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Blue Raiders Take Down Purdue in Defensive Battle 54-49 on Thanksgiving

vs. Iowa State

11/30/2024 | 12:30 p.m.

Women's Sports Network

WGNS (101.9 FM | 1450 AM | 100.5 FM)

FORT MYERS, Fla. – In what proved to be a physical, defensive battle, the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (6-1) prevailed over the Purdue Boilermakers (4-2) 54-49 in the second game of a Thanksgiving-Day slate at the Elevance Health's Women's Fort Myers Tip-Off in Fort Myers, Fla.

The Blue Raiders fought their way back into the game after facing an early 9-3 deficit with the Boilermakers converting three of its first five attempts from the perimeter.