2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

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.

2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–14 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Sharon Versyp (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Nadine Morgan Beth Couture Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	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

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 Sharon Versyp (Purdue) Assistant coach(es) Nadine Morgan (James Madison) Beth Couture (Erskine) Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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

Main article: 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	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