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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Something has to give Wednesday as the Purdue women's basketball team and 20th-ranked Rutgers put win streaks and Big Ten Conference supremacy on the line in a 7 p.m. ET tip at The RAC in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Boilermakers have won three straight and are tied for second in the conference at 4-1, while the Scarlet Knights have won eight straight, including a perfect 5-0 mark in the Big Ten.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Karissa McLaughlin, So.
Dominique Oden, Jr.
Ae'Rianna Harris, Jr.
Tamara Farquhar, So.
Kayana Traylor, Fr.
LOOKING BACK
The Boilermakers picked up their first road win of the conference season Sunday, holding off a late Northwestern rally for a 57-54 win at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Harris led the team with 16 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots, while Farquhar pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds and scored the Boilermakers' final six points of the game to seal up the victory. Oden and McLaughlin joined Harris in double figures with 12 points each, and Oden posted a career-high five steals.
FINDING FARQUHAR
Farquhar is making the most of the conference season, averaging 10.2 points and 10.2 rebounds through five Big Ten contests, including her career-high 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting against Michigan and her mammoth rebounding effort Sunday at Northwestern. She's 1-of-4 players in the conference averaging double-digit rebounds in Big Ten play, along with Harris, and is shooting a team-best 47.7 percent.
WIN THE GLASS, WIN THE GAME
Rebounding will play a large role in Wednesday game as both sides rely on controlling the glass to find success. While the two sides have some of the lowest defensive rebounding percentages in the conference this season (ranked 12th and 13th), they have reversed the trend in Big Ten action, with Purdue securing 73.7 of their opponents misses and Rutgers has grabbed 70.4 percent. The Scarlet Knights have also thrived on the offensive glass, grabbing an average of 14.3 offensive boards per game.
3-POINT PROWESS
Purdue is one of the top 3-point shooting teams in the conference, hitting 5.9 per game on the season, good for fourth in the Big Ten, including a season-high 12 triples against Miami. The Scarlet Knights have seen a 3-point explosion in conference play, hitting 7.4 per game at a 40.2 percent clip, up from their 33.3 percent on the year.
ALL ABOUT RUTGERS
The Scarlet Knights enter Wednesday's matchup at the top of the Big Ten standings at 13-3 overall and a perfect 5-0 in conference play. Rutgers boasts the sixth-longest win streak in the NCAA, winning their last eight games and are perfect 8-0 at home this season. Rutgers most recently picked up a road win at Nebraska, edging the Huskers 62-56 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Head coach C. Vivian Stringer is the newest member of the 1,000-career wins club, hitting the mark against Central Connecticut State on Nov. 13, 2018. She is also the first Big Ten coach with 200 career conference wins, picking up that accolade with their Big Ten opener vs. Northwestern, 45-41. Rutgers has the most depth of any team in the conference, fielding 11 players that average more than 10 minutes per game, and seven players averaging at least six points per game. They rank seventh in the NCAA in scoring defense, holding opponents to 52.9 points per game, and are eighth in field goal percentage defense at .333. Sophomore Arella Guirantes leads Rutgers in scoring at 10.4 points per game, while senior Stasha Carey is close behind at 10.2 points per game. Junior Ciani Cryor leads Big Ten play in assists and steals, averaging 7.4 assists and 3.8 steals through five conference games.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Something has to give Wednesday as the Purdue women's basketball team and 20th-ranked Rutgers put win streaks and Big Ten Conference supremacy on the line in a 7 p.m. ET tip at The RAC in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Boilermakers have won three straight and are tied for second in the conference at 4-1, while the Scarlet Knights have won eight straight, including a perfect 5-0 mark in the Big Ten.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Karissa McLaughlin, So.
Dominique Oden, Jr.
Ae'Rianna Harris, Jr.
Tamara Farquhar, So.
Kayana Traylor, Fr.
LOOKING BACK
The Boilermakers picked up their first road win of the conference season Sunday, holding off a late Northwestern rally for a 57-54 win at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Harris led the team with 16 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots, while Farquhar pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds and scored the Boilermakers' final six points of the game to seal up the victory. Oden and McLaughlin joined Harris in double figures with 12 points each, and Oden posted a career-high five steals.
FINDING FARQUHAR
Farquhar is making the most of the conference season, averaging 10.2 points and 10.2 rebounds through five Big Ten contests, including her career-high 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting against Michigan and her mammoth rebounding effort Sunday at Northwestern. She's 1-of-4 players in the conference averaging double-digit rebounds in Big Ten play, along with Harris, and is shooting a team-best 47.7 percent.
WIN THE GLASS, WIN THE GAME
Rebounding will play a large role in Wednesday game as both sides rely on controlling the glass to find success. While the two sides have some of the lowest defensive rebounding percentages in the conference this season (ranked 12th and 13th), they have reversed the trend in Big Ten action, with Purdue securing 73.7 of their opponents misses and Rutgers has grabbed 70.4 percent. The Scarlet Knights have also thrived on the offensive glass, grabbing an average of 14.3 offensive boards per game.
3-POINT PROWESS
Purdue is one of the top 3-point shooting teams in the conference, hitting 5.9 per game on the season, good for fourth in the Big Ten, including a season-high 12 triples against Miami. The Scarlet Knights have seen a 3-point explosion in conference play, hitting 7.4 per game at a 40.2 percent clip, up from their 33.3 percent on the year.
ALL ABOUT RUTGERS
The Scarlet Knights enter Wednesday's matchup at the top of the Big Ten standings at 13-3 overall and a perfect 5-0 in conference play. Rutgers boasts the sixth-longest win streak in the NCAA, winning their last eight games and are perfect 8-0 at home this season. Rutgers most recently picked up a road win at Nebraska, edging the Huskers 62-56 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Head coach C. Vivian Stringer is the newest member of the 1,000-career wins club, hitting the mark against Central Connecticut State on Nov. 13, 2018. She is also the first Big Ten coach with 200 career conference wins, picking up that accolade with their Big Ten opener vs. Northwestern, 45-41. Rutgers has the most depth of any team in the conference, fielding 11 players that average more than 10 minutes per game, and seven players averaging at least six points per game. They rank seventh in the NCAA in scoring defense, holding opponents to 52.9 points per game, and are eighth in field goal percentage defense at .333. Sophomore Arella Guirantes leads Rutgers in scoring at 10.4 points per game, while senior Stasha Carey is close behind at 10.2 points per game. Junior Ciani Cryor leads Big Ten play in assists and steals, averaging 7.4 assists and 3.8 steals through five conference games.