The Wildcats went 3 of 21 after their big lead.
Grace Berger added 14 points for Indiana (9-3, 7-1 Big Ten Conference), which had its previous two games postponed with opponents’ COVID concerns. Jaelyn Penn scored 12.
Veronica Burton scored 17 for Northwestern (8-3, 6-3), which had a four-game winning streak end, and left coach Joe McKeown one win shy of his 300th at the school. Lindsey Pulliam added 15 with nine rebounds, Jordan Hamilton 13 and Wood 12.
While Northwestern was shooting 27% in the second half and 19% in the fourth quarter, the Hoosiers shot 58% (7 of 12) in the fourth quarter plus making 11 of 13 free throws.
Northwestern led 21-16 after one quarter and, with Burton and Wood scoring the last minute, was up 36-33 at the half.
The Hoosiers are going into halftime hot as Grace Berger capped the half with a 3-pointer right as time expired to give Indiana a 32-15 lead over Purd .
Hoosiers rout Purdue at Mackey, 66-45
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A three-point play by Purdue’s Kayana Traylor 67 seconds into Thursday’s second quarter at Mackey Arena deadlocked the game, the fourth tie of what initially looked like a competitive contest.
But that was the end of such notions.
Indiana held Purdue scoreless over the final 8:53 of the first half, running away with a 66-45 victory and extending its winning streak over its in-state rival to four games.
In all, the Boilermakers went more than 10 minutes between points across the middle portion of the game, and by the time they finally found the bottom of the net once again, it was too late. The Hoosiers scored 20 consecutive points during Purdue’s drought, putting the game beyond reach by the start of the second half.
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