WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team returns to Mackey Arena for the final time in the 2022-23 season on Wednesday night when it hosts Penn State. The 7 p.m. tipoff on B1G+ will be the Fight Like a Boilermaker Pinkout and Senior Night.
Tim Newton and Jane Schott will have the call courtside for the Purdue Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
The annual Fight Like a Boilermaker Pinkout will see Purdue wear special pink uniforms that will be auctioned off to benefit the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research. The auction opens Wednesday at 10 a.m. and closes on Thursday at 10 a.m. To place a bid that will help fund cancer research, click here.
Senior night will honor Cassidy Hardin, Lasha Petree and Rickie Woltman following their final game at Mackey Arena. The trio have been instrumental to the Boilermakers' success this season that has the Boilermakers on the cusp on an NCAA Tournament bid.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (17-8, 8-7) vs. Penn State (13-14, 4-12)
Wednesday, Feb. 22
Time: 7 PM
TV: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers saw No. 2 Indiana pull away in the second half in an 83-60 loss on Sunday in front of a sold-out Assembly Hall. Lasha Petree paced Purdue with 23 points, while Abbey Ellis tacked on 12 and Jeanae Terry added 11. Purdue shot 42.6% but made six 3-pointers to the Hoosiers' 11. In total this season, a record 32,098 fans watched Purdue and Indiana play in the regular season.
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Penn State 34-23.
• Lasha Petree tallied her sixth game this year with 20 or more points, the most by a Boilermaker since Dominique Oden in 2017-18.
• Jeanae Terry is now up to 161 assists on the year, good for seventh in Purdue single-season history. The senior is the first player in program history to dish out 160 or more assists in two seasons, following 183 dimes in 2021-22.
• Purdue's scoring defense overall on the year is 65.1 points per game, ranking fifth in the Big Ten, while its 67.1 points allowed in league games is second only to Indiana at 62.8 points per game.
• Sitting at 71.2 points per game offensively this season, the Boilermakers are on pace to average above 70 points
• A win on Wednesday would secure Purdue's first winning Big Ten record since 2017-18.
• Abbey Ellis is 36 points away from 1,500 for her career.
• With 23 points against Indiana, Lasha Petree joined the 2,000-point club for her career.
• Cassidy Hardin sits second in program history with 137 games played, three shy of Danielle Campbell's (2006-09) record of 140.
• Caitlyn Harper is 1-of-6 players in the Big Ten averaging over 10 points per game while shooting 55% or better from the field.
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