WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will welcome back one of its program legends to Mackey Arena on Nov. 24 when the Boilermakers host UT-Arlington and head coach Shereka Wright.
The matchup will reunite Purdue head coach Katie Gearlds and associate head coach Kelly Komara with their teammate from the early 2000s.
A Purdue Hall of Fame inductee, Wright finished her career as the only three-time All-American in program history. She ranks second in Boilermaker history in scoring with 2,251 points and seventh with 793 rebounds.
Gearlds and Wright went 29-4 reached the Sweet 16 in their lone season together in 2003-04. Wright and Komara posted a 55-13 mark over two campaigns from 2000-02, finishing as the national runner-up in 2001.
Purdue and UT Arlington will square off for the first time in history.
The Boilermakers are less than two weeks away from their 10-day European Tour featuring games in Spain and Portugal. Purdue will start their first international trip since the summer of 2019.
Purdue has now announced five non-conference matchups including the UT Arlington contest – Notre Dame at home (Nov. 10), Middle Tennessee State (Nov. 28) and South Carolina (Nov. 30) in Fort Myers and Kentucky at home (Dec. 14).
The remaining non-conference slate will be announced in the coming weeks, along with television assignments and start times.