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Michigan State Women Fall to Purdue on Alumni Day
1/9/2022 5:53:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Taiyier Parks leads the Spartans with 16 points.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball fell to Purdue, 69-59, on Alumni Day Sunday at the Breslin Center.
The Spartans now hold an 8-7 overall record and have an even mark in Big Ten play, standing 2-2. Purdue improves to 11-4 overall and 2-2 in league action.
Michigan State welcomed back junior guard Moira Joiner who had been out since Dec. 9. Fellow guards DeeDee Hagemann and Laurel Jacqmain also returned to the lineup after missing the game against Nebraska on Dec. 30.
For the first time this season, senior guard Nia Clouden did not reach double figures, ending the game with seven points and four rebounds. Junior forward Taiyier Parks led the Spartans in scoring with 16 points, adding six boards. Graduate forward Tamara Farquhar was close to a double-double against her former squad with 11 points and nine rebounds, including a game-leading seven on the offensive glass. Senior forward Alisia Smith also reached double digits with 10 points and six rebounds.
Clouden's seven points gives her 1,603 for her career, becoming just the sixth person with 1,600 career points, closing in on the No. 6 spot of 1,649 points held by Allyssa DeHaan, who was in attendance Sunday afternoon for Spartan Women's Basketball Alumni Day.
Purdue was led by Brooke Moore who scored 22 points off the bench.
Playing against her former team, Farquhar scored two quick baskets to help Michigan State jump out to an early 9-8 lead with 4:22 remaining in the first period. The Boilermakers used long-range shooting to take a 19-13 lead at the end of the period. Madison Layden led the way with nine points, going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc.
In the second quarter, the Spartans battled to chip away at the Purdue advantage. A pair of Alisia Smith free throws made it a 25-22 game with 5:38 left in the half. Despite remaining cold from the field, the Spartans re-took the lead 31-30 after a pair of Clouden free throws with 1:14 remaining in the period. MSU went into the locker room with a 33-30 lead, despite shooting only 38.7 percent from the field in the first half.
Michigan State took as big a lead as five points in the third quarter after a Parks layup at the 5:51 mark. The Boilermakers then made a surge, taking a 41-38 lead after a Rickie Woltman layup with under three minutes left in the quarter, but once again MSU found itself on top 44-43, heading in the final period.
The Spartan offense stalled to start the fourth period, going over four minutes without a basket. The Boilermakers took advantage with a 12-0 run to take a 55-46 lead. Michigan State wasn't able to tighten the gap in the final minutes of the game.
Michigan State returns to the road to take on Ohio State on Wednesday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m.
Post-Game Notes vs. Purdue
The Spartans now hold an 8-7 overall record and have an even mark in Big Ten play, standing 2-2. Purdue improves to 11-4 overall and 2-2 in league action.
Michigan State welcomed back junior guard Moira Joiner who had been out since Dec. 9. Fellow guards DeeDee Hagemann and Laurel Jacqmain also returned to the lineup after missing the game against Nebraska on Dec. 30.
For the first time this season, senior guard Nia Clouden did not reach double figures, ending the game with seven points and four rebounds. Junior forward Taiyier Parks led the Spartans in scoring with 16 points, adding six boards. Graduate forward Tamara Farquhar was close to a double-double against her former squad with 11 points and nine rebounds, including a game-leading seven on the offensive glass. Senior forward Alisia Smith also reached double digits with 10 points and six rebounds.
Clouden's seven points gives her 1,603 for her career, becoming just the sixth person with 1,600 career points, closing in on the No. 6 spot of 1,649 points held by Allyssa DeHaan, who was in attendance Sunday afternoon for Spartan Women's Basketball Alumni Day.
Purdue was led by Brooke Moore who scored 22 points off the bench.
Playing against her former team, Farquhar scored two quick baskets to help Michigan State jump out to an early 9-8 lead with 4:22 remaining in the first period. The Boilermakers used long-range shooting to take a 19-13 lead at the end of the period. Madison Layden led the way with nine points, going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc.
In the second quarter, the Spartans battled to chip away at the Purdue advantage. A pair of Alisia Smith free throws made it a 25-22 game with 5:38 left in the half. Despite remaining cold from the field, the Spartans re-took the lead 31-30 after a pair of Clouden free throws with 1:14 remaining in the period. MSU went into the locker room with a 33-30 lead, despite shooting only 38.7 percent from the field in the first half.
Michigan State took as big a lead as five points in the third quarter after a Parks layup at the 5:51 mark. The Boilermakers then made a surge, taking a 41-38 lead after a Rickie Woltman layup with under three minutes left in the quarter, but once again MSU found itself on top 44-43, heading in the final period.
The Spartan offense stalled to start the fourth period, going over four minutes without a basket. The Boilermakers took advantage with a 12-0 run to take a 55-46 lead. Michigan State wasn't able to tighten the gap in the final minutes of the game.
Michigan State returns to the road to take on Ohio State on Wednesday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m.
Post-Game Notes vs. Purdue
- Michigan State had its two-game home winning streak halted with Sunday's loss.
- The Spartans also had their two-game winning streak in the series vs. Purdue snapped with Sunday's loss, after MSU won both meetings last season ... Purdue now leads the all-time series 43-36, but the Spartans have still won five of the last eight meetings with the Boilermakers and still hold a 24-15 advantage in games played in East Lansing, despite Purdue winning three of the last five.
- Sunday's 10-point scoring margin was the first double-digit margin in the last five meetings, as the previous four had been by an average of 5.3 points, matching the previous double-digit margin of 10 points (PUR W, 76-66 on Jan. 30, 2020).
- MSU's starting line-up of senior guard Nia Clouden, freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann, graduate forward Tamara Farquhar, freshman guard/forward Matilda Ekh and senior forward Alisia Smith was the Spartans' fourth game with that starting five and MSU is now 1-3 with that starting line-up.
- The Spartans had a 33-30 halftime lead, marking their ninth game leading at intermission and MSU is now 6-3 when leading at halftime.
- Junior guard Moira Joiner returned to action for the first time in exactly one month, as she last played Dec. 9, 2021 vs. Illinois, missing the last five games under concussion protocol.
- Junior forward Taiyier Parks posted a career-high tying 16 points, matching 16 points at Oakland (11/26/21) ... the 16 points was Parks' sixth double-figure scoring outing this season and 16th of her career ... Parks posted her 16 points on a career-high tying six field goals, marking the seventh time in her career ... the 16 points by Parks marked the first time this season that she has led MSU in scoring, as well as the fourth time in her career.
- Graduate forward Tamara Farquhar was one rebound shy of a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds ... Sunday's 11 points was Farquhar's fourth double-digit scoring outing of the season and first since at Iowa (12/5) ... the nine rebounds marked Farquhar's season-long stretch of fourth-straight game with seven or more rebounds and seventh game of the season with seven+ boards, also having a stretch of three-straight games (11/16 - 11/21) ... Farquhar led MSU on the glass for the team-leading seventh time this season ... Farquhar also swiped a season-high three steals, also leading the Spartans and tying for the game-high.
- Senior guard Nia Clouden was limited to single-digits for the first time this season with seven points Sunday, snapping streak of 18-straight games in double-digits dating back to last season ... Clouden has now tallied double-figures in 46 of last 50 games played and 85 of 102 career games played.
- Clouden's seven points gives her 1,603 for her career, becoming just the sixth person with 1,600 career points, closing in on the No. 6 spot of 1,649 points held by Allyssa DeHaan, who was in attendance Sunday afternoon for Spartan Women's Basketball Alumni Day.
- Senior forward Alisia Smith tallied 10 points Sunday, posting her second-straight double-digit scoring outing as part of her fifth double-figure game this season with 10+ points ... it was Smith's 11th double-digit points game in her Spartan career ... Sunday marked the first time in five games this season that MSU has lost when Smith scoring in double-figures.
- Smith also snared six rebounds, marking her third-straight game and fourth in the last five with five or more boards, as part of the eighth total time this season ... additionally, Smith logged one block, posting her ninth of the season, but just first game this season with only one, as her previous eight rejections came in four games, posting a pair of blocks in each.
- Freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann dished out a team-leading and game-high tying eight assists, marking her fifth-straight game with five or more helpers, as well as eighth total game this season with five or more helpers ... Hagemann has now led the team in assists a team-leading eight times in the 15 games, pulling away from a tie for the team-lead with Clouden with seven games, as Hagemann and Clouden remain the only two Spartans to lead the team in assists this season.
Team Stats
Purdue
MSU
FG%
.462
.365
3FG%
.364
.111
FT%
.722
.688
RB
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36
TO
17
14
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7
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Pts
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FGM
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FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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