WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Looking to solidify their NCAA Tournament resume, the Purdue women's basketball team closes out the regular season on the road Sunday afternoon at Minnesota. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. (ET) on B1G+.
Tim Newton will have the call on the Purdue Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (18-8, 9-7) vs. Minnesota (10-18, 3-14)
Sunday, Feb. 26
Time: 3 PM (ET)
TV: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers rounded out its home campaign with a dominant 86-62 win over Penn State on Wednesday night at Mackey Arena. Lasha Petree dropped 23 points to lead all scorers. Cassidy Hardin connected on a trio of 3-pointers to finish with 11 points, while Caitlyn Harper added 18 off the bench. Jeanae Terry tallied her third non-point double-double of the season with 10 rebounds and 10 assists, missing a quadruple-double by one point and two steals.
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Minnesota 48-23, following a 75-56 win at Mackey Arena on Jan. 21.
• Jeanae Terry vaulted herself back up the national rankings after her nine-point, 10-assist, 10-rebound, eight-steal performance against Penn State. The senior ranks 10th in assists (171) and assists per game (6.6) and in the top 60 in steals and assist-to-turnover.
• Lasha Petree climbed into the top 15 of the Big Ten in scoring with 14.6 points per game, following back-to-back 23-point outings.
• Purdue has shot 50% or better in eight games and ranks 25th nationally and sixth in the Big Ten with a clip of 45.7%.
• Sitting in seventh in the Big Ten standings, Purdue closing in on their best finish and tournament seeding since 2016-17.
• Abbey Ellis has made 30 of her last 31 free throws to move up to ninth in the nation and first in the league with a 90.3% at the line.
• Caitlyn Harper remains one of seven players from the Big Ten to average double-digit points and shoot over 50% from the field.
• Katie Gearlds joined Linn Dunn and Carolyn Peck as the only Purdue head coaches to improve the win total in each of their first two years.
• After scoring 71 points against Penn State, the senior class moved its average up to a combined 54.7 points per game.
• Purdue has won all 16 games this season when holding an opponent to 65 or fewer points.
• Cassidy Hardin sits second in program history with 138 games played, two shy of Danielle Campbell's (2006-09) record of 140.