<div id="subtitle">Houser scores 18 as Boilermakers beat Ohio State 63-61, snap Buckeyes' 12-game win streak</div><div><p>Freshman guard K.K. Houser scored a career-high 18 points, and Purdue handed No. 4 Ohio State its first conference loss, 63-61 on Monday night.</p><p>Sam Ostarello, another freshman, added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Boilermakers (10-10, 5-4 Big Ten).</p><p>Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis missed an open layup at the buzzer that would have forced overtime. Her chance to tie was set up when Purdue's Brittany Rayburn missed a free throw with 7.6 seconds left, the only free throw the Boilermakers missed in 15 tries.</p><p>Jantel Lavender led Ohio State with 17 points and 10 rebounds, but she shot 6 for 18 from the field. Brittany Johnson scored 16 points and Prahalis added 11 for the Buckeyes (20-2, 8-1), whose 12-game win streak was snapped.</p><p>The Buckeyes jumped out to a 16-0 lead.</p><p>Johnson made three consecutive 3-pointers to tie her season scoring average in the first two minutes. The Buckeyes held the Boilermakers scoreless for the first 6:40 as Purdue missed its first 10 shots.</p><p>Houser helped the Boilermakers settle down. Her three-point play cut Ohio State's lead to 26-23. The Buckeyes led 32-29 at halftime.</p><p>Purdue twice took one-point leads in the early minutes of the second half, but the Boilermakers went cold, and Johnson hit another three to put the Buckeyes up 44-37 with 13 minutes to play.</p><p>A three-point play by Rayburn tied the score at 48 with just under eight minutes to play, and a three-point play by Houser one minute later gave the Boilermakers a 51-48 lead.</p><p>A putback by Ostarello with just over a minute left gave the Boilermakers a 61-56 lead. The teams traded unsuccessful possessions before Ohio State's Sarah Schulze was fouled with 16.4 seconds left. She made both free throws to make it 61-58.</p><p>Houser got fouled with 13.2 seconds to play, and she made both free throws to push Purdue's lead to 63-58.</p><p>Prahalis quickly answered with a 3-pointer to make it a two-point game with 7.8 seconds to go.</p><p>The Buckeyes fouled Rayburn immediately and sent her to the free throw line. She missed the first free throw, and Ohio State rebounded to set up the final sequence.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67789486&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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