WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will face its fourth straight ranked opponent on Saturday afternoon when it hosts No. 25 Michigan at Mackey Arena for a 2 p.m. tip on B1G+.
Fans can hear the game on the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM and Purdue Stretch Internet with Tim Newton and Jane Schott on the call.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (7-8, 0-4) vs. No. 25 Michigan (10-5, 1-3)
Saturday, Jan. 11
Time: 2 PM
TV/Stream: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Audio: Purdue Stretch Internet
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
PROMOTIONS
• Faculty & Staff Appreciation
• Boilermaker Kids Club Game
LAST TIME OUT
Squaring off with the top team in the nation, the Boilermakers fell 83-49 to No. 1 UCLA. Destini Lombard led Purdue with a team-high 16 points. Rashunda Jones dished out a career-high seven assists. McKenna Layden provided valuable minutes off the bench with a career-high eight points.
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Michigan 53-25.
• The Boilermakers have the hardest NET strength of schedule in the nation.
• Facing No. 25 Michigan, the Boilermakers will play their fifth straight ranked opponent in Big Ten play, the longest streak in conference history.
• Saturday will mark the eighth ranked opponent the Boilermakers have faced this season, the most in the nation.
• All four of Purdue's Big Ten opponents after the holiday break have been ranked, marking the Boilermakers' longest stretch against ranked opposition since a program-record five games in the run to the 2001 NCAA National Championship Game.
• Destini Lombard is one of 18 players in the nation with 12 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.5 assists per game.
Lombard continues to lead the Big Ten in steals with 40 and steals per game with 2.7. Her 12 games this season with two or more steals leads the league and ranks 18th nationally.
• Lombard also cracked into the Big Ten top 10 in field goal percentage with a 49.4% clip.
• Reagan Bass sits 10th in the league with 18 rejections on the year and 11th with 1.2 per game.
• McKenna Layden had her best game as a Boilermaker against No. 1 UCLA. The sophomore tallied eight points with four rebounds and a pair of 3-pointers in 27 minutes off the bench.
• Rashunda Jones is second on the team in scoring in Big Ten action. The sophomore is averaging nine points with three assists and two rebounds per game, while shooting an even 50% from the field.
• Jones' production has gone up since moving to the bench earlier this season. She is averaging 8.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.5 rebounds in 22 minutes per game with the second unit.
• Purdue ranks seventh in the Big Ten with 23.2 points per game off the bench.
• Lana McCarthy is one of four freshmen in the Big Ten this season averaging over seven points and five rebounds per game. She is the only league rookie among the group to shoot 50% or better on the year.
• The Boilermakers are one of five Big Ten teams to have three different players knock down 20 or more 3-pointers (Michigan, Washington, Nebraska and Minnesota). Destini Lombard leads the team with 26 made triples, while Sophie Swanson and Ella Collier have both connected 20 times from the outside.
• Since the return to action after the holiday break, Purdue is second in the Big Ten with a 38% clip from behind the arc.
• Facing a daunting schedule, seven of Purdue's eight losses have come to teams in the top 30 of the NET and all have either been Quad 1 or 2 defeats.