WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Lauren Betts finished with 17 points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes Tuesday night and Timea Gardiner added 16 points off the bench as No. 1 UCLA never trailed in a 83-49 rout at Purdue.
Coach Cori Close gave her starters plenty of rest with Jones logging the most minutes, 25, in the Bruins’ second game in four days in Indiana. UCLA pulled off a rare double by beating Purdue and Indiana on their home courts to remain a perfect 16-0 (5-0 Big Ten).
Destini Lombard scored 16 points to lead the Boilermakers (7-8, 0-4). Rashunda Jones and McKenna Layden each had eight points for Purdue.
But it was never really close. UCLA scored the first 13 points and kept the Boilermakers at arm’s length the rest of the night.
The Boilermakers remain winless in league play, with all four losses coming to Top 25 teams and four of their next five also against ranked foes.
Key moment
The Bruins jumped out to a 10-0 lead that forced Purdue to burn its first timeout just 97 seconds into the game. It didn’t help. Purdue trailed 29-15 after one quarter and never recovered from the early onslaught.
Key stat
UCLA outscored Purdue 40-12 in the paint, which explained the big discrepancy in the field goal percentages. The Bruins shot 53.2% compared with Purdue’s 33.3%.