2022–23 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

2022–23 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
2022–23 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	19–11 (9–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Katie Gearlds (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Beth Couture; Michael Scruggs; Alex Guyton;
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Indiana	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
No. 3 Iowa †	15	–	3	.833	31	–	7	.816
No. 7 Maryland	15	–	3	.833	28	–	7	.800
No. 12 Ohio State	12	–	6	.667	28	–	8	.778
No. 18 Michigan	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Illinois	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Purdue	9	–	8	.529	19	–	11	.633
Nebraska	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Michigan State	7	–	10	.412	16	–	14	.533
Wisconsin	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
Rutgers	5	–	13	.278	12	–	20	.375
Minnesota	4	–	14	.222	11	–	19	.367
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300

† 2023 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 2, 2023 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022–23 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers, led by second-year head coach Katie Gearlds, played their home games at Mackey Arena and were a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Boilermakers finished the season with a 19-11 overall record and a 9-8 record within the Big Ten. In the Big Ten Women's Tournament, the team advanced to the quarterfinals where they were defeated 58-69 by the 7th seeded Iowa Hawkeyes. The 2022-23 season featured the first NCAA Women's Tournament appearance for the Boilermakers since the 2016-17 season. The Boilermakers fell in the First Four to St. John's.^[1] Fourth-year guard Jeanae Terry was named second-team all-Big Ten by the league's coaches.^[2]

Previous season[edit]

They finished the season 17–15 and 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the ninth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Michigan State in the second round.^[3] They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. They defeated Southern Illinois in the First Round before losing to Marquette in the Second Round to end their season.^[4]

Roster[edit]

2022–23 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Ainhoa Holzer	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Lycée-Collège des Creusets Christ the King, NY	Martigny, Switzerland
G	3	Jayla Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Lawrence North	Indianapolis, IN
G	4	Kate Rudini	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Saint Joseph	Trumbull, CT
G	5	Cassidy Hardin	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Center Grove	Bargersville, IN
G	10	Jeanae Terry	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Wayne Memorial Illinois	Detroit, MI
G	11	Lasha Petree	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Arbor Prep Rutgers	Detroit, MI
G/F	14	Ava Learn	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Our Lady of Lourdes	Hyde Park, NY
G	23	Abbey Ellis	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Our Lady of Mercy Cal Poly	Melbourne, Australia
G	30	Addison Potts	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	South Fort Myers	Fort Myers, FL
F	31	Lilly Stoddard	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Crown Point	Crown Point, IN
G	33	Madison Layden	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Northwestern	Kokomo, IN
F	34	Caitlyn Harper	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Arrowhead California Baptist	Hartland, WI
F	35	Rickie Woltman	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Incarnate Word	St. Louis, MO

Head coach

Katie Gearlds (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Beth Couture (Erskine)
Michael Scruggs (Tennessee)
Alex Guyton (Purdue)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

Source:^[5]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 6, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		Purdue Northwest	W 98–67		Mackey Arena (2,740) West Lafayette, IN
Regular season
November 10, 2022* 6:00 p.m.		Marshall	W 73–61	1–0	Mackey Arena (2,058) West Lafayette, IN
November 13, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		Murray State	W 90–61	2–0	Mackey Arena (2,866) West Lafayette, IN
November 17, 2022* 7:00 p.m.		SIU Edwardsville	W 100–58	3–0	Mackey Arena (1,861) West Lafayette, IN
November 20, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		Indiana State	W 77–54	4–0	Mackey Arena (3,053) West Lafayette, IN
November 24, 2022* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Harvard Cancún Challenge	W 85–63	5–0	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (200) Cancún, Mexico
November 25, 2022* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Florida State Cancún Challenge	L 75–76	5–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (248) Cancún, Mexico
November 26, 2022* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Oklahoma State Cancún Challenge	W 71–65	6–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (248) Cancún, Mexico
November 30, 2022* 6:00 p.m., BTN		Syracuse ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 87–78	7–1	Mackey Arena (2,521) West Lafayette, IN
December 5, 2022* 7:00 p.m., BTN		at Michigan State	W 76–71	8–1 (1–0)	Breslin Center (3,015) East Lansing, MI
December 8, 2022* 6:30 p.m., BTN		No. 20 Maryland	L 74–77	8–2 (1–1)	Mackey Arena (3,007) West Lafayette, IN
December 11, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		Illinois State	W 64–51	9–2	Mackey Arena (3,429) West Lafayette, IN
December 21, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		at Texas A&M	W 59–53	10–2	Reed Arena (1,608) College Station, TX
December 29, 2022 9:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 12 Iowa	L 68–83	10–3 (1–2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (11,942) Iowa City, IA
January 1, 2023 12:00 p.m., BTN		Wisconsin	W 73–61	11–3 (2–2)	Mackey Arena (3,552) West Lafayette, IN
January 7, 2023 2:00 p.m.		at Penn State	L 60–70	11–4 (2–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,367) University Park, PA
January 10, 2023 6:30 p.m., BTN		No. 17 Michigan	L 59–80	11–5 (2–4)	Mackey Arena (3,473) West Lafayette, IN
January 14, 2023 3:00 p.m.		at Northwestern	W 65–54	12–5 (3–4)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (3,473) Evanston, IL
January 18, 2023 7:00 p.m.		Nebraska	L 64–71	12–6 (3–5)	Mackey Arena (3,473) West Lafayette, IN
January 21, 2023 3:00 p.m.		Minnesota	W 75–56	13–6 (4–5)	Mackey Arena (5,003) West Lafayette, IN
January 26, 2023 8:00 p.m.		at No. 22 Illinois	W 62–52	14–6 (5–5)	State Farm Center (2,584) Champaign, IL
January 29, 2023 1:00 p.m.		at No. 2 Ohio State	W 73–65	15–6 (6–5)	Value City Arena (8,664) Columbus, OH
February 5, 2023 2:00 p.m., FS1		No. 4 Indiana Rivalry	L 46–69	15–7 (6–6)	Mackey Arena (14,876) West Lafayette, IN
February 9, 2023 7:00 p.m.		at Rutgers	W 68–54	16–7 (7–6)	Jersey Mike's Arena (1,149) Piscataway, NJ
February 12, 2023 2:00 p.m.		Northwestern	W 76–61	17–7 (8–6)	Mackey Arena (3,831) West Lafayette, IN
February 15, 2022 7:00 p.m.		Michigan State	Postponed		Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 19, 2023 12:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 2 Indiana Rivalry	L 60–83	17–8 (8–7)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN
February 22, 2023 7:00 p.m.		Penn State	W 86–62	18–8 (9–7)	Mackey Arena (3,403) West Lafayette, IN
February 26, 2023 3:00 p.m.		at Minnesota	L 69–77	18–9 (9–8)	Williams Arena (4,014) Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 2, 2023 6:30 p.m., BTN	(7)	vs. (10) Wisconsin Second round	W 57–55	19–9	Target Center (5,124) Minneapolis, MN
March 3, 2023 6:30 p.m., BTN	(7)	vs. (2) No. 7 Iowa Quarterfinal	L 58–69	19–10	Target Center Minneapolis, MN
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	(11 S3)	vs. (11 S3) St. John's First four	L 64–66	19–11	Value City Arena (6,828) Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S3=Seattle 3. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—*	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—				Not released
Coaches	—	—*	—^	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	—

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.

References[edit]

^ "LIVE: Purdue women's basketball loses heartbreaker to St. John's in last second". indystar.com. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
^ "2022-23 Big Ten Women's Basketball Honors Announced". indystar.com. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
^ "Four Spartans in Double Figures as Spartans Advance in Big Ten Tournament". Michigan State University Athletics. March 3, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
^ "2022 Postseason WNIT". womensnit.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

[1] "LIVE: Purdue women's basketball loses heartbreaker to St. John's in last second". indystar.com. Retrieved May 13, 2023.

[2] "2022-23 Big Ten Women's Basketball Honors Announced". indystar.com. Retrieved May 27, 2023.

[3] "Four Spartans in Double Figures as Spartans Advance in Big Ten Tournament". Michigan State University Athletics. March 3, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

[4] "2022 Postseason WNIT". womensnit.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

[5] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

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v t e Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
Venues	Mackey Arena (1975–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Head coaches	Deborah Gebhardt (1975–1976) Ruth Jones (1976–1986) Marsha Reall (1986–1987) Lin Dunn (1987–1996) Nell Fortner (1996–1997) Carolyn Peck (1997–1999) Kristy Curry (1999–2006) Sharon Versyp (2006–2021) Katie Gearlds (2021–present)
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics