May 5:Drey Mingo, a sophomore forward at Maryland will transfer to Purdue. Mingo appeared in 33 of 35 games this past season for the 31-5 Terrapins, including all 14 regular-season Atlantic Coast Conference contests. She averaged 3.7 points and 2.1 rebounds.
May 5:The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference announced the pairings for the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge for women's basketball. The Boilermakers will travel to Charlottesville, Va., to take on Virginia on Thursday, Dec. 3. It is the first meeting in women's basketball between the two schools. The Cavaliers finished the 2008-09 season with a 24-10 record and were knocked out in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, 99-73 by California.[2]
Sept. 9: Sharon Versyp has been named the honorary chair for the 2009 Greater Lafayette Hunger Hike. The Hunger Hike is a community service project for the Purdue women's basketball team.[3]
Exhibition[]
Date
Location
Opponent
Score
Record
Nov. 8
West Lafayette, IN
Lindsey Wilson College
74-39
1-0
Regular season[]
The Boilermakers will participate in the BTI Classic, to be held November 20–22 in West Lafayette.
![[icon]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png){kind=small}