WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The final pieces of the 50th season of Purdue Women's Basketball have been set, as the Big Ten Conference announced the 18-game slate for its first year as an 18-team league.
With the nine Big Ten games at home, Purdue will play 17 times at Mackey Arena, plus the preseason exhibition against Indiana Tech on Oct. 29.
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Head coach Katie Gearlds enters her fourth season back at her alma mater with a balanced roster of seven returners and seven newcomers. Sophomores Sophie Swanson and All-Big Ten Freshman honoree Rashunda Jones headline the Boilermakers' returning group. Gearlds welcomed in four transfers into the program, as well as a trio of highly touted freshmen in Jordyn Poole, Lana McCarthy and Kendall Puryear.
Purdue will square off with in-state foe Indiana for the only home-and-away series this year in Bloomington for the Barn Burner Trophy Game on Feb. 15, before hosting the Hoosiers on March 2 for the regular season finale.
The Boilermakers will open their Big Ten slate with one game before the holidays on Dec. 7 against Maryland.
Purdue will hit the road for back-to-back games out of the break with a Dec. 29 game at Iowa and a New Year's Day matchup at Michigan State.
The Boilermakers will face all four new Big Ten teams in January, starting with UCLA on Jan. 7. Purdue will make the long trek for a back-to-back at Oregon on Jan. 15 and Washington on Jan. 18. USC will come to Mackey Arena on Jan. 22
Purdue will also host Michigan (Jan. 11) and Nebraska (Jan. 30) in January, with a road trip to Illinois on Jan. 27.
February will see the Boilermakers play three games at Mackey Arena against Wisconsin (Feb. 2), Northwestern (Feb. 12) and Minnesota (Feb.19), while going out on the road to face Rutgers (Feb. 9), Ohio State (Feb. 23) and Penn State (Feb. 27).
Purdue will open the 2024-25 campaign on Nov. 6 against Purdue Fort Wayne. The Boilermakers' non-conference schedule features eight home games, including visits from Notre Dame (Nov. 10) and Kentucky (Dec. 14).