WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – With three of its next four games on the road, the Purdue women's basketball team heads out to Ann Arbor on Thursday night to face Michigan at 6 p.m. Jordan Bernfield and Tyra Buss will be on the call for the Big Ten Network.
Tim Newton will have the radio play-by-play on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (15-8, 6-5) vs. Michigan (14-7, 5-5)
Date: Thursday, Feb. 7
Time: 6 p.m.
TV: BTN
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: mgoblue.com
The Boilermakers enter Thursday night winners of four of their last six outings to climb up to sixth in the Big Ten standings. Purdue has shot 45.6% from the field during the stretch with 16.8 assists per game. The upperclassmen have stepped up lately, accounting for 88.5% of the Boilermakers' points, topped by 53.7 points per game by Karissa McLaughlin, Ae'Rianna Harris and Dominique Oden.
Oden has taken her game to another level in conference play, finishing in double figures in all but one contest. The Atlanta native was the first Boilermaker since the 2017-18 season to score at least 20 points in three straight games. Already third in the league in minutes played this season, Oden ranks fifth in Purdue history in games started with 124 and fifth in minutes played with 4,216.
NOTES
• The Boilermakers lead the all-time series against Michigan 43-20.
• Purdue has won the last two meetings and four of the last five in Ann Arbor.
• Oden, Harris and McLaughlin have combined for 50.9% (4,243-of-8,324) of Purdue's points since 2016-17.
• The Boilermakers enter Thursday's game with a 2-2 record in league play on the road, including wins over Nebraska and Michigan State.
• Entering their games against Purdue, opponents have failed to hit their scoring average 20 times and their field goal clip 16 times.
• Defensively, Purdue has allowed 62.1 points per game with an average of 1.9 more steals away from home.
• Harris is still tied for the program record with 27 career double-doubles.
• Purdue's starting lineup has accounted for 82% of Purdue's total points this season.
• Against No. 18 Indiana, Harris blocked a pair of shots to mark her 100th career game with a rejection.
• The Boilermakers will return to Mackey Arena on Sunday for the Beat Cancer Pinkout against Iowa. Purdue will wear special pink Nike uniforms and Kobe V Protros Kay Yow edition.
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