WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team hits the road for the second straight time to open 2026 with a Thursday clash at Wisconsin. The 7:30 p.m. ET tipoff from the Kohl Center will be streamed on B1G+.
Tim Newton will call the action courtside for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
Madison Layden-Zay inched closer to the Purdue career 3-point record with a pair of makes at No. 20 Nebraska on Sunday. The fifth year passed head coach Katie Gearlds for third all-time and now sits five away from Karissa McLaughlin’s record of 244.
GAME NOTES
• Purdue is in the midst of a five-game stretch with four on the road, including the two-game road swing to Los Angeles against USC (Jan. 18) and UCLA (Jan. 21).
• With a pair of 3-pointers against Nebraska, Madison Layden-Zay passed Katie Gearlds for third on Purdue's all-time 3-point list. The fifth year sits at 239 triples for her career, one behind Courtney Moses for second and five behind Karissa McLaughlin's record of 244.
• Layden-Zay is also closing on a rare club. She needs 18 rebounds and 14 steals to join Caitlin Clark as the only Big Ten players to ever post 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists, 200 3-pointers, 200 steals and 50 blocks.
• Coming out of the holiday break, Madison Layden-Zay has played just about every minute for the Boilermakers, sitting out just 2:32, with complete games against Illinois and Nebraska. The Kokomo, Ind., native is ninth in the Big Ten with 33 minutes played per game this season and eighth with 36.9 minutes played per league contest.
• Kendall Puryear has given the Boilermakers a spark off the bench since the holiday break. The sophomore has reached double figures twice, including a career-high 20 points against Illinois, while averaging 12 points per game at a blistering 69.6% clip from the field.
• Tara Daye has become a do-it-all guard for Purdue after playing in the post over her first three collegiate seasons. Averaging a team-high 12.1 points and 6.9 rebounds, Daye is one of four Big Ten guards averaging better than 12 points and 6.0 rebounds per night. She has kept up her production against Big Ten opposition with 10.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per night.
• Hila Karsh continues her bid as one of the top freshmen in the Big Ten, sitting fifth among league rookies with 9.8 points per game. Karsh is one of eight freshmen nationally and the only one from the Big Ten to shoot 40% from the field, 35% from deep and 90% at the line.
• Purdue ranks seventh in the Big Ten with a rebounding margin of 7.1 this season. The Boilermakers have a defensive rebounding percentage of 75.3%, good for third in the league. Purdue is 8-2 this season when winning the rebounding battle.
• Despite having the most newcomers in the Big Ten this season with 10, Purdue has moved the ball well already posting four games with 20 assists or more. The Boilermakers are 25-1 since the start of the 2021-22 season when dishing out 20 or more dimes.
• Since the start of the 2024-25 season, the Boilermakers are 15-1 when scoring 70 points or more and a 15-4 mark when keeping opponents below 70.