WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The rivalry is back. The Purdue women's basketball team will travel to South Bend to face No. 14/12 Notre Dame for the first time in the regular season since 2012-13. Tipoff from Purcell Pavilion is set for noon.
Roy Philpott and Purdue legend Stephanie White will have the call for the ACC Network.
The Voice of Purdue Women's Basketball Tim Newton will call his 999th game for the Boilermakers alongside his longtime partner Jane Schott on 95.3 BOB FM for the Purdue Radio Network.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (6-4) at No. 14/12 Notre Dame (7-1)
Sunday, Dec. 17
Time: Noon
TV/Stream: ACC Network
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers dropped their opening Big Ten game of the season at Minnesota 60-58. Purdue held a four-point lead with a little over a minute to play, before the Golden Gophers closed on a 7-1 run, capped by a late Purdue turnover and foul. Jeanae Terry nearly recorded another non-point double-double with 15 rebounds and nine assists. Madison Layden led the way offensively with 17 points, 16 of which came during a 6-of-6 third quarter.
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Notre Dame 14-13.
• The two clubs last met in the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament, when Purdue fell in overtime 92-88.
• With her 200th career steal on Sunday at Minnesota, Jeanae Terry joined Iowa's Samanatha Logic as the only players in Big Ten history to reach the 800-rebound, 600-assist and 200-steal club.
• Purdue's freshman class ranks second in the Big Ten with a combined 21.9 points per game.
• Purdue will look for its fourth ranked win under head coach Katie Gearlds. Purdue defeated No. 17 Florida State in 2021-22, before back-to-back wins over No. 22 Illinois and No. 2 Ohio State last year, the latter being the first true road win over an AP Top-5 team in program history.
• Sunday will be a homecoming for a trio of first-year Boilermakers as Rashunda Jones, Mila and Amiyah Reynolds return to South Bend where they created a dynasty at South Bend Washington rewriting the record books and taking the Panthers to the 2022 IHSAA 3A State Championship. The trio went 68-17 over three seasons on the same team under head coach Steven Reynolds Jr., Mila and Amiyah's father.
• Jeanae Terry recorded the only non-point double-double in the nation against SEMO. Entering Sunday with 7.4 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, she is one of four players nationally (Caitlin Clark - Iowa, Kiki Rice - UCLA, Jenna Annecchiarico - Charleston) averaging over six rebounds and assists per game.
• Mary Ashley Stevenson took over the top spot in Big Ten rookie rebounding at 5.5 rebounds per game with a career-high 11 boards against Minnesota. The New York City native and fellow freshman Rashunda Jones are two of the five Big Ten freshmen averaging over nine points and three rebounds per game.
• Purdue has held eight opponents to 60 or fewer points this year, tied for fifth most in the nation this year.
• Madison Layden has found her shooting touch behind the arc with 21 triples over the last six games. Layden is shooting 49.1% from distance to lead the Big Ten and rank 21st nationally. Her 26 triples on the year sits fourth in the league. Layden has five games this season with four or more 3-pointers, tied for fifth most in the nation among major conferences.
• Abbey Ellis scored in double figures in all 10 games this season. The Australian international is fifth in the Big Ten at an 87.2 free throw clip. Her 88.1% clip for her career in West Lafayette ranks second in program history behind Courtney Moses.
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