# 2022–23 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

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. Fourth-year guard Jeanae Terry was named second-team all-Big Ten by the league's coaches.

## Previous season

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. 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.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| 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 | 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

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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.