WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will host Bellarmine at Mackey Arena on Monday night for a 7 p.m. tip on B1G+.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (2-1) vs. Bellarmine (3-1)
Monday, Nov. 18
Time: 7 PM
TV/Stream: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
PROMOTIONS
Lace Up for Pediatric Cancer. The Boilermakers will wear special gold shoe laces to support the Go4TheGoal Foundation to help the fight against pediatric cancer. Fans are enouraged to wear gold.
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers bounced back with an 84-63 win over IU Indy on Thursday night at Mackey Arena. Reagan Bass powered the Boilermakers with a season-high 22 points and nearly totaled a double-double with nine rebounds. Sophie Swanson finished with 17 points and connected on three of Purdue's eight 3-pointers in the win.
NOTES
• Purdue and Bellarmine will meet for the first time on Monday night.
• The Knights are the 211th different opponent Purdue has faced.
• The Boilermakers hold a 154-56 record in first-time meetings.
• Destini Lombard is one of six Big Ten players averaging over 15 points per game while shooting 60% or better.
• Reagan Bass ranks eighth in the Big Ten with an 87.5% free throw clip, and seventh with 14 made free throws.
• Lana McCarthy is one of nine freshmen nationally with over eight points, and six rebounds per game and shooting over 60%.
• Destini Lombard finished in double figures in all three games this season. The fifth year tallied 48 points in her first three games as a Boilermaker, 15 more than her previous best three-game start at Stephen F. Austin.
• Sophie Swanson opened her 2024-25 account from behind the arc on Thursday, going 3-of-4 from distance. The sophomore has knocked down multiple triples in 19 of her 30 career game with 10multi-triple outings.
• Swanson currently ranks ninth in Purdue history in career 3-point percentage at 37.5%, 0.4% behind Katie Gearlds for eighth.
• The Boilermakers have four players averaging double figures over their two wins. Lombard leads the way with 17.5 points, while Lana McCarthy sits at 10 points, eight rebounds per victory.
• While averaging 6.3 points per game, Ella Collier is shooting 50% from the field and 66.7% from behind the arc.
• Bass and Collier are the only two Boilermakers to have two games with a plus-minus above 10 through three games.
• After her 18-point, 10-rebound double-double to start the season, Lana McCarthy is one of eight freshmen nationally and one of three from the Big Ten to record a double-double this season. Her double-double was also the second by a freshman in a season opener in Purdue history.
• McCarthy is averaging 8.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. The Bedford, N.H., native is one of two rookies from the Big Ten to post better than eight points and six boards a night (Syla Swords - Michigan).
• Thursday's game against IU Indy marked the third different starting lineup for the Boilermakers this season, but head coach Katie Gearlds has rotated between Bass, Lombard, McCarthy, Collier, Swanson and Jones.
• Purdue is eighth in the Big Ten conference with 4.3 blocks per game. Eight different Boilermakers have rejected a shot this year, topped by a trio of Bass.
• Amiyah Reynolds made her Purdue debut against Purdue Fort Wayne, her first game in 648 days.
• 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.
• 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.