Feb. 10, 2005

On March 5, 2000, No. 3 seed and defending National Champion Purdue captured its third-straight Big Ten Tournament title with a 71-63 win over top-seeded Penn State.  Of the seven Purdue players that took the court in the championship game, three scored 17 points or more, including a game-high 24 from Katie Douglas.  Camille Cooper tallied 17 points, while Kelly Komara also posted 17 points, along with nine rebounds, seven assists and five steals.  Douglas had five of Purdue's 10 three-pointers, which helped the No. 18 Boilermakers (22-7) past the fifth-ranked Lady Lions (26-4) for the first time that season.  Penn State defeated Purdue in both regular season games, which helped the Lady Lions to their first overall Big Ten championship.  The Lady Lions, which had their 10-game winning streak snapped, had three players in doubled figures, led by Helen Darling with 16 points.  Andrea Garner finished the game with 14 points, followed by Lisa Shepherd with 10.   

The 2000 Tournament, held for the first time at the current site of Conseco Fieldhouse, was witnessed by a total of 27,398 fans - then the second highest attendance in the event's history. 

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