WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team will close out a two-game homestand on Wednesday afternoon with an early noon tipoff against Howard. Craig Combs will have the call on B1G+.
Tim Newton and Jane Schott will call the game courtside for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
Purdue improved to 3-0 at Mackey Arena after a 79-68 win over Miami (OH) on Sunday afternoon. Madison Layden-Zay turned in a vintage performance with a career-high 21 points on 6-of-8 shooting from behind the arc. Taylor Feldman knocked down a trio of 3-poitners to finish with 16 points and a team-high seven assists. Lana McCarthy came off the bench to go 6-of-8 from the field for 12 points.
The Boilermakers have never faced Howard. The Bison will be the 216th different opponent Purdue has faced in program history. Purdue is 157-58 in first-time meetings.
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GAME NOTES
• The Boilermakers bounced back into the win column on Sunday afternoon with a 79-68 win over Miami (OH). A trio of Boilermakers finished in double figures, led by a career-high 21 points from Madison Layden-Zay.
• Layden-Zay went 6-of-8 from behind the arc to match her career high with six 3-pointers set during her freshman season against Iowa. The fifth year is shooting 52.4% from distance this year to rank 22nd nationally and third in the Big Ten.
• Layden-Zay achieved another milestone against the RedHawks, becoming the 20th player in Purdue history to dish out 300 assists in a career.
• Taylor Feldman posted her first game in double figures at Purdue, finishing with 16 points with a trio of 3-pointers and a team-high seven assists against Miami.
• The Boilermakers picked up 41 points off the bench on Sunday against Miami, their highest second-unit output since Purdue had 43 points bench points against Wisconsin last year. Purdue's bench is averaging 25.2 points per game. The Boilermakers have won 44 games over the last five seasons when the bench has scored 20 or more points.
• Purdue is one of six Big Ten schools to have four or more players averaging 9.0 points per game or more (Hila Karsh - 11.4, Kiki Smith - 10.4, Tara Daye - 9.6, Madison Layden-Zay - 9.4). Maryland leads the league with five players above 9.0 points per game.
• Purdue has limited second chance opportunities this season, holding opponents to 7.2 offensive rebounds per game to rank seventh nationally.
• Freshman Hila Karsh has averaged 34.7 minutes per game this season to rank third in the Big Ten and fifth nationally among all freshmen.
• The Israeli international is one of 11 freshmen nationally to average better than 11 points (11.4), 4.0 rebounds (4.2) and 2.0 assists (2.2) per game this season.
• Tara Daye leads the team on the glass with six rebounds per night. The Newark, N.J., native is tied for ninth among guards in the Big Ten in total rebounding.
• Wednesday marks the second of eight games played at 12:30 p.m. or earlier prior to New Year's Day, including noon tips for the first three Big Ten tilts.
• 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 54), 300 assists, 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.