WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team unveiled eight games of its 2021-22 non-conference schedule Wednesday with six contests at Mackey Arena and a pair away from home.
Head coach Sharon Versyp will open her 16th campaign at Purdue on the road at Western Kentucky on Nov. 10, following a Nov. 7 exhibition against Findlay at Mackey Arena.
The Boilermakers will make their home debut Nov. 14 against Western Michigan, before a road game at Illinois State on Nov. 17. Purdue will then host back-to-back games against Daytona and Marshall on Nov. 20 and 22, respectively.
The final three announced non-conference matchups at Mackey Arena will be Dec. 12 against Denver, Dec. 19 against Miami University and Dec. 21 against North Alabama
The Boilermakers will also play a tournament in Florida during the week of Thanksgiving with opponents, dates and location to be announced later.
The Big Ten Conference will announce Purdue's matchup in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge at a later date.
Purdue returns two of its top three scorers in Brooke Moore and Madison Layden, as well as seven other letterwinners. Jayla Smith, the 2021 Indiana Miss Basketball, Ava Learn and Skye Williams will join the roster as the No. 22 signing class in the nation. Transfers Jeanae Terry (Illinois), Abbey Ellis (Cal Poly) and Mide Oriyomi (Northeastern) will look to make their impact in West Lafayette this season.
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NON-CONFERENCE NOTES
• Purdue is 123-55 in the Versyp era against non-conference opponents in the regular season.
• The Boilermakers are 1-2 all-time against Western Kentucky, winning the only matchup with the Lady Toppers in the last 43 seasons back in 2019, a 67-50 decision at Mackey Arena.
• The Nov. 14 home opener against Western Michigan will be the first contest between the two clubs since 2005. Purdue is a perfect 6-0 against the Broncos.
• Purdue will face Illinois State for just the second time in the last 30 years with Redbirds holding a 5-3 all-time series lead.
• Dayton leads the series with Purdue 7-5, despite a 61-58 Boilermaker win in 2015.
• Purdue and Marshall will meet for the first time on Nov. 22.
• In their only previous meeting with Denver, the Boilermakers won 65-51 on Dec. 20, 2014.
• Purdue leads its series with Miami University 6-2. The two clubs last met in 2017, a 75-66 Boilermaker win, before the 2019 contest was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols.
• Purdue opened the 2020-21 season with an 80-69 win over North Alabama, the first meeting between the two programs.
• The Boilermakers will play their eighth non-conference tournament in Florida in program history, last finishing as the runner-up at the 2019 Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero.
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