SEATTLE – The Purdue women's basketball team fell on the road to conclude its West Coast swing, dropping its Saturday afternoon contest at Washington 87-58.
The Boilermakers (7-11, 0-7) put a pair in double figures. Destini Lombard led the way with 17 points on 7-of11 shooting with a trio of 3-pointers. It was her 14th game with 10 or more points this season.
Ella Collier finished with 15 points, going 6-of-9 from the field with a trio of 3-pointers. McKenna Layden had another solid all-around night in her second straight start with eight points and even rebounds.
Purdue shot 42.9% from the field and connected on eight 3-pointers.
Washington (13-6, 4-3) was topped by Sayvia Sellers' 24 points with five triples. Four Huskies finished in double figures, as the hosts shot a 62.5% clip from the field and went 11-of-23 from behind the arc.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Washington built up a 20-4 lead in the first 5:49 of the game.
• Lombard netted five points in the opening frame, as Purdue trailed 27-9 after the first quarter.
• Lombard reached double figures early in the second with five points, before Layden knocked down a mid-range jumper to cut the gap down to 13 points with 8:05 in the half.
• Purdue rolled off a 7-2 run late in the frame, on a pair of jumpers by Jordyn Poole and Kendall Puryear and Layden's second triple.
• Purdue shot 37% in the first half to Washington's 58% clip and trailed 47-25 at the break.
• Lombard and Collier combined for 15 of Purdue's 19 points in the third, going a combined 6-of-7 from the field with two 3-pointers.
• Purdue shot a game-high 57.1% from the field in the third.
• The Huskies led 73-44 after three.
• Collier and Layden both connected from long range in the fourth, as Collier tallied five in the final frame.
• The two sides matched scoring in the fourth 14-14.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers will return to Mackey Arena to take on its ninth ranked opponent this season, when No. 4 USC arrives in West Lafayette for a 7 p.m. tip on NBC Peacock.