WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team returns to Mackey Arena for the first time since Nov. 6 when it hosts Miami University on Sunday for an early 12:30 p.m. tip with Jack Kizer and Shimmy Miller on the call for the Big Ten Network.
Tim Newton and Jane Schott will be courtside for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
Purdue is looking to shake off a pair of road losses at Purdue Fort Wayne and No. 20/20 Kentucky. The Boilermakers could not find their offensive rhythm in a loss in Lexington on Tuesday night. Redshirt junior guard Tara Daye paced the Boilermakers with her first career double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Sunday starts a string of early tip times for the Boilermakers. Eight of Purdue's next 10 outings will start at 12:30 p.m. or earlier, including noon starts for its first three Big Ten contests at Michigan (Dec. 7) and at home against Illinois (Dec. 28) and Ohio State (Dec. 31).
PROMOTIONS
• Pregame Chalk Talk
• Postgame autographs on the court
GAME NOTES
• The Boilermakers are looking to bounce back after dropping their first two road contests of the year at Purdue Fort Wayne and No. 20/20 Kentucky. Purdue is 34-13 in non-conference action under head coach Katie Gearlds.
• Freshman Hila Karsh holds the team lead in scoring at 14.3 points per game. Karsh and USC guard Jazzy Davidson are the lone freshmen from the Big Ten and two of nine rookies nationally to average better than 14 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
• Shooting 52.6% from the floor, 47.1% from distance and a perfect 100% at the line, Karsh is one of 12 qualifying players nationally and one of three from the Big Ten to be in the 50-40-90 club this season.
• Karsh ranks 25th in the Big Ten in field goal percentage and seventh in 3-point shooting.
• Tara Daye recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, including four on the offensive end, at Kentucky. It was the most offensive rebounds by a Purdue guard since Abbey Ellis notched her first career double-double against Northwestern in the 2024 Big Ten Tournament
• Senior guard Taylor Feldman had her most productive game as a Boilermaker with seven points and three rebounds at Kentucky. The Tustin, Calif., native is now 99 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point club for her career.
• Kiki Smith is tied atop the team leaderboard alongside Karsh with eight made 3-pointers. The junior crossed the 1,000-point plateau for her career against Eastern Illinois, including the 652 points she scored leading Hutchinson Community College to the 2024 NJCAA National Championship.
• Madison Layden-Zay needs four assists to become the 20th player in Purdue history to join the 300-assist club.
• Layden-Zay is on the cusp of making Big Ten history as the sixth player in league history to amass 1,000 points, 200 3-pointers, 500 rebounds (needs 59), 300 assists (4), and 50 blocks. She would join Iowa's Caitlin Clark, Michigan State's Tori Jankoska, Indiana's Amanda Cahill, Ohio State's Jaz Shelley and current Purdue head coach Katie Gearlds.