WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will head back out on the road for a Thursday night clash against Penn State at 7 p.m. Jason Ross Jr. and Meghan McKeown will be on the call for the Big Ten Network.
Tim Newton will be back for game No. 1,004 on the air for the Boilermakers with the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (9-7, 2-3) at Penn State (11-5, 2-3)
Thursday, Jan. 18
Time: 7 PM
TV/Stream: BTN
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
Despite solid runs to start each half, Purdue could not rally from behind to beat Maryland in College Park on Sunday, falling 88-66. The Boilermakers were led by Caitlyn Harper's 14 points, while Madison Layden and Abbey Ellis added 13 and 10 points, respectively. Purdue shot 42.2% from the field and hit seven 3-pointers, but Maryland made 55.2% of its shots and turned 17 Boilermaker turnovers into 25 points.
NOTES
• Thursday night will be the 59th between Purdue and Penn State. The Boilermakers lead the all-time series 35-23.
• Mary Ashley Stevenson continues to impress during her rookie campaign in West Lafayette. The New Yorker has the most rebounds by a Purdue freshman since 2017-18 and the most rookie points since Madison Layden in 2020-21.
• Purdue's freshman class has accounted for 21.1 points per game this season and 17.8 points per league game. Both rank second in the Big Ten to Nebraska's 21.8 and 19.8 points per game.
• Abbey Ellis has finished in double figures in 15 games this season. She has scored 10 or more points in 51 times in 77 games as a Boilermaker, one shy of 30th in program history.
• At a 50% clip from behind the arc, Madison Layden ranks fourth in the nation in 3-point percentage. She is one of 18 players nationally shooting over 45% from three. Drey Mingo holds Purdue's single-season record at 48.2% (27-56) in 2010-11.
• After scoring a career-high 10 points against Indiana State, Sophie Swanson has tallied 5.8 points in nine minutes per game, while shooting 47.4%, over her last four outings.
• A trio of Boilermakers are closing in on 1,000 career points. Jeanae Terry is 57 points away from hitting the mark for her career from her time at Purdue and Illinois. Abbey Ellis needs 78 points to reach 1,000 as a Boilermaker. Madison Layden is 99 points away from the 1,000-point mark in her career.
• Jeanae Terry tallied her seventh game this season with at least five points, rebounds and assists, 10th most nationally. Since 2021-22, the Detroit native is second only Caitlin Clark in 5-5-5 games with 36 as a Boilermaker. This year, Terry is one of nine players with five points, assists and rebounds per game.
• The Boilermakers have taken care of the ball since the holiday break with 12 or fewer turnovers in three of their last four games. Purdue has scored 15.8 points off 17 opponent giveaways during that stretch.
• Averaging 10.6 points per game and shooting 55.6% from the field, Caitlyn Harper is one of 10 players from the Big Ten to average double figures and shoot over 55% this season.
• Madison Layden is shooting a blistering 63.6% (14-22) from behind the arc in Big Ten play, a league-leading mark.
• Mary Ashley Stevenson is one of eight power conference freshmen averaging nine points, five rebounds and one assist per game.
• Purdue is one of five teams with multiple active players with 1,700 career points (Caitlyn Harper - 1,768, Abbey Ellis – 1740), along with LSU (3), Missouri (2), Kansas (2) and Tennessee (2).