WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team is set to square off with Iowa on Thursday night at Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers will go for their sixth straight win in a row with a 7 p.m. tip on B1G+.
Tim Newton and Courtney (Moses) Delks will have the call on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (11-4, 2-2) vs. Iowa (8-4, 2-1)
Thursday, Jan. 13
Time: 7 PM
TV: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers rallied in the fourth quarter behind 22 points from Brooke Moore off the bench to beat Michigan State 69-59 on the road. Purdue's defense held Nia Cloudem, one of the top scorers in the nation, to just seven points on the afternoon. The Boilermakers converted 14 Michigan State turnovers into 23 points and scored 16 points on the fast break. Rickie Woltman fell one rebound shy of a double-double, while Jeanae Terry dished out eight assists in the win.
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Iowa 40-35, including a 24-11 mark at Mackey Arena. The Hawkeyes have won the last four meetings.
• The Boilermakers will face a team that is ranked or receiving votes in three of the next four contests - RV Iowa (Jan. 13), No. 6 Indiana (Jan. 16), No. 11/10 Michigan (Jan. 24)
• Madison Layden had success in her two games against the Hawkeyes, averaging 18.5 points on 11 3-pointers, including matching the freshman record for 3-pointers in a game with six last January in Iowa City.
• Jeanae Terry's impact continues to grow, as the junior climbed up to 16th in the nation and third in the Big Ten with 80 assists.
• Riding a five-game winning streak, the Boilermakers have averaged 79.6 points per game behind a 49.3% shooting clip and a winning margin of 16.8 points per game. Cassidy Hardin has led a quartet of Boilermakers in double figures with 13 points.
• Purdue's 3-point owns the best 3-point defense in the Big Ten allowing just 4.5 triples per game at a 25.4% clip.
• Cassidy Hardin is up to a team-high 45 3-pointers on the year and sits third in scoring with 10.5 points per game. The senior has the third best scoring improvement this year at 7.7 points.
• Brooke Moore is the only player from the Big Ten to drop a pair of 20-point games
off the bench this season - 22 vs. Maryland and at Michigan State.
• Since joining the starting lineup against Maryland, Woltman is averaging 9.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
• Purdue is averaging 4.1 (70.3) more points per game this season, while holding opponents to 8.1 (65.4) fewer points than in 2020-21.
• The Boilermakers are 8-3 this year when scoring at least 10 second-chance points.