The 2026–27 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team will represent Purdue University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers will be led by sixth-year head coach Katie Gearlds, and will play their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Previous season
The Boilermakers finished the 2025–26 season 13–17 overall and 5–13 in Big Ten play, to finish in a tie for fourteenth in the conference with Wisconsin. As the No. 14 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the first round to No. 11 Oregon to end their season.
Offseason Departures Purdue departures Nya Smith 3 Guard 5'9 Sophomore Roswell, GA Transferred to Georgia Taylor Feldman 5 Guard 5'8" Senior Tustin, CA Graduated, transferred to High Point Hila Karsh 8 Guard 5'8" Freshman Rishon LeZion, Israel Transferred to Xavier Kendall Puryear 22 Forward 6'3" Sophomore Lee's Summit, MO Transferred to South Florida Kiki Smith 23 Guard 5'7" Junior Topeka, KS Transferred to Texas Tech Carley Barrett 24 Guard 5'7" Freshman Lafayette, IN Walk-on Madison Layden-Zay 33 Guard 6'1" Fifth year Kokomo, IN Exhausted eligibility Lana McCarthy 35 Forward 6'4" Sophomore Bedford, NH Transferred to Fairfield Tara Daye 44 Guard 5'10" Junior Newark, NJ Transferred to Rutgers
Incoming transfers Purdue incoming transfers Kyndall Hunter 3 Guard 5'7" 6th Year Houston, TX Houston Hannah Wickstrom 7 Guard 5'10" Junior Melbourne, Australia UC Riverside Jelena Bulajić 8 Guard 5'10" Sophomore Bijela, Montenegro South Florida Anjela Minja 10 Center 6'5" Junior Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Gulf Coast State (NJCAA) Aysia Proctor 12 Guard 5'8" Senior Schertz, TX North Texas Averi Aaron 25 Forward 6'1" Junior Boerne, TX Louisiana Tech
Recruiting class There was no recruiting class for 2026.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season
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