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Purdue exacts revenge on Georgia, advances to regional final

Mar 26, 2007 - 2:33 AM DALLAS (Ticker) -- Purdue got some sweet revenge. Katie Gearlds made sure of it.

Gearlds scored 30 points and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton added 24 as the second-seeded Boilermakers used a huge second half to post a 78-65 victory over No. 3 Georgia in the NCAA Tournament's Dallas Region semifinal.

Purdue (31-5) won the national title in 1999 and was the runner-up in 2001, but it had not reached a regional final since 2003. Georgia had a hand in that, edging the Boilermakers, 66-64, in the regional semifinals in 2004.

With this win, Purdue will play either top-seeded North Carolina or George Washington with a berth in the Final Four on the line Tuesday.

Gearlds made sure that the Lady Bulldogs would get the better of the Boilermakers again, shooting 10-of-16 from the field, including 4-of-8 on 3-pointers.

Wisdom-Hylton was 8-of-12 from the floor and 8-of-11 from the free-throw line and Danielle Campbell added 11 points for Purdue, which outscored Georgia, 43-29, after halftime.

The Lady Bulldogs' Janese Hardrick, who scored 17 points to lead Georgia in its win three years ago, had just three points on 1-of-7 shooting, including 0-of-4 from the arc, on Sunday.

Tasha Humphrey scored 20 points on 9-of-17 shooting for Georgia (27-7), which shot 43 percent (24-of-56).