Early success by Purdue women's basketball couldn't be maintained in loss to reigning national champion, No. 4 ranked South Carolina.

MiLaysia Fulwiley’s 14 points led seven players in double figures as fourth-ranked South Carolina overwhelmed Purdue 99-51 in the Women’s Fort Myers Tip-Off. Ashlyn Watkins and Tessa Johnson added 13 points,

At halftime, Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley praised her team’s connectedness on defense, and that group was possibly even more suffocating than usual. After Purdue (4-3) scored its 10th point with 5:26 to go in the first quarter, South Carolina (7-1) allowed only eight points in the next 15-plus minutes, running out to a 53-18 lead.