Dec. 18, 2011
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Auburn vs. Purdue
Post-Game Notes
Dec. 18, 2011
- Attendance: 2,034
- Auburn Starters: Blanche Alverson, Camille Glymph, Morgan Jennings, Parrisha Simmons and Tyrese Tanner
- Purdue Starters: K.K. Houser, Chelsea Jones, Courtney Moses, Sam Ostarello and Chantel Poston
- Auburn head coach Nell Fortner was the head coach at Purdue from 1996-97; her first head coaching position
- Auburn associate head coach Kerry Cremeans was an assistant coach at Purdue from 1996-2003, helping the Boilermakers to two NCAA title game appearances and the 1999 NCAA Championship
- Blanche Alverson's 3-pointer with 26 seconds left in the first half gave her 103 on her career and tied her for sixth all-time at Auburn in career 3-pointers with Carolyn Jones (1988-91)
- Alverson's 3-pointer at the 18:36 mark in the second half gave her solo possession of sixth, she finished the game with 107 career 3-pointers
- Alverson finished the game with five 3-pointers, tying her single-game career high
- Parrisha Simmons pulled down 16 rebounds, the most for an Auburn player since Jordan Greenleaf tallied 16 against Mississippi State on Jan. 3, 2010
- Auburn won the opening tip
- Purdue leads the all-time series with Auburn, 3-1
- Auburn is 92-159 all-time vs. ranked teams; 5-4 against teams ranked No. 22 in the nation
- The Tigers are now 5-4 all-time against teams from the State of Indiana
- The Tigers are 18-11 all-time against members of the Big Ten Conference
- AU is now 10-4 all-time when playing on Dec. 18 and 197-53 in the month of December (38-11 under Fortner)
- Nell Fortner has led Auburn to an 85-37 record in non-conference games
- When facing non-conference opponents at home, Auburn has a 134-11 record since Jan. 5, 1992
- The Tigers are 13-8 when playing in Auburn Arena
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