The 2009–10 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers were coached by Sharon Versyp. The Boilermakers were a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Offseason 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, Virginia, to take on Virginia on Thursday, December 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. 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.

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.

Roster 00Jodi Howell5'11"SGRS-SRAlexandria, Indiana2Antoinette Howard5'11"SGJRLoganville, Georgia5Brittany Rayburn5'11"SGSOAttica, Indiana20FahKara Malone5'3"PGSREvansville, Indiana22KK Houser5'6"PGFRLincoln, Nebraska24Drey Mingo6'2"SFJRAtlanta, Georgia32Sam Ostarello6'2"SFFRFort Pierre, South Dakota40Chelsea Jones6'4"CSOFort Smith, Arkansas41Alex Guyton6'3"PFSOBloomington, Indiana43Chantel Poston5'10"SFSOMilan, Tennessee52Ashley Wilson6'0"PFFRWheeling, Illinois54Sam Woods6'3"PFRS-SOBolingbrook, Illinois55Laura Garriga6'0"CSRCambrils, Spain

Schedule 11/15/09 vs. Western Illinois West Lafayette, Ind. 1:00 p.m.70–371–011/20/09 vs. Seattle University West Lafayette, Ind. 5:00 p.m.69–382–011/21/09 vs. Dayton West Lafayette, Ind. 5:00 p.m.53–562–111/22/09 vs. Georgetown West Lafayette, Ind. 4:00 p.m.55–393–111/27/09 at UC Riverside Riverside, Calif. 10:00 p.m.65–534–111/29/09 at Pepperdine Malibu, Calif. 5:00 p.m.59–644–212/03/09 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 7:00 p.m.49–564–312/06/09 at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. 5:00 p.m.58–604–412/13/09 at Oakland Rochester, Mich. 1:30 p.m.71–645–412/19/09 vs. Evansville West Lafayette, Ind. 12:00 p.m.73–426–412/21/09 vs. Gardner-Webb West Lafayette, Ind. 7:00 p.m.55–566–512/28/09 vs. Minnesota West Lafayette, Ind. 6:30 p.m.51–437–512/31/09 vs. Indiana West Lafayette, Ind. 12:00 p.m.76–668–501/04/10 vs. Notre Dame West Lafayette, Ind. 7:00 p.m.75–798–601/07/10 at Wisconsin Madison, Wis. 7:30 p.m.51–648–701/10/10 vs. Northwestern West Lafayette, Ind. 2:00 p.m.53–429–701/14/10 at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 7:30 p.m.47–749–801/17/10 vs. Iowa West Lafayette, Ind. 12:00 p.m.81–5910–801/21/10 at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. 7:30 p.m.54–7210–901/25/10 vs. Ohio State West Lafayette, Ind. 7:00 p.m.63–6111–901/28/10 at Penn State University Park, Pa. 7:00 p.m.80–76 (OT)12–901/31/10 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 3:00 p.m.50–7012–1002/04/10 vs. Illinois West Lafayette, Ind. 7:00 p.m.53–4813–1002/07/10 vs. Wisconsin West Lafayette, Ind. 2:00 p.m.58–5614–1002/11/10 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 7:30 p.m.45–7514–1102/14/10 vs. Penn State West Lafayette, Ind. 2:00 p.m.63–5915–1102/21/10 at Illinois Champaign, Ill. 5:00 p.m.57–6115–1202/25/10 vs. Michigan State West Lafayette, Ind. 7:00 p.m.64–7915–1302/28/10 at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 2:00 p.m.63–6415–14

Postseason Big Ten tournament Date OpponentLocation Time Score03/05/10 vs. Wisconsin (First Round) Indianapolis, Ind. 8:30 p.m.51–73

WNIT tournament Date OpponentLocation Time Score03/17/10 vs. Eastern Michigan (First Round) Indianapolis, Ind. 7:00 p.m.56–5003/21/10 vs. Illinois State (Second Round) Indianapolis, Ind. 12:00 p.m.57–59

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