2006-07 BKW at Purdue -- Notes & Quotes
12/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
N O T E S
With tonight's loss, Michigan drops to 12-44 all-time against Purdue and 4-21 against the Boilermakers at Mackey Arena. It was U-M's 16th straight loss to Purdue.
With the loss to the 13th-ranked Boilermakers, the Wolverines drop to 0-3 against nationally-ranked opponents this season.
Tonight's outcome marked Michigan's seventh straight Big Ten season-opening loss.
Sireece Bass matched a career high with one steal against Purdue. She collected one steal in three previous games.
Krista Phillips matched a career best with nine rebounds against the Boilermakers. She also pulled down nine boards in U-M's victory over Central Michigan (Nov. 28).
Krista Phillips matched a career high with one steal against Purdue. She collected one steal in six previous games.
Kelly Helvey matched a season high with one three-pointer. She also hit a triple in Michigan's win over Dartmouth (Dec. 16).
Kelly Helvey led the Wolverines in scoring for the second straight game, finishing with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting.
Krista Phillips led U-M in rebounding with a career-best tying nine boards, marking the fourth game this year that she has led or shared the team lead in that category.
Krista Phillips led U-M in blocks with one, marking the seventh game this year that she has led or shared the team lead in that category.
Janelle Cooper hit one three-pointer against Purdue, marking the 10th game out of 14 this season that she has hit at least one triple.
Michigan's bench was outscored for the sixth time this season, this time by a 14-12 margin.
The Wolverines out-rebounded their opponent for the ninth time in 14 games this year (42-41).
Tonight's crowd of 8,450 fans was the largest crowd Michigan has played in front of this season.
Michigan gave up season-high totals in free throws made (20) and attempted (31).
U-M was blocked a season-high nine times tonight.
The Wolverines set season lows in points scored (39), field goal percentage (24), three-point field goals made (two), free throws made (one) and attempted (eight), and free throw percentage (12). They matched season lows in field goals made (16), assists (six) and blocks (one).
Purdue outscored Michigan 26-7 in points off turnovers.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Cheryl Burnett
On Michigan's chance to get back in the game near the end of the first half ... "We were inching our way back into the game and making it very difficult for them to score during that stretch. Unfortunately we ended the first half very poorly. We made about four errors towards the end of the half and Purdue was able to capitalize on them. We got within 10 points before they broke it open at the end of the half. They hit some big shots, as big players do. We were changing defenses and trying to create some things. Our difficulty continues to be getting some outside scoring against the zone. We need to hit a couple of shots that will help open up the inside. We definitely have to improve our outside shooting to draw people out, and then improve our post passing to get the ball inside. We have lot to work on."
On what the team can take away from this game ... "We really felt that Purdue did not have a lot of depth, especially at the post position. We really wanted to power the ball at their posts and try to get them into foul trouble, which we did. When they did sub and got their shooters out of the game, we wanted to make sure we played a little bit of a zone. That's what worked for us in the first half until the poor end to the half. We've got to regroup and be able to hit some outside shots. We have to take our shooting very seriously and we have to put in more reps to hit our rhythm jump shots. We're not passing the basketball and reversing it as well as we need to easily against the zone. We're making it hard on ourselves. Instead of making the easy pass, we over-penetrate quite a bit. Again, we've got a lot to work on."
