WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will head back out on the road to face Rutgers on Sunday afternoon with a 1 p.m. tip on B1G+.
Tim Newton will call all the action from Jersey Mike's Arena on the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM and Purdue Stretch Internet.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (8-14, 1-10) vs. Rutgers (9-14, 1-11)
Sunday, Feb. 9
Time: 1 PM
TV/Stream: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Audio: Purdue Stretch Internet
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers opened February with an 84-71 win over Wisconsin at Mackey Arena to celebrate Alumnae Day. Purdue shot 50% from the field, connected on nine 3-pointers and went 17-of-19 at the line in the victory. Five players finished in double figures, led by Kendall Puryear's career-high 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting.
NOTES
• Riding a four-game winning streak against the Scarlet Knights, the Boilermakers hold a 9-8 series lead.
• The Boilermakers have the second hardest NET strength of schedule in the country, behind South Carolina.
• McKenna Layden is the first Boilermaker since Cassidy Hardin in 2022-23 to make four 3-pointers in back-to-back Big Ten games.
• Over the last three games, Purdue's trio of sophomores have combined to average 32.3 points per game.
• The Boilermakers shot 50% from the field in each of the last two games, marking Purdue's first back-to-back 50% performances since facing Maryland and Illinois State during the 2022-23 season. Purdue also hit nine 3-pointers in back-to-back games for the first since that same season.
• After averaging just 16.6 3-point attempts through the opening 19 games of the year, Purdue has upped their shooting to 22.6 attempts over the last three games
• McKenna Layden narrowly missed out on her first career double-double again, going for a career-high 12 points on four 3-pointers and nine rebounds against Wisconsin. Layden is averaging 8.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game with 13 3-pointers since moving to the starting lineup against Oregon.
• Layden is shooting 32.8% from distance in Big Ten play with 20 made triples to rank 11th in the league.
• Over her last three outings, freshman Kendall Puryear sits second on the team with 11 points per night at a 53.6% clip and 4.0 rebounds per game. The rookie has finished in double figures seven times this year.
• Purdue's sophomore class continues to produce in Big Ten action with 21 points per game, led by Rashunda Jones' team-high 10.1 points per night.
• Jones has averaged 10.7 points per game over the last seven outings, while shooting 61% from the floor. The sophomore is up to third on the team in scoring with 8.4 points per game on the year with seven games in double figures.
• Jones dished out five assists at Wisconsin to move up to 23rd on Purdue's sophomore season assist chart. She is 15th in the Big Ten with 3.3 assists in conference action.
• Layden, Sophie Swanson, Destini Lombard and Ella Collier have fueled Purdue's outside shooting over the last five games, combining for 24 triples over the stretch. Lombard leads the team with 36 triples on the year.
• After shooting 66% at the line over the first 20 games of the year, the Boilermakers have shot 90.3% (28-31) at the charity stripe in their last two outings, attempting and making more free throws in that span than the last four games combined.
• The Boilermakers' underclassmen have accounted for 64% of Purdue's scoring since the resumption of play in late December, combining for 36.3 points per game.
• Reagan Bass enters the weekend 10 points shy of reaching 1,500 points for her career. Collier is 94 points away from the 2,500-point career plateau.
• Purdue announced earlier this week that it will play in the 2025 Cancun Challenge in November in a field of NC State, TCU, San Francisco and UAB.