Nov. 21, 2010
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Final Stats // Box Score 
// Game Notes
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue Boilermakers won the Preseason WNIT 67-58 over a talented DePaul team to move to 4-0 on the season. Purdue's Brittany Rayburn scored 21 points and was named the tournament most valuable player, while forward Drey Mingo was named to the all-tournament team with a 21-point and 13-rebound performance.
Free throws were the difference in the game as Purdue was held to 15 made field goals in the contest - just five in the second half - but outscored DePaul 32 to 12 from the charity stripe. Early second period fouls by the Blue Demons put the Boilermakers in the bonus at the 14:41 mark of the second half and Purdue converted 26 of 30 after the break.
Purdue regained the lead for the first time since the 1:12 mark in the first half with a 9-0 run in the middle of the second period. Purdue outscored DePaul 39-28 in the second half after trailing by two at the half.
In a defensive battle, the Blue Demons were held to 30.6 percent from the field (19 of 62) and the Boilermakers were only slightly better at 31.9 percent (15 of 47). Purdue finished with eight steals, forced 19 turnovers, blocked five shots and Rayburn took three charges.
Mingo and Rayburn led the Boilermakers in scoring, with 21 points each. Rayburn got off to another strong start for Purdue, scoring nine of Purdue's first 14 points. Mingo recorded her first career double-double and Purdue's first double-double of the season, with a career-high 13 rebounds to go with her 21 points. Mingo also hit a career-best three of three from the three-point line. Freshman Courtney Moses was the third Boilermaker to finished in double digits with 11 points.
It was a back-and-forth game in the first half with DePaul leading by a bucket, 30-28 when the teams headed to the locker room. The Boilermakers outrebounded DePaul 19-14 in the first half and 36-33 for the game.
For DePaul, three players finished with double-digit points. Keisha Hampton, also named to the WNIT All-Tournament Team, had 15 points and five rebounds. Sam Quiqley totaled 13 and Anna Martin ended with 12 total points.
It is the second Preseason WNIT title for head coach Sharon Versyp at Purdue, the first was in 2006 in Versyp's first season as head coach.
The next game for the Boilermakers will be against Montana in the Caribbean Challenge at 10 p.m. ET on Nov. 25, in Cancun, Mexico.