2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represents Purdue University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Boilermakers, led by 12th year head coach Sharon Versyp, play 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 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.

2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2017–18 record2014 (97 Big Ten)
Head coachSharon Versyp (12th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Nadine Morgan
  • Beth Couture
  • Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Home arenaMackey Arena
2017–18 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 10 Ohio State133 .813  287  .800
No. 16 Maryland124 .750  268  .765
Iowa115 .688  248  .750
Minnesota115 .688  249  .727
Nebraska115 .688  2111  .656
Michigan106 .625  2310  .697
Indiana97 .563  2314  .622
Purdue97 .563  2014  .588
Rutgers79 .438  2012  .625
Michigan State79 .438  1914  .576
Penn State610 .375  1616  .500
Northwestern412 .250  1220  .375
Wisconsin214 .125  921  .300
Illinois016 .000  921  .300
† 2018 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Karissa McLaughlin 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrHomestead Fort Wayne, IN
G 2 Abby Abel 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) JrCarmel Carmel, IN
G 3 Tiara Murphy 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS SoWashington South Bend, IN
G 5 Miracle Gray 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoStephenson Stone Mountain, GA
G 10 Andreona Keys 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrRoswell Atlanta, GA
G 11 Dominique Oden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoMarist Atlanta, GA
C 12 Nora Kiesler 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) JrAssumption Louisville, KY
G 15 Léony Boudreau 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrDawson College Montreal, Quebec
F 22 Dani Lawson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrHathaway Brown Cleveland, OH
G 25 Tamara Farquhar 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrDawson College Pierrefonds, Quebec
F 32 Ae'Rianna Harris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoLawrence North Indianapolis, IN
G 40 Lamina Cooper 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoLawrence North Indianapolis, IN
C 45 Fatou Diagne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS SoKocc 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

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Legend
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See also

2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

References

  1. "Purdue Women's Basketball Schedule". Archived from the original on 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
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