2019–20 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Boilermakers, led by 14th year head coach Sharon Versyp, played their home games at Mackey Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference.

2019–20 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	18–14 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Sharon Versyp (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Melanie Balcomb Beth Couture
Home arena	Mackey Arena

2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
No. 12 Northwestern	16	–	2		.889			26	–	4		.867
No. 21 Iowa	14	–	4		.778			23	–	7		.767
No. 20 Indiana	13	–	5		.722			24	–	8		.750
Rutgers	11	–	7		.611			22	–	9		.710
Ohio State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Michigan	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Nebraska	7	–	11		.389			17	–	13		.567
Minnesota	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
Wisconsin	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			11	–	19		.367
Penn State	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2020 Big Ten tournament winner As of November 22, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2019–20 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) Jr Homestead Fort Wayne, IN G 2 Bria Harmon 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Collins Hill Atlanta, GA G 3 Lyndsey Whilby  5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr McEachern Texas Tech Powder Springs, GA G 5 Cassidy Hardin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Center Grove Bargersville, IN G 11 Dominique Oden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Marist Atlanta, GA G 12 Roxane Makolo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Dawson College Saint-Hubert, QC G 13 Ajah Stallings 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So North Central Indianapolis, IN G 15 Léony Boudreau 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Dawson College Montreal, QC F 22 Jenelle Grant  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Harris Westminster Pacific London, England G 23 Kayana Traylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Martinsville Martinsville, IN G 25 Tamara Farquhar 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Dawson College Pierrefonds, Quebec F 30 Nyagoa Gony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Lincoln Lincoln, NE F 32 Ae'Rianna Harris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Lawrence North Indianapolis, IN F 35 Rickie Woltman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Incarnate Word St. Louis, MO C 45 Fatou Diagne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Kocc Barma Thiès, Senegal	Head coach Sharon Versyp (Purdue) Assistant coach(es) Melanie Balcomb (Trenton State) Beth Couture (Erskine) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 28, 2019

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2019* 12:00 pm, BTN Plus		Southern Indiana	W 62–44		Mackey Arena (5,575) West Lafayette, IN
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2019* 2:00 pm, BTN Plus		Milwaukee	W 68–55	1–0	Mackey Arena (5,717) West Lafayette, IN
Nov 14, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Chattanooga	W 66–34	2–0	McKenzie Arena (1,509) Chattanooga, TN
Nov 17, 2019* 2:00 pm, BTN Plus		Western Illinois	W 66–59	3–0	Mackey Arena (5,745) West Lafayette, IN
Nov 24, 2019* 2:00 pm, BTN Plus		Northern Illinois	W 68–63	4–0	Mackey Arena (5,800) West Lafayette, IN
Nov 29, 2019* 7:30 pm, FloHoops		vs. Drake Gulf Coast Showcase	W 67–47	5–0	Hertz Arena (1,013) Estero, FL
Nov 30, 2019*  FloHoops		vs. Arizona State Gulf Coast Showcase	W 59–52	6–0	Hertz Arena (389) Estero, FL
Dec 1, 2019*  FloHoops		vs. No. 22 Gonzaga Gulf Coast Showcase	L 50–63	6–1	Hertz Arena (517) Estero, FL
Dec 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX		at Virginia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 54–67	6–2	Cassell Coliseum (1,282) Blacksburg, VA
Dec 8, 2019* 12:00 pm, BTN Plus		Kent State	W 77–64	7–2	Mackey Arena (5,585) West Lafayette, IN
Dec 15, 2019* 2:00 pm, SECN+		at No. 5 South Carolina	L 51–85	7–3	Colonial Life Arena (11,306) Columbia, SC
Dec 18, 2019* 12:00 pm, BTN Plus		Western Kentucky	W 67–50	8–3	Mackey Arena (7,106) West Lafayette, IN
Dec 21, 2019* 12:00 am, BTN Plus		Bowling Green	W 81–74	9–3	Mackey Arena (5,742) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten conference season
Dec 28, 2019 12:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Ohio State	W 66–50	10–3 (1–0)	Value City Arena (4,212) Columbus, OH
Dec 31, 2019 4:00 pm, BTN Plus		Wisconsin	W 72–61	11–3 (2–0)	Mackey Arena (6,080) West Lafayette, IN
Jan 5, 2020 12:00 pm, BTN		Rutgers	L 53–59	11–4 (2–1)	Mackey Arena (7,441) West Lafayette, IN
Jan 9, 2020 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		at No. 12 Indiana Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	L 48–66	11–5 (2–2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (5,159) Bloomington, IN
Jan 12, 2020 5:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Northwestern	L 56–61	11–6 (2–3)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,464) Evansville, IL
Jan 16, 2020 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		Illinois	W 81–67	12–6 (3–3)	Mackey Arena (5,886) West Lafayette, IN
Jan 19, 2020 2:00 pm, BTN Plus		Minnesota	L 59–72	12–7 (3–4)	Mackey Arena (6,077) West Lafayette, IN
Jan 22, 2020 8:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Nebraska	W 76–68	13–7 (4–4)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,819) Lincoln, NE
Jan 26, 2020 2:00 pm, BTN		Penn State	W 81–68	14–7 (5–4)	Mackey Arena (6,057) West Lafayette, IN
Jan 30, 2020 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Michigan State	W 76–66	15–7 (6–4)	Breslin Center (4,314) East Lansing, MI
Feb 3, 2020 6:00 pm, BTN		No. 18 Indiana Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	L 54–66	15–8 (6–5)	Mackey Arena (8,161) West Lafayette, IN
Feb 6, 2020 6:00 pm, BTN		at Michigan	L 63–66	15–9 (6–6)	Crisler Center (2,076) Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 9, 2020 2:00 pm, BTN Plus		No. 20 Iowa	L 71–83	15–10 (6–7)	Mackey Arena (6,681) West Lafayette, IN
Feb 13, 2020 8:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Wisconsin	W 62–59	16–10 (7–7)	Kohl Center (3,799) Madison, WI
Feb 16, 2020 3:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Illinois	W 70–58	17–10 (8–7)	State Farm Center (2,119) Champaign, IL
Feb 20, 2020 7:00 pm, BTN		Michigan State	L 63–65	17–11 (8–8)	Mackey Arena (5,908) West Lafayette, IN
Feb 25, 2020 8:00 pm, BTN		at No. 7 Maryland	L 45–88	17–12 (8–9)	Xfinity Center (5,105) College Park, MD
Feb 29, 2020 4:00 pm, BTN		Ohio State	L 56–77	17–13 (8–10)	Mackey Arena (6,753) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
Mar 5, 2020 12:00 pm, BTN	(9)	vs. (8) Michigan State Second round	W 72–63	18–13	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
Mar 6, 2020 12:00 pm, BTN	(9)	vs. (1) No. 6 Maryland Quarterfinals	L 62–74	18–14	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2019–20 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					RV	RV														N/A
Coaches					RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

2019–20 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team