Mott made Free Throw.
Madison Layden missed Three Point Jumper.
Melannie Daley made Jumper.
Paige Mott missed Layup.
Abbey Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
Melannie Daley made Layup.
Mila Reynolds missed Jumper.
Melannie Daley missed Jumper.
Jeanae Terry missed Jumper.
Rashunda Jones missed Layup.
Caileigh Walsh made Jumper. Assisted by Paige Mott.
Rashunda Jones made Jumper.
Caileigh Walsh made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Casey Harter.
Mary Ashley Stevenson made Jumper. Assisted by Rashunda Jones.
Sophie Swanson missed Jumper.
Casey Harter missed Layup.
Abbey Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
Caileigh Walsh missed Jumper.
Sophie Swanson made Free Throw.
Sophie Swanson made Free Throw.
Madison Layden missed Three Point Jumper.
Hailey Weaver missed Three Point Jumper.
Jeanae Terry made Free Throw.
Jeanae Terry made Free Throw.
Sophie Swanson missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayla Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Melannie Daley made Jumper. Assisted by Caileigh Walsh.
Sophie Swanson missed Layup.
Mary Ashley Stevenson made Layup.
Caileigh Walsh missed Three Point Jumper.
Paige Mott missed Layup.
Melannie Daley missed Layup.
Alaina Harper made Free Throw.
Alaina Harper made Free Throw.
Melannie Daley missed Jumper.
Melannie Daley made Layup. Assisted by Caroline Lau.
Melannie Daley made Free Throw.
Mary Ashley Stevenson made Layup. Assisted by Jeanae Terry.
Mary Ashley Stevenson made Free Throw.
Paige Mott made Jumper. Assisted by Melannie Daley.
Paige Mott missed Jumper.
Melannie Daley made Layup. Assisted by Caroline Lau.
Mary Ashley Stevenson missed Jumper.
Caroline Lau missed Jumper.
Caileigh Walsh missed Jumper.
Abbey Ellis missed Layup.
Rashunda Jones missed Layup.
Paige Mott made Free Throw.
Paige Mott made Free Throw.
Jeanae Terry made Free Throw.
Jeanae Terry missed Free Throw.
Rashunda Jones missed Layup.
Mary Ashley Stevenson missed Layup.
Jeanae Terry missed Jumper.
Maggie Pina made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caroline Lau.
Madison Layden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeanae Terry.
Caroline Lau made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Maggie Pina.
Sophie Swanson missed Three Point Jumper.
Jeanae Terry missed Layup.
Maggie Pina missed Three Point Jumper.
Abbey Ellis missed Layup.
Mercy Ademusayo made Free Throw.
Mercy Ademusayo made Free Throw.
Abbey Ellis made Jumper. Assisted by Jeanae Terry.
Madison Layden missed Three Point Jumper.
Abbey Ellis missed Jumper.
Mary Ashley Stevenson missed Free Throw.
Mary Ashley Stevenson made Free Throw.
Maggie Pina missed Three Point Jumper.
Caileigh Walsh made Layup.
Abbey Ellis missed Jumper.
Jeanae Terry missed Layup.
Caroline Lau missed Layup.
Abbey Ellis made Free Throw.
Abbey Ellis missed Free Throw.
Caileigh Walsh made Jumper. Assisted by Paige Mott.
Mary Ashley Stevenson missed Layup.
Mary Ashley Stevenson missed Layup.
Caileigh Walsh missed Three Point Jumper.
Mary Ashley Stevenson missed Jumper.
Caileigh Walsh made Free Throw.
Caileigh Walsh made Free Throw.
Caroline Lau missed Three Point Jumper.
Sophie Swanson missed Three Point Jumper.
Melannie Daley made Jumper. Assisted by Caroline Lau.
Caileigh Walsh made Jumper. Assisted by Jasmine McWilliams.
Abbey Ellis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alaina Harper.
Jasmine McWilliams missed Three Point Jumper.
Rashunda Jones made Layup.
Caileigh Walsh missed Jumper.
Rashunda Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Abbey Ellis.
Melannie Daley made Jumper. Assisted by Caileigh Walsh.
Sophie Swanson missed Three Point Jumper.
Melannie Daley missed Jumper.
Abbey Ellis made Jumper.
Caroline Lau made Layup.
Sophie Swanson missed Layup.
Abbey Ellis made Layup.
Caroline Lau made Free Throw.
Caroline Lau made Free Throw.
Rashunda Jones missed Jumper.
Melannie Daley missed Jumper.
Abbey Ellis missed Layup.
Alana Goodchild missed Three Point Jumper.
Rashunda Jones made Layup.
Rashunda Jones made Free Throw.
Caileigh Walsh missed Jumper.
Melannie Daley missed Layup.
Paige Mott missed Jumper.
Rashunda Jones made Layup.
Rashunda Jones made Free Throw.
Maggie Pina missed Three Point Jumper.
Madison Layden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeanae Terry.
Caileigh Walsh made Free Throw.
Caileigh Walsh missed Free Throw.
Madison Layden missed Three Point Jumper.
Abbey Ellis made Free Throw.
Abbey Ellis made Free Throw.
Mary Ashley Stevenson missed Free Throw.
Mary Ashley Stevenson made Free Throw.
Melannie Daley missed Jumper.
Rashunda Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
Caileigh Walsh missed Three Point Jumper.
Abbey Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
Hailey Weaver missed Three Point Jumper.
Abbey Ellis made Layup.
Melannie Daley made Jumper. Assisted by Casey Harter.
Madison Layden missed Three Point Jumper.
Madison Layden made Free Throw.
Madison Layden made Free Throw.
Maggie Pina missed Three Point Jumper.
Caileigh Walsh missed Jumper.
Caileigh Walsh made Jumper. Assisted by Melannie Daley.
Caileigh Walsh made Free Throw.
Rashunda Jones made Layup.
Rashunda Jones made Free Throw.
Abbey Ellis missed Jumper.
Abbey Ellis missed Layup.
Rashunda Jones made Layup.
Rashunda Jones missed Layup.
Jeanae Terry missed Free Throw.
Jeanae Terry made Free Throw.
Caroline Lau made Layup.
Caroline Lau made Free Throw.
Rashunda Jones made Free Throw.
Rashunda Jones missed Free Throw.
Maggie Pina missed Three Point Jumper.
Melannie Daley made Layup.
Abbey Ellis made Free Throw.
Abbey Ellis made Free Throw.
Paige Mott made Layup. Assisted by Caileigh Walsh.
Maggie Pina made Free Throw.
Maggie Pina made Free Throw.
Abbey Ellis made Free Throw.
Abbey Ellis made Free Throw.
Caileigh Walsh missed Three Point Jumper.
Abbey Ellis made Free Throw.
Abbey Ellis made Free Throw.
Caileigh Walsh made Free Throw.
Caileigh Walsh made Free Throw.

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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

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