WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team released the remainder of its 2023-24 non-conference campaign Wednesday. The Boilermakers are set for a challenging slate ahead of Big Ten play that will feature six home games and five matchups with Power 5 opposition.
The Boilermakers already announced four games this summer. Purdue will travel to future Big Ten foe UCLA for an opening night contest Nov. 6, ahead of a trip to The Bahamas for the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship to face Florida (Nov. 20) and Georgia (Nov. 22).
Purdue will rekindle its rivalry with Notre Dame for the first time in the regular season since 2012-13 with a Dec. 17 bout at Purcell Pavilion.
The Boilermakers will welcome Texas A&M to Mackey Arena on Nov. 16. Purdue outlasted the Aggies 59-53 in College Station last year, a game that was rescheduled after both teams pulled out of a tournament in Las Vegas. The Boilermakers own a 4-1 series lead.
The Boilermakers will meet two clubs for the first time in 2023-24 in Southern and Southern Indiana. Purdue will square off with Southern in the home opener on Nov. 12, before returning to Mackey Arena after the trip to The Bahamas to play Southern Indiana on Nov. 26.
Following a road trip to Dayton on Dec. 1, Purdue will return to Mackey Arena for bouts with Valparaiso on Dec. 3 and Southeast Missouri State on Dec. 8 ahead of the game at Notre Dame.
The non-conference campaign wraps up Dec. 20 when Purdue plays Indiana State at Mackey Arena.
Head coach Katie Gearlds enters her third campaign at the helm of her alma mater after guiding Purdue to back-to-back postseason appearances. Five returners lead a roster that features eight newcomers.
The freshmen class of Mary Ashley Stevenson, Rashunda Jones, McKenna Layden, Sophie Swanson and Emily Monson were tabbed No. 21 in the nation before top-60 recruit Amiyah Reynolds committed to play in West Lafayette in May.