Career Stats After 2020-21 Season
CAREER
• Started 98 of 105 games played over four seasons
• Ranks 21st in program history in scoring with 1,308 points
• Had the eighth-most points by a player after a junior season
• School record holder for 3-pointers in a career with 244, set during her senior season
• A 35.5% shooter from distance, good for 14th in program history
• Knocked down 86.7% of free throws, second in program history
• Finished career at 16th in scoring with 12.5 points per game, 24th in field goals made, 15th in assists with 362, fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.54 and 19th in games started
• Notched 66 games in double figures, 12 games with at least 20 points, 33 games with at least five assists, 93 games with a 3-pointer, 73 with multiple 3-pointers, led the team in scoring 30 times, assists 49 times, steals 20 times
• Joined the 1,000-point club as the 35th member, achieving the feat in 79 games, tied for fifth fastest with Carol Emanuel, Katie Douglas and Dominique Oden
• Became the 18th player to join the 1,000-point club as a junior and the 21st to do it in less than 100 games
• Played 22 complete games
• Two-time All-Big Ten selection
• 2020 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
• 2019 First Team All-Big Ten
• Fifth player in program history to amass 100 assists as a freshman, a sophomore and a junior
• Matched Katie Gearlds single-season 3-point record in 2018-19 with 88 triples
• Holds the class season records for 3-points as a freshman with 75, sophomore with 88 and junior with 71
2020-21 / AS A SENIOR
• Played in seven games, starting four, while struggling through injuries.
• Averaged 7.6 points 1.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 23.4 minutes per game
• Knocked down a triple in six of seven outings, including three with at least two trifectas
• Topped 10 points just once with a season-high 13 points against Nebraska on Dec. 23
• Shot 35.3% from the field and 28.6% from distance
• Broke the Purdue career 3-point record against Maryland with her second triple
• Had ankle surgery in the summer that limited playing opportunities
• Missed the first five games before making season debut against Penn State on Dec. 20
• Shut down for the season after the Wisconsin game on Jan. 21
• Graduated with bachelor’s degree in December
2019-20 / AS A JUNIOR
• Named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by the coaches and media
• Appeared and started 30 games, averaging 35.6 minutes per game
• Finished second on the team with 13.1 points per game, while shooting 37.5% from the field
• Totaled 19 games in double figures, as well as four with at least 20 points
• Dished out five assists in at least nine games
• Drilled a 3-pointer in 26 games, with 21 multi-triple games
• Tied the junior-season record with 71 3-pointers, matching Beth Jones from 2002-03, and tied for fifth in single-season history
• Knocked down 32.4% of shots from distance
• Led the team in scoring in 11 games, assists 12 times, steals seven times
• Recorded a trio of complete games
• Finished second on the team with 101 assists, becoming the fifth player in program history with 100 assists as a freshman, sophomore and a junior
• Ranked 16th in the Big Ten in scoring, seventh in 3-point percentage, 13th in assists, third in 3-pointers made, 12th in assist to turnover at 1.5 and third in minutes per game
• Drilled 2.4 3-pointers per game in league play to tie for second
• Checked in nationally at 93rd in minutes played, 80th in minutes played per game, 35th in 3-pointers attempted, 70th in triples made and 69th with 2.37 3-pointers per game
• Set a career-high, posted the most points in a game by Purdue in 2019-20, tied the Purdue Mackey Arena record and notched the seventh-most points in a single game with 34 against Kent State on Dec. 8, behind 9-of-15 field goals, including six 3-pointers and a 10-for-10 performance at the line
• Tallied a career-high four steals against Ohio State on Dec. 28
• Dropped a season-high seven assists three times – at Virginia Tech on Dec. 5, vs. Minnesota on Jan. 19 and vs. Michigan State on March 5
• Drained a season-best seven 3-pointers against Michigan State on Jan. 30
• Missed the road trips to Wisconsin and Illinois due to injury
• Tabbed Preseason All-Big Ten by the coaches and media
• Named the Dr. Ruth Jones Memorial Award winner at the postseason banquet
2018-19 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Named First-Team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media, becoming the third sophomore in program history to earn the honor (McChelle Joseph, Shereka Wright)
• Led the Boilermakers in scoring at 15.0 points per game, finishing eighth in the Big Ten
• Finished 10th in conference play in scoring at 14.8 points per game
• Her 510 points are third-most by a sophomore in program history, and her 863 career points are fourth-most by a Purdue player over their first two seasons
• Tied for ninth in Big Ten Conference play in field goal percentage, tied for the second-best among guards in the conference at 41.6 percent from the field
• Tied Purdue’s single-season 3-point record with 88 triples, matching Katie Gearlds’ total from 2006-07
• Her 163 career 3-pointers are already ninth all-time at Purdue and sixth-most in Big Ten history by a player at the end of her sophomore season
• Has made 37.6 percent from behind the arc in her career, currently 10th in program history
• Made a 3-point field goal in 15 consecutive games from Nov. 22 to Jan. 16, marking the third-longest streak in program history
• Shot 89.4 percent from the free throw line, hitting 84-of-94, tied for the No. 5 single-season mark at Purdue
• Dished out 129 assists, the third-highest total all-time for a Purdue sophomore, and became the sixth Boilermaker to deal at least 100 in each of their first two seasons
• Her 3.8 assists per game ranked 14th in the Big Ten, while her 1.84 assist/turnover ratio was 10th in the conference and the No. 8 single-season mark all-time at Purdue
• Her career assist/turnover ratio of 1.54 is No. 4 all-time at Purdue behind April Wilson, Jennifer Jacoby and Katie Gearlds
• Scored a career-high 28 points in the home win over Northwestern, hitting 9-of-11 from 3-point range to tie for second-most in a game in Purdue history
• Posted a team-high six 20+-point games
• Scored in double figures in 17 straight games from Dec. 21 to Feb. 21, tying the No. 14 streak all-time at Purdue and the Boilermakers longest since Wright posted 35 straight from 2003-to-2004
• Finished with 19 points and 11 assists at Wisconsin, becoming the eighth player in Purdue history to record at least two points-assists double-doubles
• Tied Purdue’s single-game 3-point percentage record, going 5-of-5 from distance against Miami
• Played the second-most minutes of any individual in program history, logging a Boilermaker-sophomore record 1,264 minutes, while her 37.2 minutes per game average is the most-ever by a Purdue sophomore and No. 3 single-season mark all-time
• Turned in nine complete games in 2018-19, and has played 19 games wire-to-wire in two seasons at Purdue
• Received the Tom Reiter Memorial Award at the Purdue women's basketball postseason banquet
2017-18 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors, becoming the 10th Boilermaker to earn first-year recognition and the fifth under Versyp (first since 2013)
• Is the first player in program history to play in eight consecutive complete games, logging 365 straight minutes played over the last 10 contests of the season
• Her 75 3-pointers this season are a Purdue freshman record, and third-most in a season all-time for the Boilermakers
• Tied for the seventh-most triples of any freshman in the NCAA this season
• Tied a Boilermaker freshman record with six 3's at Michigan, equaling the mark shared by Nicole Erickson, Rayburn and Courtney Moses
• Ranked fifth on Purdue's freshman assist record list with 120, and tied for 11th in the NCAA among freshmen
• Is the sixth freshman in program history to lead the team in assists
• The Boilermakers were 12-2 when she dished at least five assists in a game
• One of three freshman in the NCAA to record at least 70 3-point field goals and 100 assists this season
• Averaged the second-most minutes per game of any freshman in Purdue history at 33.2, the most of any rookie since 1988-89 (MaChelle Joseph, 31.3 mpg)
• First Purdue freshman with a double-double since 2009 (Sam Ostarello, 17/14r vs. Evansville), posting 10 points and 11 assists vs. Penn State on Jan. 28
• Tied MaChelle Joseph and Stephanie White for the Purdue freshman single-game assist record with 11, also tied for 10th-most in a game at Purdue
• Scored a career-high 21 points twice, hitting the mark in her first career game and again in the overtime, comeback win at Michigan, including a pair of triples in the extra session
• Posted double-figure scoring in 19 games, including 11 of her last 13
• Hit the game-winning shot in the opening round of the WNIT, canning a jumper with six seconds left to win at IUPUI
• Shot 90.5 percent from the free throw line, missing four free throws all season
• Hit a 3-pointer in 30 of 34 games, hitting at least two triples 24 times
• Received the Co-Most Improved Award at the postseason banquet
• Named the Purdue Female Breakout Athlete of the Year at the 2018 Golden Pete Awards
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letterwinner at Homestead High School
• Led the Spartans to a 103-10 mark over her four-year career, including the 2017 Indiana High School 4A State Championship and a 42-0 career record at home
• Posted 29 points and six assists in the state title victory
• Added four sectional championships, four conference titles, three regional championships and two semi-state titles
• Scored a school-record 2,586 career points at Homestead, adding all-time marks for free throw percentage (92 percent), single-season scoring (778), single-game scoring (40) and single-game 3's (12)
• Her career scoring total is ranked in the top-10 all-time in Indiana
• Averaged 25.9 points, 5.6 assists and shot 46.1 percent from 3-point range in her senior season, including 29 points in the state title game
• Tallied 24.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.7 steals per game in her junior season, leading Homestead to the state semifinals
• Averaged 23.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals as a sophomore, leading Homestead to Indiana State 4A Runner-Up honors
• Led team to sectional and conference championships as a freshman, posting 16.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game
• Homestead honor roll and National Honor Society honoree
• Coached by Rod Parker
NOTEWORTHY
• 2017 Gatorade Indiana Player of the Year
• 2017 Indiana Miss Basketball
• McDonald's All-America nominee
• Tabbed the No. 21 overall player and No. 4 guard nationally by Prospects Nation
• Tabbed a 4.5 star player and No. 57 overall by Jump Off Plus
• Rated No. 61 player in the country and No. 10 point guard by ESPN HoopGurlz
• Rated No. 75 player overall by Blue Star Basketball
• Member of the 2017 Indiana Senior All-Star core team and 2016 Indiana Junior All-Star core team
• Three-time First Team All-State honoree (2015-17)
• First Team American Family Insurance ALL-USA Indiana
• 2017 MaxPreps Fifth Team All-American
• Hails from the same high school as Purdue men's basketball All-American Caleb Swanigan (Homestead)
• Played AAU with Nike Lady Gym Rats under James Banks
PERSONAL
• Full name: Karissa Ilene McLaughlin
• Major: Management
• Birthday: Oct. 29, 1998
• City Born: Warsaw, Ind.
• Parents: Bert and Sheila McLaughlin
• Siblings: Brother, Braxton and sister, Kendall