WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will welcome No. 6 Notre Dame to Mackey Arena for the first time since 2011 when the Boilermakers host the Fighting Irish on Sunday night. The 7 p.m. tip will be televised on FS1 with Mike Hall and Meghan McKeown on the call.
Tim Newton and Jane Schott will hit airways for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (1-0) vs. No. 6 Notre Dame (1-0)
Sunday, Nov. 10
Time: 7 PM
TV/Stream: FS1
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers opened the 2024-25 season with an 87-77 win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday. Freshman Lana McCarthy tallied a double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds. Destini Lombard dropped a career-high 20 points in the win. The Boilermakers shot 48.6% from the field and connected on five 3-pointers. Purdue tallied 52 points in the paint and turned 15 offensive rebounds into 16 points.
NOTES
• The series is now tied 14-14.
• Purdue knocked off three ranked teams in Katie Gearlds' first three seasons, including a win over No. 2 Ohio State in 2022-23, the program's first true road win over an AP Top-5 team.
• The Boilermakers are looking for their first ranked win at Mackey Arena since Jan. 20, 2019, against No. 25 Indiana (56-53) and their first top-10 home win since Feb. 15, 2018, over No. 10 Maryland (75-65).
• The Boilermakers opened the 2024-25 season with an 87-77 win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday night, led by fifth year Destini Lombard's career-high 20 points, the most by a Boilermaker in a season opener since 2017.
• Lana McCarthy became the 15th freshman in program history to start a season opener since 1982-83. McCarthy also became the second freshman in Purdue history to notch a double-double in a season opener, finishing with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
• Playing their first official game in Mackey Arena, the six active newcomers recorded 66 points, 28 rebounds and 10 assists.
• McCarthy and fellow freshman post Kendall Puryear became the fourth Big Ten freshman tandem in the last five years to score at least 10 points and shoot 80% or better in the same game.
• Sophie Swanson was one of the top freshmen shooters in the nation last season, finishing fourth among Big Ten rookies with 1.5 3-pointers per game and leading the league in usage rate at 29.4%.
• Redshirt freshman Amiyah Reynolds made her Purdue debut after missing last year to injury. The South Bend native connected on a 3-pointer in her first official game in 648 days.
• Gearlds was inducted into the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame in October, becoming the 13th member of the women's basketball team to be enshrined in West Lafayette after one of the best playing careers by a Boilermaker.
• The Boilermakers are eyeing another trip back to the postseason after reaching the NCAA Tournament and WNIT under Gearlds.
• Every Purdue senior class has played in the postseason once in their careers dating back to 1988.
• Purdue will play nine games scheduled against teams in the preseason AP Top-25 rankings and is the only team in the nation that will face four teams in the top six of the preseason Top-25.
• Rashunda Jones earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman team last year, finishing fourth among league rookies with 7.8 points per game and second in usage rate at 27.3%.
• Purdue went on a 10-day European Tour in August, spending time in Spain and Portugal. The Boilermakers won all three games played during the overseas trip and averaged 90 points per game.
• Destini Lombard dropped a career-high 20 points in the season opener against Purdue Fort Wayne.
• The Boilermakers posted 52 points in the paint in the season opener, the second highest tally under Katie Gearlds.
• Lana McCarthy is the third Boilermaker in history to post a double-double in a Purdue debut (all classes).