WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will open its postseason in the second round of the WNIT on Monday night at Butler. Tipoff at Hinkle Fieldhouse is set for 7 p.m. with a stream on Butler Athletics YouTube.
Tim Newton and Jane Schott will call the action for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (13-18) vs. Butler (15-16)
Monday, March 25
Time: 7 PM ET
TV/Stream: Butler Athletics YouTube
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers are coming off an 18-day break following their time at the Big Ten Tournament. Jeanae Terry posted back-to-back double-digit rebounding games in the tournament with 27 boards over the two outings. Abbey Ellis tallied 18 points per game, while Mary Ashley Stevenson, Rashunda Jones and Sophie Swanson combined for 33.5 points per game over the two contests.
NOTES
• The Boilermakers lead the all-time series 6-0. The last meeting between the two came back in the 2007-08 season.
• The Boilermakers are making their fifth appearance in the WNIT and second under head coach Katie Gearlds, playing in the event in 1988, 2010, 2018 and 2022 before this season.
• Purdue has reached the postseason in each of the last three seasons for the first time since 2015-16 to 2017-18.
• The Boilermakers' freshman class will get its first taste of the postseason after leading the Big Ten with 23.5 points per game. That scoring clip was the third highest by a freshman class in Purdue history (34.7 - 1993-94, 28.5 - 1988-89).
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year (media) Mary Ashley Stevenson became just the fourth Purdue freshman in the last 15 years to top 300 points in a season. She joined Shereka Wright as the only Boilermaker rookies in program history with 300 points and 140 rebounds.
• Abbey Ellis enters Monday night with eight straight games in double figures, including four 20-point outings. Ellis is averaging 18.8 points during that stretch.
• After reaching the 1,000-point club late in the regular season, Jeanae Terry is two rebounds shy of 1,000 for her career. She will become the first player in Big Ten men's or women's history with 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 700 assists.
• Terry is the first Boilermaker since Whitney Bays (9) in 2014-15 to grab 10 rebounds or more in four straight games.
• Sophie Swanson set the Purdue freshman single-game record with seven 3-pointers against Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament to score a career-high 25 points. Swanson, Stevenson and Courtney Moses (2010-11) are the only Boilermaker freshmen to score 25 points in the last 15 years.
• Rashunda Jones tallied 13 points, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals over her last three games, playing over 20 minutes in each outing.
• Swanson and Jones led Big Ten freshmen this season in usage rate, while finishing third and seventh overall, respectively.
• Purdue has made the most of its opportunities at the line with a 79.2% clip this season to rank eighth in the nation and second in the Big Ten. The mark is 1.9% above the single-season record set in 2013-14. Abbey Ellis is second in Purdue history with an 87.3% clip at the line.
• Jeanae Terry needs 13 assists to match Lisa Jahner's single-season Purdue record for assists (201).
• Abbey Ellis is 41 points shy of reaching 2,000 for her career. She is currently 29th among active Division I scorers.
• Purdue's freshman class averaged a Big Ten best 23.5 points per game through conference tournament play.