WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team received its matchups for Big Ten Conference play, as the league announced the opponent lists for the 2023-24 season, its final as year as a 14-team conference.
Head coach Katie Gearlds guided the Boilermakers back to the postseason for the second consecutive season in 2022-23, earning Purdue's 27th trip to the NCAA Tournament and first since 2017. Purdue finished the year with a 19-11 record, including back-to-back wins over No. 22 Illinois and No. 2 Ohio State, the latter being the program's first true road win against an AP Top-5 team.
Purdue returns five players from last season's roster including Second Team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Defensive Team selection Jeanae Terry. Gearlds' and her staff, which welcomed associate head coach Kelly Komara and assistant coach Mark Stephens into the fold during the offseason, added eight newcomers.
The program added transfers Mila Reynolds from Maryland and Alaina Harper from Grand Canyon. Five of Purdue's freshmen who signed their national letters of intent in November were tabbed No. 21 by ESPNW, before the addition of top-60 signee Amiyah Reynolds in May.
FIVE HOME-AND-AWAY SERIES
Indiana | Michigan State | Nebraska | Penn State | Wisconsin
FOUR HOME-ONLY MATCHUPS
Illinois | Iowa | Ohio State | Rutgers
FOUR AWAY-ONLY TRIPS
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Northwestern
Dates, times and broadcast assignments will be announced by the Big Ten at a later date.
The remainder of Purdue's non-conference slate will be unveiled in the coming weeks. To date, the schedule features three announced games. The Boilermakers will open the 2023-24 season on Nov. 6 at UCLA, before going to the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship in the Bahamas for two games on Nov. 20 and 22.
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