WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team is set for its first road game in over a month when it heads to Michigan State on Sunday for a 2 p.m. tip on B1G+. The Boilermakers will look to extend their winning streak to five games.
Tim Newton will bring the action to the airways on 95.3 BOB FM.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (10-4, 1-2) vs. Michigan State (8-6, 2-1)
Sunday, Jan. 9
Time: 2 PM
TV: B1G+
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
LAST TIME OUT
Purdue extended its winning streak to four in a row last Sunday when Jeanae Terry sank a buzzer beater as time expired to top Rutgers 60-58 at Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers built up a 21-point lead in the third quarter that Rutgers battled back from to tie with less than a minute to play. Terry, Abbey Ellis and Madison Layden scored 11 points each.
NOTES
• Purdue holds a 42-36 series lead against Michigan State, but the Spartans have won five of the last seven.
• Riding a four-game winning streak, Purdue has shot an even 50% from the field 8.5 points, nine steals and 21.5 assists per game.
• Just shy of the halfway point of the year, Cassidy Hardin (43) is nearly halfway to the single-season 3-point record of 88 held by Katie Gearlds (2006-07) and Karissa McLaughlin (2018-19).
• Purdue is one 18 teams in the nation averaging over eight 3-pointers and 16 assists per game.
• The Boilermakers rank seventh among Power 6 schools with 34.4% of their total points coming from behind the arc.
• Purdue moved into a tie for 39th in NCAA history with 897 wins, just three away from the 900-victory club.
• Junior Brooke Moore is one of 23 players in the nation to score over 100 points without starting a game this season.
• Rickie Woltman is averaging 8.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game since joining the starting lineup against Maryland.
• The Boilermakers are second in the Big Ten with an opponent 3-point clip of 26.4%.
• Jeanae Terry has climbed up to second in the Big Ten with 72 assists on the year, as Purdue assists on 66.1% of its made field goals, good for 12th in the nation.