BLOOMINGTON -
Antionette Howard scored a season-high 20 points and Brittany Rayburn added 14, leading No. 13 Purdue past Indiana 82-60 on Thursday night.
The Boilermakers (16-3, 6-0 Big Ten) have won six straight in the series, nine straight overall and are the league's only unbeaten team in conference play.
Indiana (5-14, 0-6) has lost six straight and still has not beaten Purdue at home since Jan. 19, 2009. Aulani Sinclair led the Hoosiers with 20 points.
Though Purdue played uncharacteristic defense in the first half, allowing Indiana to shoot 54.2 percent from the field, the Boilermakers were never seriously threatened after taking an early 18-8 lead.
The Boilermakers opened the second half on a 15-6 run to make it 52-36 and led by double digits the rest of the way.
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