December 18, 2010 - Boilermaker BlockBuster women’s basketball notes GAME NINE: PURDUE (5-3, 0-0 Big Ten) vs. AUBURN (4-5, 0-0 SEC) 2010-11 Schedule November 1 UW-PARKSIDE (exh.) W, 88-48 Notables 7 INDIANAPOLIS (exh.) W, 99-43 12 AUSTIN PEAY# W, 93-53 15 TOLEDO# (BTN.com) W, 79-66 Auburn head coach Nell Fortner was the 18 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE# W, 73-40 head coach at Purdue for the 1996-97 21 DePAUL# (BTN.com) W, 67-58 25 vs. Montana^ canceled season, Auburn assistant coach Kerry 26 vs. Florida Gulf Coast^ canceled Cremeans was a Boilermaker assistant December 2 #22 MARYLAND~ (BTN) L, 55-56 vs. from 1997 to 2003 and Auburn video 5 at #16 Notre Dame (ESPN2) L, 51-72 coordinator Kelly Komara played at 9 at #7 Texas A&M+ L, 55-100 12 MURRAY STATE W, 71-25 Date & Time Purdue from 1998-2002, playing in two Saturday, Dec. 18 at 1:30 p.m. ET 18 AUBURN@ 1:30 p.m. national championship games. 20 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (BTN) 7:30 p.m. Location 22 at Gardner-Web (bsn.com) 7 p.m. Indianapolis 28 WESTERN ILLINOIS (BTN.com) 7 p.m. The series is even at 1-1. 30 WISCONSIN* (BTN.com) 7 p.m. Arena January Conseco Fieldhouse (18,345) 2 at Northwestern* 3 p.m. Purdue is without two starters for the 6 MICHIGAN* (BTN) 6:30 p.m. Television none 9 at Indiana* (BTN.com) 2 p.m. fifth consecutive game. Drey Mingo 13 at Wisconsin* (BTN) 8:30 p.m. Radio is recovering from meningitis and KK 16 NORTHWESTERN* (BTN.com) 2 p.m. WBPE (95.3 BOB-FM) and purduesports.com 20 PENN STATE* (BTN.com) 7 p.m. Tim Newton: play-by-play Houser had ACL surgery on Dec. 1. 23 at Michigan* (BTN.com) 2 p.m. Jane Schott: analysis 30 INDIANA* (BTN) 12 p.m. February The Series The Boilermakers cancelled their trip to 3 IOWA* (BTN) 6:30 p.m. Tied 1-1 Mexico after redshirt junior Drey Mingo 6 at Michigan State* (BTN) 3 p.m. The Coaches was hospitalized with meningitis on 10 at Ohio State* 7 p.m. Purdue - Sharon Versyp (Purdue ’89) 13 ILLINOIS* (BTN.com) 2 p.m. School Record: 95-52, 5th year Nov. 23. 17 at Minnesota* (BTN.com) 8 p.m. Overall Record: 212-117, 11th year 20 OHIO STATE* (ESPN2) 5 p.m. 24 at Penn State* (BTN.com) 7 p.m. Auburn - Nell Fortner (Texas ’82) Purdue won the Preseason WNIT School Record: 120-78, 7th year # Preseason WNIT Overall Record: 137-89, 8th year championship with a 67-58 victory over ^ Caribbean Challenge (Playa del Carmen, Mexico) ~ ACC/Big Ten Challenge DePaul on Nov. 21. The 4-0 start was the + Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge best since a 6-0 start in 2006-07. @ Boilermaker Blockbuster (Indianapolis) * Big Ten Conference game All times Eastern 2010-11 Statistical Comparison Purdue __________Category _________ Auburn 5-3 _______________ Record ______________ 4-5 Purdue Boilermakers 68.0 __________ Points Per Game __________64.1 Roster Statistics 58.8 ___________Points Allowed ___________62.6 Pos. No. Name Cl. Ht. Hometown (Previous School) ppg rpg apg FG 3FG FT +9.3 __________Point Differential _________ +1.6 Probable starters* .445 _______________ FG% _______________.375 G 15 Courtney Moses Fr. 5-7 Sweetser, Ind (Oak Hill) 12.6 2.3 2.5 .480 .524 .857 .326 ______________ 3FG% _______________.322 G 5 Brittany Rayburn Jr. 6-0 Attica, Ind. (Attica) 14.3 3.0 1.4 .413 .269 .900 .761 _______________ FT% _______________.600 G 43 Chantel Poston RSo. 5-10 Milan, Tenn. (Milan) 2.6 3.3 1.1 .292 .000 .875 .379 __________ Opponent FG% ___________.424 F 52 Ashley Wilson So. 6-0 Wheeling, Ill. (Wheeling) 4.5 2.5 1.0s .500 — .400 .304 __________ Opponent 3FG% __________.391 F 41 Alex Guyton Jr. 6-3 Bloomington, Ind. (North) 6.1 3.5 1.4s .477 — .778 .709 __________ Opponent FT% ___________.710 Reserves 34.1 _________ Rebound Average __________38.3 G 2 Antionette Howard RJr. 6-0 Duluth, Ga. (Florida State) 8.5 4.1 3.0 .391 .111 .739 10.1 _____ Offensive Rebound Average ______17.4 C 40 Chelsea Jones Jr. 6-4 Fort Smith, Ark. (Southside) 3.3 1.3 0.8b .526 — .667 24.0 _____ Defensive Rebound Average _____20.9 G 20 Dee Dee Williams Fr. 6-2 Indianapolis, Ind. (Ben Davis) 1.8 1.9 2.1 .188 .000 .667 F 32 Sam Ostarello So. 6-2 Fort Pierre, S.D. (Stanley County) 5.5 3.6 2.1s .576 .500 .375 33.5 _____Opponent Rebound Average _____38.3 F 54 Samantha Woods RJr. 6-3 Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 2.3 1.8 0.8 .318 .286 .000 +0.6 __________Rebound Margin ___________0.0 F 24 Drey Mingo RJr. 6-2 Atlanta, Ga. (Maryland) 17.3 7.3 3.3 .611 .500 .759 16.9 __________ Fouls Per Game ___________15.9 G 22 KK Houser So. 5-6 Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) out for season with ACL injury 14.9 __________ Assists Per Game __________12.9 * based on starters from last game 18.3 ________ Turnovers Per Game _________14.2 10.3 __________ Steals Per Game ____________8.9 5.3 ___________ Blocks Per Game ___________3.7 Info Auburn Tigers No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown (High School/Previous School) ppg rpg apg PURDUE GENERAL INFORMATION Probable starters Location _______________ West Lafayette, Ind. 5 Alli Smalley G 5-8 Sr. Arab, Ala. (Arab) 12.9 2.3 1.6 Enrollment ________________________39,726 1 Morgan Toles G 5-9 So. Fayetteville, Ga. (Sandy Creek) 7.2 2.8 4.6 Founded ___________________________ 1869 4 Parrisha Simmons G 6-0 Jr. Macon, Ga. (Southwest Macon) 2.8 3.3 0.9 Colors ___________________ Old Gold & Black 21 Jordan Greenleaf G/F 6-1 Sr. Rex, Ga. (Morrow) 9.0 8.7 1.7 Nickname ___________________ Boilermakers 14 Blanche Alverson F/G 6-3 So. Adalusia, Ala. (Buford [Ga.]) 10.1 3.2 1.4 Mascots _____ Boilermaker Special, Purdue Pete Reserves Fight Song____________________ Hail Purdue! 23 Chantel Hilliard F/C 6-2 Jr. Biloxi, Miss. (St. Martin) 5.9 2.8 0.2 Conference _______________________ Big Ten 2 Morgan Jennings G 5-8 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. (Frederick Douglass) 5.0 3.0 1.7 Arena _______________________Mackey Arena 25 Jassany Williams F 6-2 Fr. Davie, Fla. (Nova) 4.7 3.4 0.8 Capacity __________________________14,123 32 Tyrese Tanner F 6-2 Fr. Birmingham, Ala. (Hoover) 3.2 2.9 0.7 Athletics Director ___________ Morgan J. Burke 11 Courtney Strain G 5-9 Fr. Woodland, Ala. (Woodland) 2.1 0.6 0.0 President ________________ France A. Córdova 20 Pascale “P.J.” West C 6-8 So. LaGrange, Ga. (Troup Co.) 1.4 0.2 0.0 34 Peyton Davis C 6-5 Fr. Birmingham, Ala. (Mortimer Jordan) 1.1 1.0 0.1 HISTORY/RECORDS 12 Nicolle Thomas G 5-10 So. Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt Co.) - - - First Year _________________________1975-76 13 Camille Glymph G 5-10 Fr. Greenville, S.C. (J.L. Mann) - - - All-Time Record (36 years) ___________681-371 * based on starters from last game Big Ten Reg. Season Record (since 1982-83) _320-158 Home Record (Big Ten) ______ 359-112 (185-54) Road Record (Big Ten) _____ 217-198 (135-104) ons Neutral Site Record __________________105-61 i Thursday, Dec. 20 vs. Southern Illinois Big Ten Tournament Record _____________30-9 ot NCAA Tournament Record _____________42-19 m - Elementary School Night - $1 admission for elementary school students. O r TRADITION P Big Ten Championships _________ 7 (last 2002) Big Ten Tournament Championships _7 (last 2008) The Opponent NCAA Tournament Appearances _ 20 (last 2009) Auburn is 4-5 and is coming off a 52-45 win at George Washington on Wednesday. The Tigers have played a NCAA Championships __________ 1 (last 1999) challenging nonconference schedule and two of their five losses were to ranked opponents - No. 4 Duke and No. 15/14 Florida State. Auburn has two players averaging double-figure scoring, 5-foot-8 guard Alli Smalley BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach at 12.9 ppg and Blanche Alverson at 10.1 ppg. Senior Jordan Greenleaf leads Auburn in rebounding with Sharon Versyp ________ Purdue ’89 (5th year) an average of 8.7 per game. Auburn head coach Nell Fortner is in her seventh season with the Tigers but is Overall Record _______ 212-117 (11th year) quite familiar with the Hoosier state. She spent one year as the Boilermakers’ head coach before taking over School Record __________ 95-52 (5th year) as the U.S. National Team head coach. She also spent three seasons as the head coach of the Indiana Fever. Career Big Ten Record ____ 56-30 (6th year) Assistant Coaches The Series Martin Clapp _____________ Murray State ’89 Nadine Morgan _________James Madison ’03 This is the third meeting between Purdue and Auburn and the series is tied at one win each. In the first Ukari Figgs ___________________ Purdue ’99 matchup , the 11th-ranked Boilermakers defeated No. 5 Auburn 61-57 on Dec. 7, 1989, in Mackey Arena. Director of Basketball Operations The second and most-recent meeting was the following season and No. 7 Auburn triumphed over the Terry Kix _________________ Connecticut ’85 No. 3 Purdue 75-65 on Jan. 5, 1991, at the Big Ten/SEC Challenge in Iowa City, Iowa. Athletic Trainer Jessica Lipsett _________________ Illinois ’00 Next Up Video Coordinator Ben Coomes__________________Indiana ‘04 The Boilermakers will play five games in 14 days during the holiday season.