WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will play for a spot in the WNIT Great 8 on Thursday night when it hosts Duquesne in the Super 16. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. on B1G+.
Tim Newton and Jane Schott will be on the call for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (14-18) vs. Duquesne (21-12)
Thursday, March 28
Time: 7 PM
TV/Stream: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers knocked off Butler 62-51 on Monday night in the second round of the WNIT. Mila Reynolds paced Purdue with a career-high 15 points with four made 3-pointers. Jayla Smith added 11 points off the bench, as the Boilermakers outscored the Bulldogs 33-16. On the defensive end, Purdue held Butler to 31.3 shooting and just 4-of-22 from distance.
NOTES
• Purdue and Duquesne will meet for the first time on Thursday. The Dukes will be the Boilermakers' 210th unique opponent.
• Purdue is making its 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 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 in the regular season, the third highest by a freshman class in Purdue history (34.7 - 1993-94, 28.5 - 1988-89).
• After reaching 1,000 points earlier this season, Jeanae Terry crossed the 1,000-rebound plateau against Butler. The fifth-year senior became the first player in men's or women's Big Ten history to reach 1,000 points (1,020), 1,000 rebounds (1,010) and 700 assists (758).
• Terry is the first Boilermaker since Whitney Bays (9) in 2014-15 to grab 10 rebounds or more in five straight games.
• Terry passed herself for second in Purdue single-season history with 193 assists. She is eight away from tying Lisa Jahner's record of 201 set during the 1987-88 season, which featured Purdue's first postseason appearance.
• 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 has a nine-game streak of double-figure scoring, averaging 17.8 points during the stretch. The fifth-year senior is 31 points away from 2,000 for her career.
• 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 made her first career start in the second round against Butler. Joining Mary Ashley Stevenson, they were the first freshman duo to start for Purdue since 2017-18.
• Jeanae Terry became the only player in Big Ten history to record 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 700 assists in a career.
• Mila Reynolds stepped up to hit four 3-pointers against Butler, after making just three in her entire career.
• Head coach Katie Gearlds picked up her 50th win back home at her alma mater.