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INDIANAPOLIS – A 10-0 run to start the second half for the No. 22 Purdue Boilermakers moved its lead to double-digits and that proved to be too much to overcome as the IUPUI women's basketball team fell to the nationally-ranked Boilermakers, 76-56, Tuesday night in front of a sellout crowd of 1,215 at The Jungle.

Purdue improved to 2-0 on the season and 4-0 all-time against the Jaguars, who dropped to 1-1.

Foul trouble plagued the Jaguars from the get-go and resulted in Purdue outscoring IUPUI 27-12 from the charity stripe.

"I want to thank the fans for coming out. That was tremendous support and we're appreciative of that, but I feel bad because I don't think they saw the team that normally shows up," head coach Austin Parkinson said. "We didn't match their intensity, I thought we were soft at times, and I thought Purdue came out with the kind of urgency you need to have on the road. They outplayed us, and unfortunately we weren't able to recover once they went on a run."

A scoreless first 3:37 allowed the Boilermakers to jump out to a 6-0 lead, but a Nevena Markovic put-back ended the drought and spurred an 8-2 IUPUI run that knotted the score at eight with 12:58 on the clock.

A 7-0 Purdue run ensued, but the Jags continued to claw back using another 8-2 run fueled by four points from Shanika Maddox to close within one, 17-16, with 7:35 remaining.

The see-saw affair continued as the Boilermakers' lead fluctuated between six and two, but a Liza Clemons jumper and two Courtney Moses free throws in the final 1:23 sent Purdue into the locker room with a 32-26 lead.

Despite IUPUI shooting 55.0 percent (11-20) from the field in the opening half, including a perfect 3-of-3 shooting for Akilah Sims, 15 turnovers plagued the Jags in the opening stanza. Purdue gave up the ball 11 times, but it hit 8-of-10 from the charity stripe to offset 40.7 percent shooting.

Another scoreless start to a half, this time of the six-minute variety, coupled with eight team fouls propelled Purdue to its first double-digit lead on the game, 42-26.

Each time it appeared as if the Jags would trim their deficit to single digits, the Boilermakers were able to get to the foul line to halt any momentum. Then, consecutive KK House triples quickly escalated the Purdue lead to 60- 40 with just under eight minutes to play, forcing Parkinson to burn a timeout.

From that point, Purdue finished out the final eight minutes and took down the Jags, 76-56.

Sims and Katie Comello led the way for IUPUI with 11 points apiece, while DeAirra Goss also reached double figures with 10.

IUPUI closes out its three-game homestand on Sunday, Nov. 17, when it welcomes Missouri State to The Jungle for a 2 p.m. start.