WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team will close out their road slate on Thursday night when it travels to Penn State for a 6 p.m. tip. Jason Ross Jr. and Autumn Johnson will have the call on the Big Ten Network.
Tim Newton will be on the air from the Bryce Jordan Center for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FM and Purdue Stretch Internet.
GAME INFORMATION
Purdue (9-18, 2-14) vs. Penn State (10-17, 1-15)
Thursday, Jan. 27
Time: 6 PM
TV/Stream: BTN
Radio: 95.3 BOB FM
Audio: Purdue Stretch Internet
Live Stats: Purduestats.com
NOTES
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Penn State 35-25.
• The Boilermakers have the second hardest NET strength of schedule in the country behind South Carolina.
• Rashunda Jones is five assists away from becoming the 20th underclassmen in Purdue history with 100 assists in a season.
• Purdue's underclassmen have scored 65.2% of its points in Big Ten play, the highest percentage in the league this season.
• The Boilermakers' underclassmen group has averaged 38.5 points in Big Ten play this season, the third highest mark in the league. Four of Purdue's top scorers in league play are freshmen or sophomores.
• Rashunda Jones tops the team charts in scoring in Big Ten action with 10.5 points per game while shooting 51.4% from the floor. She is one of four guards in the Big Ten averaging double figures and a shooting clip above 50%.
• Jones ranks fourth in the Big Ten with a free throw mark of 84.1% (69-82). The sophomore is 30-of-32 over her last seven games.
• Jones is currently 12th on Purdue's sophomore assists chart with 95 helpers on the year.
• McKenna Layden leads the team in Big Ten play with 5.6 rebounds per night, including a career-high 10 at Indian and sits second on the team with 22 3-pointers in conference. The sophomore missed Sunday's contest at Ohio State due to injury.
• Sophie Swanson has picked up her scoring rate over the last seven games, scoring 13.1 points per night to go with 14 3-pointers. On the year, Swanson is second on the team with 36 made triples with 21 coming against league foes.
• The Barrington, Ill., native returned to the starting lineup against Minnesota. She is averaging a team-high 10.5 points over her eight starts this season.
• Kendall Puryear has upped her production in Big Ten play. The freshman is second on the team with 9.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per night and shooting 59% from the floor, while playing just under 20 minutes per night.
• Puryear has finished in double figures in seven of her last nine appearances, going for 11.9 points on 60% shooting with 4.8 boards per night during that stretch.
• The Lee's Summit, Mo., native is one of seven Big Ten freshmen averaging over 9.0 points and 3.5 boards per game in league action.
• Purdue is one of 16 teams nationally and one of three from a major conference with two freshmen averaging better than 5.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game in Puryear and fellow post Lana McCarthy (5.9 PPG, 4.6 RPG).
• Senior Reagan Bass achieved a pair of career milestones earlier this month posting her 1,500th point against Rutgers and then grabbing her 800th career rebound against Northwestern.
• For the fourth straight season, a trio of Boilermakers have made 30 or more 3-pointers in a season. Prior to Katie Gearlds' arrival the Boilermakers reached that mark just four prior times.