Purdue 52 - 78 Tennessee
Final
  for this game

Parker, Tennessee cruise into regional semifinals

Mar 26, 2008 - 3:24 AM WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (Ticker) -- Candace Parker had 24 points and eight rebounds and Alexis Hornbuckle added 14, eight and eight steals as top-seeded Tennessee cruised past ninth-seeded Purdue, 78-52, in the second round of the Oklahoma City Regional on Tuesday.

The Volunteers (32-2) will play either Oklahoma or Notre Dame in the next round on Sunday.

Tennessee jumped to a 24-6 lead with 9:36 left in the first half and led by as many as 27 before taking a 40-20 advantage into the break.

Purdue (19-15) never got any closer during the second half. Overall, it committed 24 turnovers and shot just 37 percent (19-of-51) from the field.

Keshia Mosley scored 14 points off the bench to pace the Boilermakers.








  • OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL
    AT WEST LAFAYETTE IN
    NCAA WOMENS BB OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL
    FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
    --- --- -----
    PURDUE (9) 20 32 52
    TENNESSEE (1) 40 38 78 FINAL

    Mar 25 9:09 PM


  • OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL
    AT WEST LAFAYETTE IN
    NCAA WOMENS BB (9) PURDUE 20
    (1) TENNESSEE 40 HALFTIME

    Mar 25 7:56 PM

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