WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's basketball team returns from the holiday break to take on No. 12/10 Iowa on Thursday night in Iowa City. Sloane Martin and Brenda VanLengen will have the 9 p.m. (ET) tip on the Big Ten Network.
Tim Newton will be on the call for the Purdue Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (10-2) at No. 12/10 Iowa (10-3)
Thursday, Dec. 29
Time: 9 PM (ET)
TV: BTN
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
Purdue closed out the non-conference season with a 59-53 win on the road at Texas A&M prior to the holiday break. Caitlyn Harper led the way with 15 points, while Cassidy Hardin tacked on 13 points with a trio of triples. Purdue closed the game on a 10-4 run and held the Aggies to just one field goal over the final 3:33 of the game.
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Iowa, 40-36. The Hawkeyes have taken the last five matchups.
• Jeanae Terry is one of two players to post five rebounds and five assists in nine games this season. The other, Caitlyn Clark with 10.
• Abbey Ellis is one of 10 players in the country in the 50-40-85 club, with clips of 54.5 FG%, 43.8 3PT% and 87.2 FT%.
• Transfers Caitlyn Harper and Lasha Petree are averaging 28.7 points per game this season. Their total ranks second in the Big Ten among first-year transfers behind Illinois' Makira Cook and Genesis Bryant at 31.7 points per game.
• The Boilermakers snapped a 19-game skid against ranked opposition last season with a 66-61 win over No. 17/22 Florida State. Purdue's last ranked win against a Big Ten team on the road was over No. 10 Maryland back in 2018.
• The Boilermakers are 7-1 this year when scoring 30 or more points in the paint, as the club has averaged 37.2 points per game inside.
• Purdue is 9-2 this season when shooting better than 40% and is one of 24 teams to hit that mark 11 or more times
• The Boilermakers have made a little under half their shots at 49.4% on the year, ranking eighth in the nation and third in the Big Ten.
• Purdue wrapped up its non-conference campaign at 9-1, the best mark since Katie Gearlds was a freshman in 2003-04.
• The Boilermakers' two losses this season have come by a combined four points. (1 vs. Florida State, 3 vs. Maryland)