WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will round out a four-game homestand to start the year on Sunday afternoon with a noon tip against Samford on B1G+.
Tim Newton and Jane Schott will be courtside for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (3-0) vs. Samford (2-2)
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026
Time: Noon
TV/Stream: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: purdue.statbroadcast.com
PROMOTIONS
- Golden Ticket Game
- Gold Out
- Brunch & Basketball
- Chalk Talk in J. Nine 45 mins before tip-off
- Halftime Performance: Turning Pointe Dance Academy
GAME NOTES
- Purdue and Samford will meet for the first time.
- Samford is the 218th unique opponent Purdue has faced. Purdue is 160-58 in first-time matchups.
- The Boilermakers are 3-0 for the first time since 2022-23 following a 73-50 win over Southeast Missouri State on Tuesday night. Purdue forced 27 turnovers, the most since 2013-14, and recorded 18 steals, the most since 2010-11, to score 22 points.
- The Boilermakers have made it a habit of getting to the line over the first three games. Purdue ranks second in the nation in free throws made (22.7) and eighth in free throws attempted (29.0). The Boilermakers are seventh nationally in opponent fouls at 25 per game.
- Hannah Wickstrom is eighth nationally in free throws made with 23 and 13th in attempts at 27.
- Hannah Wickstrom has been a force on the offensive end, averaging 20.3 points per game. The Australian international is one of seven players across the country to average better than 20 points per game, while shooting 40% from the floor, 50% from distance and 80% at the line. (Wickstrom - 48.5%, 54.5%, 85.2%)
- The Boilermakers are the only team in the country to have three players averaging 14 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game - Wickstrom: 20.3 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 3.3 APG; Jelena Bulajić: 16.7 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 3.0 APG; Kyndall Hunter: 14.7 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 3.7 APG.
- After missing the entire 2025-26 season, Taylor Henderson has found her footing in West Lafayette. The redshirt junior posted her first game in double figures with 14 points against SEMO.
- The Boilermakers are sixth in the nation and top the Big Ten in 3-point percentage with a 44.2% clip (23-52). Hunter, Wickstrom and Bulajić have combined to go 19-of-39 (48.7%), while Henderson has hit three of her five attempts and Maya Zilbershlag has going 1-of-3 to start her career.
- Purdue is the only team in the country to make 20 or more free throws in three games this season.
- Hannah Wickstrom is 27 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point club for her career.
- Purdue has scored 73 or more points in the first three games of a season for the first time since 2022-23 and the eighth time in program history.