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2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record20–14 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nadine Morgan
  • Beth Couture
  • Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Home arenaMackey Arena
Seasons
2017–18 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Ohio State 13 3   .813 28 7   .800
No. 16 Maryland 12 4   .750 26 8   .765
Iowa 11 5   .688 24 8   .750
Minnesota 11 5   .688 24 9   .727
Nebraska 11 5   .688 21 11   .656
Michigan 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
Indiana 9 7   .563 23 14   .622
Purdue 9 7   .563 20 14   .588
Rutgers 7 9   .438 20 12   .625
Michigan State 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Penn State 6 10   .375 16 16   .500
Northwestern 4 12   .250 12 20   .375
Wisconsin 2 14   .125 9 21   .300
Illinois 0 16   .000 9 21   .300
2018 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Boilermakers, led by 12th year head coach Sharon Versyp, played their home games at Mackey Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 9–7 in Big Ten play to finish in tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Rutgers. They received an at-large bid of the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated IUPUI and Ball State in the first and second rounds before losing to their Big Ten member and their rival Indiana in the third round.

Roster

2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Karissa McLaughlin 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Homestead Fort Wayne, IN
G 2 Abby Abel 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Carmel Carmel, IN
G 3 Tiara Murphy 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Washington South Bend, IN
G 5 Miracle Gray 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Stephenson Stone Mountain, GA
G 10 Andreona Keys 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Roswell Atlanta, GA
G 11 Dominique Oden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Marist Atlanta, GA
C 12 Nora Kiesler 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Jr Assumption Louisville, KY
G 15 Léony Boudreau 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Dawson College Montreal, Quebec
F 22 Dani Lawson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Hathaway Brown Cleveland, OH
G 25 Tamara Farquhar 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Dawson College Pierrefonds, Quebec
F 32 Ae'Rianna Harris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Lawrence North Indianapolis, IN
G 40 Lamina Cooper 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Lawrence North Indianapolis, IN
C 45 Fatou Diagne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Kocc Barma Thiès, Senegal
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: Nov 28, 2017

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 5, 2017*
2:00 pm
St. Francis (IL) W 88–39 
Mackey Arena (5,774)
West Lafayette, IN
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017*
7:30 pm, ESPN3
at Central Michigan W 79–69  1–0
McGuirk Arena (2,035)
Mount Pleasant, MI
Nov 15, 2017*
7:00 pm
Miami (OH) W 75–66  2–0
Mackey Arena (5,610)
West Lafayette, IN
Nov 18, 2017*
1:00 pm
Lamar W 79–64  3–0
Mackey Arena (5,579)
West Lafayette, IN
Nov 20, 2017*
9:00 pm, P12N
at Utah L 68–81  3–1
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,887)
Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 24, 2017*
8:00 pm
vs. USC
Rainbow Wahine Classic
L 46–58  3–2
Stan Sheriff Center (N/A)
Honolulu, HI
Nov 25, 2017*
10:30 pm
at Hawaii
Rainbow Wahine Classic
W 79–67  4–2
Stan Sheriff Center (1,366)
Honolulu, HI
Nov 26, 2017*
7:30 pm
vs. Marist
Rainbow Wahine Classic
W 61–47  5–2
Stan Sheriff Center (N/A)
Honolulu, HI
Nov 30, 2017*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Georgia Tech
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 55–68  5–3
McCamish Pavilion (1,201)
Atlanta, GA
Dec 4, 2017*
7:00 pm
Ball State L 60–66  5–4
Mackey Arena (6,068)
West Lafayette, IN
Dec 8, 2017*
7:00 pm
Valparaiso W 95–49  6–4
Mackey Arena (5,534)
West Lafayette, IN
Dec 10, 2017*
2:00 pm, BTN
Ohio L 71–77  6–5
Mackey Arena (5,654)
West Lafayette, IN
Dec 17, 2017*
12:00 pm, BTN
Eastern Washington
Basketball Travelers Inc. Invitational
W 65–40  7–5
Mackey Arena (6,193)
West Lafayette, IN
Dec 18, 2017*
6:30 pm
UT Martin
Basketball Travelers Inc. Invitational
W 60–58  8–5
Mackey Arena (5,387)
West Lafayette, IN
Dec 20, 2017*
1:30 pm
Saint Mary's
Basketball Travelers Inc. Invitational
W 70–60  9–5
Mackey Arena (6,510)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten conference season
Dec 28, 2017
2:00 pm
at Rutgers L 50–58  9–6 (0–1)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,827)
Piscataway, NJ
Dec 31, 2017
2:00 pm
Wisconsin W 57–35  10–6 (1–1)
Mackey Arena (6,218)
West Lafayette, IN
Jan 6, 2018
2:00 pm
at Indiana
Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup
L 54–72  10–7 (1–2)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (4,768)
Bloomington, IN
Jan 10, 2018
7:00 pm
No. 21 Rutgers W 47–33  11–7 (2–2)
Mackey Arena (5,774)
West Lafayette, IN
Jan 13, 2018
4:00 pm, BTN
at No. 18 Iowa W 76–70  12–7 (3–2)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,477)
Iowa City, IA
Jan 18, 2018
7:00 pm
Northwestern W 63–60  13–7 (4–2)
Mackey Arena (5,795)
West Lafayette, IN
Jan 24, 2018
8:00 pm
at Nebraska L 51–75  13–8 (4–3)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,167)
Lincoln, NE
Jan 28, 2018
12:00 pm, BTN
Penn State W 88–73  14–8 (5–3)
Mackey Arena (6,970)
West Lafayette, IN
Feb 1, 2018
8:00 pm, BTN
at No. 13 Michigan W 81–79 OT 15–8 (6–3)
Crisler Center (2,281)
Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 4, 2018
2:00 pm, BTN
at Illinois W 73–54  16–8 (7–3)
State Farm Center (1,902)
Champaign, IL
Feb 8, 2018
7:00 pm
Minnesota L 74–78  16–9 (7–4)
Mackey Arena (5,827)
West Lafayette, IN
Feb 12, 2018
7:00 pm, BTN
Indiana
Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup
L 44–52  16–10 (7–5)
Mackey Arena (7,054)
West Lafayette, IN
Feb 15, 2018
6:00 pm, BTN
at No. 10 Maryland W 75–65  17–10 (8–5)
Xfinity Center (4,521)
College Park, MD
Feb 18, 2018
1:00 pm, ESPN2
at No. 16 Ohio State L 60–73  17–11 (8–6)
Value City Arena (8,081)
Columbus, OH
Feb 21, 2018
7:00 pm
Illinois W 64–51  18–11 (9–6)
Mackey Arena (5,655)
West Lafayette, IN
Feb 24, 2018
2:00 pm, BTN
Michigan State L 68–82  18–12 (9–7)
Mackey Arena (6,800)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
Mar 1, 2018
12:00 pm, RSN
(8) vs. (9) Rutgers
Second Round
L 60–62  18–13
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
Mar 15, 2018*
7:00 pm
at IUPUI
First Round
W 48–46  19–13
The Jungle (488)
Indianapolis, IN
Mar 18, 2018*
2:00 pm
at Ball State
Second Round
W 77–72  20–13
Worthen Arena (1,307)
Muncie, IN
Mar 22, 2018*
7:00 pm
at Indiana
Third Round/Rivalry
L 51–73  20–14
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (5,564)
Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Coaches NR N/A NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR RV RV NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "Purdue Women's Basketball Schedule". Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.