<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0j3Fea_0wOIRQwG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0j3Fea_0wOIRQwG00" width="1600" height="900" >WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team is set for its lone tune up ahead of the 2024-25 season with an exhibition clash against Indiana Tech of the NAIA. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. on B1G+. Tim Newton and Jane Schott will be on the call for the Purdue Global Radio Network on 95.3 BOB FMGAME INFORMATION Purdue vs. Indiana TechTuesday, Oct. 29Time: 7 PMTV/Stream: B1G+Radio: 95.3 BOB FMLive Stats: Purduestats.comNOTES• Purdue has won its last 44 exhibition games, including a 3-0 mark under head coach Katie Gearlds.• Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame member head coach Katie Gearlds returns for her fourth campaign leading her alma mater. The Boilermakers reached the postseason in each of her first three seasons.• Gearlds' first fully recruited class enters their second year on campus. Last year, Rashunda Jones, Sophie Swanson and McKenna Layden contributed to the highest scoring freshman class in the Big Ten last season and third highest in Purdue history.• Redshirt freshman Amiyah Reynolds is set to play for the first time in her collegiate career and end a layoff of more than 600 days after an ankle injury her senior year of high school kept her out all of last season.• Sophie Swanson was one of the top freshmen shooters in the nation last season, finishing fourth among Big Ten rookies with 1.5 3-pointers per game and leading the league in usage rate at 29.4%.• While the Boilermakers bring back just under 30% of their scoring from last year and no starters, Gearlds and staff are went out and brought in an experienced quartet of transfers in two-time NAIA National Player of the Year Ella Collier, WAC Defensive Player of the Year Destini Lombard and three-time All-MAC selection Reagan Bass.• Rashunda Jones earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman team last year, finishing fourth among league rookies with 7.8 points per game and second in usage rate at 27.3%.• Purdue went on a 10-day European Tour in August, spending time in Spain and Portugal. The Boilermakers won all three games played during the overseas trip and averaged 90 points per game.• The Boilermakers' post presence received an overhaul during the offseason with the addition of bruising freshmen Kendall Puryear and Lana McCarthy, as well as three-time All-MAC selection Reagan Bass. The trio helped Purdue post a +76 margin on the glass with 19.3 second chance points per game and outscored opponents 144-60 in the paint during the trip to Europe.• Gearlds was inducted into the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame in October, becoming the 13th member of the women's basketball team to be enshrined in West Lafayette after one of the best playing careers by a Boilermaker.• The Boilermakers are eying another trip back to the postseason after reaching the NCAA Tournament and WNIT under Gearlds. Every Purdue senior class has played in the postseason once in their careers dating back to 1988.• Purdue will play nine games scheduled against teams in the preseason AP Top-25 rankings, plus three more receiving votes. The Boilermakers are the only team that will face four teams in the top six of the preseason Top-25.</div></body>

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women's basketball team is set for its lone tune up ahead of the 2024-25 season with an exhibition clash against Indiana Tech of the NAIA. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. on B1G+. Tim Newton and Jane Schott will be on the call...