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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's basketball team opens a five-game homestand Sunday, welcoming Loyola to Mackey Arena for the first time since 1991. The Boilermakers look defend their 4-0 start on their home turf, winning their first four home games of the season for the first time since 2013-14.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Karissa McLaughlin, So.
Dominique Oden, Jr.
Ae'Rianna Harris, Jr.
Tamara Farquhar, So.
Fatou Diagne, R-Jr.
LOOKING BACK
Two Boilermakers hit major career milestones Wednesday at Ohio as junior Dominique Oden surpassed 1,000 career points, while fellow junior Ae'Rianna Harris eclipsed 200 career blocked shots. Purdue fell to the Bobcats 80-73, outscoring the Bobcats in three of the four quarters, but surrendering a 26-9 deficit in the second quarter. Purdue committed 20 turnovers, resulting in 23 Ohio points, and sent the Bobcats to the free throw line an opponent season-high 26 times.
1,000 CLUB
Oden is the 33rd player in Purdue women's basketball history to surpass 1,000 career points, the 16th player to exceed the mark in her junior season and one-of-seven Boilermakers to do it before her 80th career game. The last player to hit 1,000 before 80 was Shereka Wright in 2000-01, and Oden joins a list that features MaChelle Joseph, Stephanie White, Sharon Versyp, Carol Emanuel and Katie Douglas.
REJECTED APPLICATIONS
Harris rejected a career-high eight shots Wednesday Ohio, becoming the fourth player in program history to block eight in a game and joining Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton and Stacey Lovelace as the only Boilermakers to surpass 200 career blocked shots. Purdue blocked 12 shots as a team against the Bobcats, tying the No. 3 single-game total all-time for the Boilermakers.
RULE OF THREE
Purdue is one-of-three teams in the Big Ten (Iowa, Maryland) with three players ranked in the top-20 of the conference in scoring. Oden is tied for seventh at 15.1 points per game, McLaughlin is tied for 12th at 14.0 points per game and Harris is 16th at 13.2 points per game.
ALL ABOUT LOYOLA
The Ramblers come into Mackey Arena at 6-2, winners of four straight after Thursday's win over Southern Illinois Edwardsville. After winning just nine combined games over the last two seasons, Loyola is showing significant signs of improvement under third-year head coach Kate Achter. Achter was an assistant at Xavier before heading to the Windy City, and played collegiately at Bowling Green under former Indiana head coach Curt Miller, who is now the head coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun. The Ramblers are 2-2 on the road this season, winning at UIC and Western Michigan, while falling at Youngstown State and Bowling Green. Loyola has made its mark taking care of the ball and converting at the free throw line this season, ranking 29th in the nation with only 13.1 turnovers per game and eighth in the country at 80.4 percent at the charity stripe. Sophomore Abby O'Connor is tied for the national lead in free throw percentage, hitting all 24 of her attempts on the season and is 1-of-3 players left in the NCAA remaining perfect at the foul line. The Ramblers have four players averaging double figures this season, led by sophomore Ellie Rice at 13.3 points per game. O'Connor adds 12.8 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds per game, while rookie Janae Gonzales is Loyola's top 3-point threat, hitting 16 triples en route to 11.1 points per game.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's basketball team opens a five-game homestand Sunday, welcoming Loyola to Mackey Arena for the first time since 1991. The Boilermakers look defend their 4-0 start on their home turf, winning their first four home games of the season for the first time since 2013-14.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Karissa McLaughlin, So.
Dominique Oden, Jr.
Ae'Rianna Harris, Jr.
Tamara Farquhar, So.
Fatou Diagne, R-Jr.
LOOKING BACK
Two Boilermakers hit major career milestones Wednesday at Ohio as junior Dominique Oden surpassed 1,000 career points, while fellow junior Ae'Rianna Harris eclipsed 200 career blocked shots. Purdue fell to the Bobcats 80-73, outscoring the Bobcats in three of the four quarters, but surrendering a 26-9 deficit in the second quarter. Purdue committed 20 turnovers, resulting in 23 Ohio points, and sent the Bobcats to the free throw line an opponent season-high 26 times.
1,000 CLUB
Oden is the 33rd player in Purdue women's basketball history to surpass 1,000 career points, the 16th player to exceed the mark in her junior season and one-of-seven Boilermakers to do it before her 80th career game. The last player to hit 1,000 before 80 was Shereka Wright in 2000-01, and Oden joins a list that features MaChelle Joseph, Stephanie White, Sharon Versyp, Carol Emanuel and Katie Douglas.
REJECTED APPLICATIONS
Harris rejected a career-high eight shots Wednesday Ohio, becoming the fourth player in program history to block eight in a game and joining Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton and Stacey Lovelace as the only Boilermakers to surpass 200 career blocked shots. Purdue blocked 12 shots as a team against the Bobcats, tying the No. 3 single-game total all-time for the Boilermakers.
RULE OF THREE
Purdue is one-of-three teams in the Big Ten (Iowa, Maryland) with three players ranked in the top-20 of the conference in scoring. Oden is tied for seventh at 15.1 points per game, McLaughlin is tied for 12th at 14.0 points per game and Harris is 16th at 13.2 points per game.
ALL ABOUT LOYOLA
The Ramblers come into Mackey Arena at 6-2, winners of four straight after Thursday's win over Southern Illinois Edwardsville. After winning just nine combined games over the last two seasons, Loyola is showing significant signs of improvement under third-year head coach Kate Achter. Achter was an assistant at Xavier before heading to the Windy City, and played collegiately at Bowling Green under former Indiana head coach Curt Miller, who is now the head coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun. The Ramblers are 2-2 on the road this season, winning at UIC and Western Michigan, while falling at Youngstown State and Bowling Green. Loyola has made its mark taking care of the ball and converting at the free throw line this season, ranking 29th in the nation with only 13.1 turnovers per game and eighth in the country at 80.4 percent at the charity stripe. Sophomore Abby O'Connor is tied for the national lead in free throw percentage, hitting all 24 of her attempts on the season and is 1-of-3 players left in the NCAA remaining perfect at the foul line. The Ramblers have four players averaging double figures this season, led by sophomore Ellie Rice at 13.3 points per game. O'Connor adds 12.8 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds per game, while rookie Janae Gonzales is Loyola's top 3-point threat, hitting 16 triples en route to 11.1 points per game.