WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team added another piece to the 2025-26 season, as the Big Ten Conference unveiled its 18-game slate on Thursday afternoon.
Purdue will play 17 regular-season games at Mackey Arena this season with eight non-conference dates and nine games in league action.
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Head coach Katie Gearlds heads into her fifth season at the helm of her alma mater with a revamped roster of experienced veterans. The Boilermakers return a trio of impact players from a year ago in McKenna Layden, Kendall Puryear and Lana McCarthy. Fifth-year senior Madison Layden-Zay is back for her final season, needing 38 3-pointers to reach the Purdue career record of 244.
Gearlds and the staff hit the portal to welcome in six additions – Taylor Feldman (Northern Arizona), Tara Daye (St. John’s), Saige Stahl (Indiana State) Taylor Henderson (UNC Wilmington), Kiki Smith (Arkansas) and Nya Smith (UNC Greensboro).
The freshman class features 6-foot-7 Indiana All-Star Avery Gordon, Israeli guard Hila Karsh and hometown product Carley Barrett.
The Boilermakers open Big Ten action with a single game on the road before the holiday break with a Dec. 7 visit to Michigan.
Out of the holiday break, Purdue will host back-to-back games to close out 2025 against Illinois (Dec. 28) and a New Year’s Eve clash against Ohio State.
Purdue will hit the road for four of their first five games in January, heading to Nebraska and Wisconsin on Jan. 4 and Jan. 8, respectively. After Washington’s first visit to West Lafayette since 2006 on Jan. 11, Purdue will head out to Los Angeles to face USC (Jan. 18) and UCLA (Jan. 21).
Six of Purdue’s final 10 games will be at Mackey Arena, starting with the Barn Burner Trophy Game against Indiana on Jan. 25 and a visit from Michigan State on Jan. 29.
The Boilermakers’ February slate features four home games – Penn State (Feb. 4), Rutgers (Feb. 14), Iowa (Feb. 19), Oregon (Feb. 25) – and a trio of road dates – Minnesota (Feb. 1), Indiana (Feb. 8) and Maryland (Feb. 22).
The regular season wraps up on March 1 with a road trip to Northwestern.
The Big Ten Tournament returns to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis March 4-8.