WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team celebrated the careers of seniors Ae'Rianna Harris and Dominique Oden on Saturday at Mackey Arena. The duo, who have not missed a game in their four years at Purdue, were honored for their accomplishments in a postgame ceremony.
The Boilermakers dropped their regular-season finale to Ohio State 77-56. Purdue finished the regular season 17-13 and 8-10 in the Big Ten Conference.
Oden left it all on the court for her final home game with 15 points, including 5-of-6 at the free throw line, six rebounds and two assists. Harris added nine points three steals, four rebounds and two blocks. Karissa McLaughlin recorded a team-high 18 points on 6-of-18 shooting.
The Boilermakers could not quite find their rhythm in the first half, shooting 30% over the first 20 minutes. The Buckeyes (17-11, 10-7) opened a 12-point lead early in the second quarter, before Purdue's senior tandem sparked a 10-2 run to trim the gap down to four with 6:25 to play in the half.
Fueled by a 50% clip from the field for the night, the Buckeyes countered to open a 27-point lead in the quarter. In the fourth, the Boilermakers forced seven Ohio State turnovers compared to one giveaway, but the shots would just not fall for the hosts in order to mount a comeback.
NOTES
• Purdue trails the all-time series against Ohio State 31-47, including a 16-19 mark at Mackey Arena.
• The Boilermakers are now 29-17 in home finales and 26-20 in regular-season finales.
• Harris became the 16th player in program history to amass 1,500 points in a career.
• Along with Oden, the 2020 senior class joined the 2001 class of Katie Douglas and Camille Cooper as lone classes with two 1,500-point scorers.
• Oden made her 130th career start to pull her within one of Erika Valek's record at Purdue.
• Oden's 15 points was also her 97th career double-figure game, the sixth most in program history.
• The Boilermakers finished with a 28.6% shooting clip for the game, a season low.
• Purdue finished with a season-low 10 turnovers.
• Nyagoa Gony finished with a season-high four points and five rebounds in eight minutes of action.
• McLaughlin connected on four 3-pointers, her fourth-highest tally this season.
• Kayana Traylor set a new career high with a team-high seven rebounds.
UP NEXT
Purdue will prepare for the Big Ten Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The official tournament bracket will be released by the Big Ten on Sunday.
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