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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Purdue (0-2) vs. USC Upstate (2-0)
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 / 7 p.m. ET / BTN Plus
Mackey Arena (14,804) / West Lafayette, Ind.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's basketball team returns home to Mackey Arena on Thursday, aiming to pick up its first win of the season as the Boilermakers host USC Upstate at 7 p.m. ET. The Boilermakers opened the year at the Maine Tip Off Tournament last weekend, falling to the host Black Bears and Villanova, but look to rebound against the Spartans tomorrow.
LAST TIME OUT
- The Boilermakers dropped their first two games of the season at the Maine Tip Off Tournament, falling to the host Black Bears, 47-67, and Villanova, 44-58
- Villanova tied a single-game opponent record, committing just seven fouls in the game
- Purdue's three free throw attempts are tied for second-fewest in a game all-time, while their two free throw makes are tied for fourth fewest
- Ashley Morrissette and Dominique Oden scored in double-figures in both contests, and are tied for the team lead at 11.5 points per game
HEAD COACH Sharon Versyp
- In her 11th year as the Boilermakers' head coach, giving her the longest tenure of any coach in program history
- Winningest Purdue women's basketball head coach, earning 214 to date and 331 for her career, and second in program history in Big Ten Conference wins with 101
- Purdue's eight NCAA Tournament appearances under Versyp are the most under any head coach in program history
- Starred for the Boilermakers from 1985-88, scoring the 13th-most points in program history and was the fourth-fastest player at Purdue to reach 1,000-career points (77 games)
- One-of-2 Big Ten head coaches to lead her alma mater (Amy Williams, Nebraska)
- One-of-2 former Boilermakers to serve as a head coach for a Big Ten team (Teri Moren, Indiana)
#BOILERNOTES
- Purdue is 39-2 all-time in its home opener, including 19 straight from 1995 to 2013
- The Boilermakers are 0-2 for the first sime since 1994-95, when they suffered losses to Stanford and Vanderbilt to open the season
- Purdue is 99-29 all-time in November, including a 59-6 mark at home
- The Boilermakers are 5-0 all-time on Nov. 17, last earning an 81-79 win at Toledo in 2013, and the program's 750th victory
- Thursday marks the Boilermakers' latest home opener on the schedule since 1996, when Purdue went on the road to play at Loyola Marymount and at Stanford before returning home to face Providence
- Dominique Oden is the first freshman to lead the Boilermakers in scoring in a season-opener since Courtney Moses in 2010
- Oden is also the first Purdue rookie to score in double figures in her first two collegiate contests since Katie Gearlds in 2003
Opponent Notes
- USC Upstate comes to West Lafayette at 2-0, including a 55-48 win at Presbyterian on Monday
- The Spartans are led in scoring by senior Raven Jefferson at 14.5 points per game
- USC Upstate has outscored opponents by an average of 32.5 points per game so far this season, holding foes to 28.7 percent shooting from the field
- The Spartans are averaging 14.5 steals per game and have a +13.0 turnover margin
- Thursday is the second meeting between Purdue and USC Upstate in the last five seasons, as they came to Mackey for the season opener in 2012