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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's basketball team heads back out on the road this weekend, traveling to No. 17 Iowa for a 3 p.m. ET tip at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday. The Boilermakers won the first matchup of the season against Iowa, earning a 62-57 victory at Mackey Arena on Jan. 10, but the Hawkeyes have won four straight since and sit tied with Purdue for second place in the Big Ten standings at 6-2.
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 third road win of the year and second in conference play with a 64-53 victory at Minnesota. Purdue held Minnesota to 31.3 percent from the field, and kept the Golden Gophers off the free throw line, committing only 10 fouls resulting in nine Minnesota attempts. Four Boilermakers scored in double figures, led by McLaughlin with 17, and freshman Cassidy Hardin had her best career Big Ten game with 10 points off the bench.
DOMINANT DEFENSIVE DEALINGS
Harris added her name to another elite list Friday, earning a spot on the midseason watchlist for the 2019 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award. She's 1-of-3 underclassmen on the list and 1-of-4 Big Ten nominees, ranking second in the nation with 68 blocks and ranking fourth at 3.24 rejections per game.
RISING RPI
The Boilermakers continue to climb the Ratings Percentage Index, checking in Friday at No. 27 in the country, up eight spots after Thursday's win at Minnesota. The Big Ten now has six teams inside the top-30 in the country, paced by Iowa at No. 10, and 10 teams in the top-100.
BOILER BENCH BOOST
The Purdue reserves had a breakout game at Minnesota behind Hardin and junior Fatou Diagne, who combined to outscore the Gophers' bench 14-2. Hardin canned three 3's, while Diagne finished with four points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots. It marked the first time the Boilermakers have outscored their opponents' bench since the Albany win on Dec. 19, and their first game in double figures since facing South Carolina on Dec. 16.
ALL ABOUT IOWA
The Hawkeyes host Sunday's game at 15-4 overall and 6-2 in conference play, after dealing conference-leading Rutgers its first loss in Big Ten play Wednesday with a 72-66 win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and snapping a 10-game win streak for the Scarlet Knights. Head coach Lisa Bluder is the second longest-tenured head coach in the conference, in her 19th season with the Hawkeyes and has the second-most Big Ten wins in conference history at 185. Iowa remains one of the most offensively efficient teams in the nation, leading the NCAA in field goal percentage at 52.1 percent and ranked 18th in the NCAA at 80.5 points per game. The Hawkeyes also lead the country with 422 assists and rank fourth in assist/turnover ratio at 1.6. Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year and national player of the year candidate Megan Gustafson continues to put up gaudy numbers, leading the NCAA in points per game (26.5), field goal percentage (71.3) and double-doubles (18). The Boilermakers "limited" Gustafson to 19 points and 13 rebounds at Mackey Arena before she fouled out with 1:43 left in regulation. Senior Hannah Stewart and junior Kathleen Doyle bolster Gustafson's efforts, each averaging 12.4 points per game, as Stewart shoots 58.4 percent from the floor, while Doyle adds 5.7 assists per game.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's basketball team heads back out on the road this weekend, traveling to No. 17 Iowa for a 3 p.m. ET tip at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday. The Boilermakers won the first matchup of the season against Iowa, earning a 62-57 victory at Mackey Arena on Jan. 10, but the Hawkeyes have won four straight since and sit tied with Purdue for second place in the Big Ten standings at 6-2.
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 third road win of the year and second in conference play with a 64-53 victory at Minnesota. Purdue held Minnesota to 31.3 percent from the field, and kept the Golden Gophers off the free throw line, committing only 10 fouls resulting in nine Minnesota attempts. Four Boilermakers scored in double figures, led by McLaughlin with 17, and freshman Cassidy Hardin had her best career Big Ten game with 10 points off the bench.
DOMINANT DEFENSIVE DEALINGS
Harris added her name to another elite list Friday, earning a spot on the midseason watchlist for the 2019 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award. She's 1-of-3 underclassmen on the list and 1-of-4 Big Ten nominees, ranking second in the nation with 68 blocks and ranking fourth at 3.24 rejections per game.
RISING RPI
The Boilermakers continue to climb the Ratings Percentage Index, checking in Friday at No. 27 in the country, up eight spots after Thursday's win at Minnesota. The Big Ten now has six teams inside the top-30 in the country, paced by Iowa at No. 10, and 10 teams in the top-100.
BOILER BENCH BOOST
The Purdue reserves had a breakout game at Minnesota behind Hardin and junior Fatou Diagne, who combined to outscore the Gophers' bench 14-2. Hardin canned three 3's, while Diagne finished with four points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots. It marked the first time the Boilermakers have outscored their opponents' bench since the Albany win on Dec. 19, and their first game in double figures since facing South Carolina on Dec. 16.
ALL ABOUT IOWA
The Hawkeyes host Sunday's game at 15-4 overall and 6-2 in conference play, after dealing conference-leading Rutgers its first loss in Big Ten play Wednesday with a 72-66 win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and snapping a 10-game win streak for the Scarlet Knights. Head coach Lisa Bluder is the second longest-tenured head coach in the conference, in her 19th season with the Hawkeyes and has the second-most Big Ten wins in conference history at 185. Iowa remains one of the most offensively efficient teams in the nation, leading the NCAA in field goal percentage at 52.1 percent and ranked 18th in the NCAA at 80.5 points per game. The Hawkeyes also lead the country with 422 assists and rank fourth in assist/turnover ratio at 1.6. Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year and national player of the year candidate Megan Gustafson continues to put up gaudy numbers, leading the NCAA in points per game (26.5), field goal percentage (71.3) and double-doubles (18). The Boilermakers "limited" Gustafson to 19 points and 13 rebounds at Mackey Arena before she fouled out with 1:43 left in regulation. Senior Hannah Stewart and junior Kathleen Doyle bolster Gustafson's efforts, each averaging 12.4 points per game, as Stewart shoots 58.4 percent from the floor, while Doyle adds 5.7 assists per game.