Purdue women’s basketball continues onto March Madness, accepts WNIT bid

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WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue women’s basketball is going dancing after all in March Madness.

The Boilermakers had their 2024 season extended after accepting in an invite to the 26th annual Women’s National Invitational Tournament.

Purdue (13-18) joins Wisconsin (13-16) and Minnesota (16-15) as one of three teams representing the Big Ten Conference as at-large qualifiers.

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Purdue forward Mary Ashley Stevenson (20) handles the basketball as Nebraska forward Natalie Potts (22) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Big Ten women’s tournament Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

The WNIT Tournament hosted by Triple Crown Sports featured a 48-team field consisting of 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 at-large bids.

Purdue is led by Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year winner Mary Ashley Stevenson (9.7 PPG, 4.8 RPG) along with leading scorers seniors Abbey Ellis (14.5 PPG, 3.8 RPG), Madison Layden (9.8 PPG, 3.2 RPG) and Big Ten First Team selection Rashunda Jones (8.0 PPG, 2.2 RPG).

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Full brackets, tournament locations and first round matchups will be announced Monday. Here’s a look at the teams Purdue could potentially face.

Purdue Boilermakers guard Madison Layden #33 passes the ball against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Second Round of the Big Ten Tournament at Target Center on March 07, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Automatic Qualifiers

Colgate (18-13), Patriot

Grambling (22-9), Southwestern Athletic

Le Moyne (18-13), Northeast

Monmouth (21-9), Coastal Athletic

Niagara (20-13), Metro Athletic

Northern Arizona (25-9), Big Sky

South Carolina Upstate (16-15), Big South

Southern Indiana (24-6), Ohio Valley

Stetson (17-14), Atlantic Sun

UAlbany (25-6), America East

UNC Greensboro (21-11), Southern

Hailey Weaver #11 of the Northwestern Wildcats attempts to block the shot of Abbey Ellis #23 of the…

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Publish date : 2024-03-18 04:05:11

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