WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will return to Mackey Arena for the first time in 2023-24 when the Boilermakers host Southern at 4 p.m. Purdue will tip off its home slate with the final celebration of the 1999 NCAA National Championship 25th anniversary reunion weekend.
The game will be streamed on B1G+, while Tim Newton and Jane Schott will hit the airways on 95.3 BOB FM.
PROMOTIONS
• 1999 National Championship Team Reunion Ceremony - Halftime
• Hoops and Heroes - All active and retired military, fire, police, EMS, first responders, and hospital staff are invited out to the game and will receive $2 tickets with valid I.D.
• Silicone Cup Giveaway – The first 1,000 fans will receive a Purdue colored camo silicone cup.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue vs. Southern
Sunday, Nov. 12
Time: 4 PM
TV/Stream: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
NOTES
• Purdue and Southern will meet for the first time in history on Sunday.
• The Boilermakers hold a 3-0 record against teams currently in the SWAC.
• The Purdue women's basketball team makes its 2023-24 debut at Mackey Arena on Sunday afternoon against Southern.
• The Boilermakers will celebrate the 1999 NCAA National Championship team during a halftime ceremony as a culmination of a weekend of festivities for the 25th anniversary of the Big Ten's first and only national title in women's basketball.
• Purdue's national championship squad finished the 1998-99 season with a 34-1 record, a perfect 16-0 mark in Big Ten play, the Big Ten Tournament title and a 62-45 win over Duke in the 1999 NCAA National Championship Game
• Against UCLA, Purdue's active freshman quartet finished with 20 points, the most by a rookie Boilermaker class in a season opener since 2017-18.
• Mary Ashley Stevenson, McKenna Layden and Rashunda Jones saw early action against the Bruins. The trio were on the floor together for a combined 10:57 during their career game at Purdue.
• Madison and McKenna Layden made Purdue history on Monday, becoming the first set of sisters to appear on the floor at the same time. The tandem played together for 6:29 in the opener.
• Mary Ashley Stevenson led the way with eight points, two rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal in 27 minutes, becoming the first Purdue rookie to score at least five points and record a rebound, assist, steal and block in a season opener since Sam Ostarello in 2009-10.
• Abbey Ellis and Caitlyn Harper were the lone Boilermakers to hit double figures in the opener at UCLA. Harper was 3-of-8 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers, while Ellis was 4-of-8 shooting.
• Ellis was 2-of-2 in her first game of the season to take her made free throw streak up to 27 straight. The Australian has made 45 of her last 46 attempts at the charity stripe.
• Alaina and Caitlyn Harper became the second sister set in Purdue history to appear in the same game, when Alaina checked in for her big sister with 3:15 to play in the fourth quarter.
• The Boilermakers hold a 21-10 record under head coach Katie Gearlds when playing at home and a 12-1 mark at Mackey Arena in regular season non-conference clashes.
• Jeanae Terry made her 97th career start on Monday night and her 63rd straight in a Purdue uniform. The fifth-year senior ranks 14th in program history with 377 assists in West Lafayette.
• Gearlds and the Boilermkaers inked a trio of talented high school ballers to National Letters of Intent on Wedensday, featuring Jordyn Poole from Fort Wayne, Kendall Puryear from Missouri and Lana McCarthy from New Hampshire.