Purdue forward Camille Redmon, right, tries to knock the ball away from Akron guard Hannah Plybon during their first-round game in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in West Lafayette, Ind., Saturday, March 22, 2014. Purdue defeated Akron 84-55.WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Akron thought it had all the pieces in place to compete with Purdue on Saturday.
They never had a chance.
Whitney Bays had 20 points and 13 rebounds Saturday, Courtney Moses tied the school’s career record for 3-pointers and the fourth-seeded Boilermakers rolled into the second round of the NCAA women’s tournament with an emphatic 84-55 rout over usually high-scoring Akron.
“They are really long and lengthy and they put their biggest girl in front of Hanna (Lubergh),” Zips point guard Kacie Cassell said. “They knew our offense. They stopped it and we just couldn’t get rebounds and couldn’t get second-chance opportunities.”
Nothing went right for the Zips (23-10) in their first tourney appearance.