01-05-2025
Purdue women's basketball Big Ten schedule opponents, newcomers, returners
The Boilermakers remade their roster and will face a former teammate as part of the Big Ten slate.
WEST LAFAYETTE ― Purdue women's basketball 's Big Ten schedule for the 2025-26 season was released Wednesday.
The Boilermakers went 10-19 (3-15 Big Ten) last year, failing to make the conference tournament. It's a conference Purdue has not won since 2013.
Here's a look at Purdue's Big Ten Conference opponents:
Home opponents: Iowa, Michigan State, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Rutgers, Ohio State, Penn State
Road opponents: Maryland, UCLA, Michigan, USC, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Minnesota
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Home and away: Indiana
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Highlights include Purdue playing UCLA at Pauley Pavilion for the first time, as well as its first trip to the Galen Center to face USC.
Among other key games to watch at Mackey Arena will be Michigan State, which features former Boilermaker Rashunda Jones.
A nonconference stretch to watch for Purdue will be playing in the Cancun Challenge at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Mexico from Nov. 27-29. The full field has yet to be been announced.
Purdue women's basketball roster, returners, new additions
Purdue returns sophomore forwards Kendall Puryear and Lana McCarthy, guard McKenna Layden and fifth-year guard Madison Layden-Zay.
Layden-Zay needs 38 total makes to surpass 2021 graduate Karissa McLaughlin and become the program's career leader in 3-point field goals.
Purdue transfer additions include former Northern Arizona guard and incoming senior Taylor Feldman, former Arkansas guard and 2024 NJCAA National Player of the Year and national champion Kiki Smith, and former UNC Greensboro guard Nya Smith.
The Boilermakers also maintained 4-star recruit commitments from 6-foot-6 center Avery Gordon, an Indiana All-Star and ranked 63rd in the ESPN 2025 HoopGurlz national rankings, plus guard Keona Douwstra of Netherlands.
