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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's basketball team anticipates a capacity crowd Sunday, hosting No. 25 South Carolina for a 3 p.m. ET tip in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers enter the weekend at 7-3 overall, with a perfect 5-0 record at home, while the Gamecocks sit at a deceiving 5-4, with all four losses coming against ranked opponents and three of the four to top-10 foes.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Karissa McLaughlin, So.
Dominique Oden, Jr.
Ae'Rianna Harris, Jr.
Tamara Farquhar, So.
Fatou Diagne, R-Jr.
LOOKING BACK
Purdue earned its seventh win of the season and fifth on its home floor last Sunday, defeating visiting Loyola Chicago 65-41. The Boilermakers put together a dominant defensive display, holding the Ramblers to 32 percent shooting and no more than 11 points in a quarter, while exploding for 31 third-quarter points, including a 19-0 run to start the second half. McLaughlin paced the Boilermakers with 19 points, while Oden had her ninth double-figure scoring output in 10 games this season, finishing with 16 points.
BLOCKS ON BLOCKS
Sunday's contest features two of the best teams in the nation at blocking shots. Harris anchors Purdue's defense with 28 blocks on the season, good for second in the NCAA, while the Gamecocks are third in the country as a team, rejecting 7.2 shots per contest.
FAMILIAR FACES
Purdue sophomore Lyndsey Whilby and South Carolina junior Te'a Cooper were high school teammates at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia. They won two high school state titles together in 2014 and 2015, and the Indians went on to win a third in a row in 2016.
CASHING IN
The Boilermakers have two players ranked in the top-10 in field goal percentage in the Big Ten in Harris and Oden. Harris is eighth, converting 52.9 percent from the floor, while Oden is close behind at 10th, hitting 48.7, and has the highest shooting percentage for a guard in the conference.
ALL ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA
The No. 25 Gamecocks most-recently posted a dominant 80-50 victory over Appalachian State, hitting 54.2 percent from the field and outrebounding the Mountaineers 47-27. South Carolina won the 2017 NCAA championship, defeating Mississippi State in the final game 67-55. The Gamecocks have been to at least the Sweet 16 in each of the last five seasons, including the 2015 Women's Final Four and the Elite Eight in 2018. Head coach Dawn Staley is in her 11th season with the Gamecocks, winning an average of 25 games per season. Junior Te'a Cooper leads her team with 14.0 points per game, hitting a team-most 12 3-point field goals. Junior Tyasha Harris is second on the team in scoring at 10.9 points per game, and leads the team with 3.8 assists per contest, including seven in 21 minutes against Appalachian State. Harris is an Indiana native, hailing from Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis, where she won three straight state titles from 2014 to 2016.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's basketball team anticipates a capacity crowd Sunday, hosting No. 25 South Carolina for a 3 p.m. ET tip in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers enter the weekend at 7-3 overall, with a perfect 5-0 record at home, while the Gamecocks sit at a deceiving 5-4, with all four losses coming against ranked opponents and three of the four to top-10 foes.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Karissa McLaughlin, So.
Dominique Oden, Jr.
Ae'Rianna Harris, Jr.
Tamara Farquhar, So.
Fatou Diagne, R-Jr.
LOOKING BACK
Purdue earned its seventh win of the season and fifth on its home floor last Sunday, defeating visiting Loyola Chicago 65-41. The Boilermakers put together a dominant defensive display, holding the Ramblers to 32 percent shooting and no more than 11 points in a quarter, while exploding for 31 third-quarter points, including a 19-0 run to start the second half. McLaughlin paced the Boilermakers with 19 points, while Oden had her ninth double-figure scoring output in 10 games this season, finishing with 16 points.
BLOCKS ON BLOCKS
Sunday's contest features two of the best teams in the nation at blocking shots. Harris anchors Purdue's defense with 28 blocks on the season, good for second in the NCAA, while the Gamecocks are third in the country as a team, rejecting 7.2 shots per contest.
FAMILIAR FACES
Purdue sophomore Lyndsey Whilby and South Carolina junior Te'a Cooper were high school teammates at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia. They won two high school state titles together in 2014 and 2015, and the Indians went on to win a third in a row in 2016.
CASHING IN
The Boilermakers have two players ranked in the top-10 in field goal percentage in the Big Ten in Harris and Oden. Harris is eighth, converting 52.9 percent from the floor, while Oden is close behind at 10th, hitting 48.7, and has the highest shooting percentage for a guard in the conference.
ALL ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA
The No. 25 Gamecocks most-recently posted a dominant 80-50 victory over Appalachian State, hitting 54.2 percent from the field and outrebounding the Mountaineers 47-27. South Carolina won the 2017 NCAA championship, defeating Mississippi State in the final game 67-55. The Gamecocks have been to at least the Sweet 16 in each of the last five seasons, including the 2015 Women's Final Four and the Elite Eight in 2018. Head coach Dawn Staley is in her 11th season with the Gamecocks, winning an average of 25 games per season. Junior Te'a Cooper leads her team with 14.0 points per game, hitting a team-most 12 3-point field goals. Junior Tyasha Harris is second on the team in scoring at 10.9 points per game, and leads the team with 3.8 assists per contest, including seven in 21 minutes against Appalachian State. Harris is an Indiana native, hailing from Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis, where she won three straight state titles from 2014 to 2016.