WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Playing its final game at Mackey Arena for the 2020-21 campaign, the Purdue women's basketball team is set for a Senior Day showdown against Illinois on Sunday. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. on Big Ten Network+
Tim Newton and Jane Schott will provide the coverage for the Boilermaker Sports Network on 95.3 BOB FM and the TuneIn app.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (6-14, 3-13) vs. Illinois (3-16, 1-15)
Sunday, Feb. 28
Time: 2 PM
TV: Big Ten Network+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: PurdueStats.com
SENIOR SENDOFF
Purdue will honor its 2021 senior class in a postgame ceremony. Seniors Tamara Farquhar, Fatou Diagne, Jenelle Grant and Leony Boudreau will grace Keady Court at Mackey Arena for the final time on Sunday. The quartet can finish their home careers with a 39-23 mark at home with a win over the Illini.
All four seniors have made impressive strides on an off the court over the last four years with more than 125 combined starts and nearly 15 combined points per game. Each senior will graduate or has graduated with their degree from Purdue in the coming months. The 2021 senior class will have the most international representation in program history.
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers squared off with No. 8 Maryland for their annual Beat Cancer Pinkout, falling 88-59. Fatou Diagne picked up her fifth double-double of the year with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Kayana Traylor and Brooke Moore combined for 28 points in the loss.
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series 61-18 with a 31-5 mark at Mackey Arena.
• Madison Layden extended her 3-point streak to 18 games and her steals tally to all 20 games this year. She is the only freshman from the Big Ten with at least 60 assists and 40 steals. Her assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.62 is ninth among rookies with 60 assists across the country.
• Kayana Traylor has averaged 16.6 points at a blistering 50% field goal clip over the last five games. Off the court, a TikTok featuring Traylor's crossover against No. 8 Maryland garnered more than 100,000 views and 15,000 likes.
• For the second straight season, Fatou Diagne found another gear in the second half of conference play. Diagne is averaging 9.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game over the last eight outings.
• Brooke Moore hit double figures for the last four games, 16.3 points per during the stretch, and 11 games on the year.
• Continuing to make the most of her increased minutes, Rokia Doumbia is averaging 8.3 points and 5.5 rebounds when playing over 20 minutes.
• Cassidy Hardin knocked down her 13th 3-pointer of the year against Maryland. 74 of her 84 career field goals have come from outside the arc.
• Defensively, Purdue has held 14 opponents below the season scoring averages.
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