# 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.

## Schedule

| 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

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