WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team heads back on the road this weekend to square off at Minnesota. The 3 p.m. ET tip at Williams Arena will be streamed on B1G+.
Tim Newton will call the game from The Barn on the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (11-10, 3-7) at Minnesota (15-6, 6-4)
Sunday, Feb. 1
Time: 3 PM ET
TV/Stream: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: purdue.statbroadcast.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers dropped an 86-65 decision to No. 13 Michigan State on Thursday night. Purdue competed throughout the contest, finishing the game on a 30-13 run. Avery Gordon led the Boilermakers in scoring with a career-high 20 points.
NOTES
• Avery Gordon made the most of her first career start, going for a career-high 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting and matching her career best of six rebounds in 17 minutes of work.
• Gordon was the first Purdue freshman since Dominique McBryde in 2015-16 to tally 20 points with a field goal clip of 80% or better.
• Over her last four games, Gordon is averaging 13 points at a blistering 84.6% clip and 1.3 block per game over her last four outings. Prior to her first miss on Thursday, Gordon had made 12 straight field goals dating back to the USC game. Gordon is at 34.8 points per 40 minutes since Jan. 18.
• Gordon is the only player in the country over the last two weeks to score 50 or more points at an 80% shooting clip.
• Madison Layden-Zay powered the late run for the Boilermakers, connecting on four of her career-high six 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. The fifth year's Purdue career record now sits at 253 triples, while ranking 10th on the career charts with a 3-point percentage of 35.4%.
• After her fourth game of 40 minutes or more this year, she ranks fourth with 36.7 minutes played per Big Ten game.
• Hila Karsh has found her outside touch in the last two games with six 3-pointers. The freshman posted back-to-back double figure games against Indiana (12) and Michigan State (10) to take her tally to nine on the year.
• In the first year of her career playing guard, Tara Daye is one of four Big Ten guards averaging better than 12 (12.1) points and 6.5 (6.8) rebounds per game this season.
• Leading Purdue in rebounding 10 times this season, Daye ranks fourth among Big Ten guards in rebounds per game and tied for second with five double-doubles.
• Nya Smith is third on the team in scoring in Big Ten play with 9.0 points per game. After averaging 3.9 points in non-conference action, Smith has tallied 10.2 points over her last six outings with a trio of double-digit performances.
• Purdue's bench has given it a lift this season, averaging 24.2 points per game, good for sixth in the Big Ten, and tallying 20 points or more in 13 games this season.
• The Boilermakers have spread out the responsibility this season with eight different players leading a game in scoring, eight in rebounding, eight in assists, 11 in steals and 10 in blocks.
• Purdue is 18-1 since the start of last year when scoring 70 or more points and 9-1 this season.