It was a stereotypical tale of two halves at McGuirk Arena in Mt. Pleasant, as the Central Michigan Chippewas, who started out hot in the first half, were unable to stave an overwhelming Purdue Boilermakers comeback in the second half to fall by a final score of 79-69 on Friday night.
Purdue’s Karissa McLaughlin led the way for the Boilermakers, scoring a team-high 21 points while collecting 2 rebounds and 5 assists in 31 minutes of action. Tiara Murphy, however, was the player of the game for the Boilermakers, scoring 19 points in 27 minutes, with 18 of those points in the third quarter on 6-of-9 shooting from three-point range, including a 9-0 run on her own.