BTN.com staff, March 3, 2016

And then there were eight as No. 6 seed Purdue and No. 10 seed Rutgers both won Thursday night at the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament to advance to Friday's quarterfinals. Rutgers held on to upset No. 7 Nebraska, 66-63 before the Boilermakers topped No. 11 seed Penn State, 70-59. Earlier Thursday, No. 12 seed Northwestern won for the second time in two days stunning No. 5 seed Minnesota, 84-74,  while No. 9 Iowa topped No. 8 Michigan, 97-85, and advances to play No. 1 seed Maryland on Friday.

Here are Friday's matchups with all games airing live on BTN TV. Use the links to watch all four games live on BTN2Go.

FRIDAY'S GAMES (all times ET)

We post highlights throughout the tourney in a variety of places, including below and on our women's basketball playlist on YouTube. Also, for select in-game highlights and all post-game recaps and interviews, scroll down and follow our social media accounts throughout the tourney. Also, our day 1 recap is here.

Tourney scoreboard:  Thursday | Friday.  Twitter: Big Ten Women's Basketball feed.

THURSDAY RESULTS

No. 6 Purdue 70, No. 11 Penn State 59: BOX SCORE | RECAP

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Game 5 – No. 10 Rutgers 66, No. 7 Nebraska 63:Shrita Parker scored 18 points and 10th-seeded Rutgers came back from eight points down late. Kahleah Copper had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Scarlett Knights, who move on to face second seed and No. 9-ranked Ohio State in a quarterfinal game on Friday. BOX SCORE | RECAP

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Game 4 – No. 12 Northwestern 84, No. 5 Minnesota 74: Nia Coffey had 25 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats (17-15), who lost to the Gophers (19-11) 112-106 in double overtime on Super Bowl Sunday when Rachel Banham set a conference record with 60 points. BOX SCORE | RECAP

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Game 3 – No. 9 Iowa 97, No. 8 Michigan 85: Megan Gustafson had a career-high 25 points with 10 rebounds, one of three Iowa players with double-doubles. Megan Coley had 20 points and 10 rebounds – with career highs of six blocks and six assists – and Tania Davis had 10 points and a career-high 10 assists for the Hawkeyes. Ally Disterhoft made all four of her 3-pointers and had 22 points. BOX SCORE | RECAP

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Find highlights via these links