NORMAL — Holding a distinct size advantage, the Purdue women’s basketball team instead showed off its prowess from behind the 3-point arc Wednesday at Redbird Arena.
The Boilermakers repelled several Illinois State surges with 3-pointers and pulled away in the fourth quarter to secure a 76-64 nonconference victory.
Purdue moved to 3-0 while connecting on 9 of 19 from long range.
“I thought we did a decent job,” ISU coach Kristen Gillespie said. “Our transition defense has to get better. They got some really open looks early, and once a team like this makes one or two the basket gets the size of an ocean.