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GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 19 • 21 BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com B ridget Perry might be able to return by this weekend. The sophomore wing has been out since the Jan. 8 game at Maryland, when she suffered a high ankle sprain early in the loss to the Terrapins. But after wearing a boot, and being sidelined, for much of the time since, Perry start- ed participating more in practices over the last week. "Not that she's going to be the cure-all," Coach Sharon Versyp said, "but she'll be another rotation, a player with size, a rebounder, just a different look. And she's a kid who plays hard all the time." For Perry, it was the first ex- tended injury of her career. "I'm just out for a small period of time, in perspective to every- thing else," she said, "so I took that time to help my teammates from the sideline perspective and take more of a vocal role and I learned a lot from that." Perry was aver- aging 9.3 points and four rebounds per game before she was hurt vs. Maryland. And in the eight games previous to the injury, she was averaging 10.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. "I felt like my energy was good," she said. "I love playing with my teammates, we'd go to war together for games. Every- one was just stepping up and ex- panding their games as a whole throughout the team. When that happens, it's a minor setback but we still have a long season to go." WHITE HONORED WITH BOBBLEHEAD Stephanie White, the head coach of the Indiana Fever, will help the Boilermakers with a pair of promotions this month. The former Boilermaker will be honored at the Feb. 21 game vs. Illinois, with the first 2,000 fans in attendance receiving a White bobblehead. On Feb. 28, White and her Fever staff will join Versyp for a clinic from 9 a.m. to noon for a camp for children in third to eight grades. The clinic will in - Tom Campbell Purdue hopes to have sophomore Bridget Perry back soon, maybe as soon as Sunday's game vs. Penn State. 2014-15 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 9 FINDLAY (exb.) (BTN Plus) W, 84-25 Nov. 14 at Ball State W, 66-60 Nov. 19 GREEN BAY L, 78-81(2OT) Nov. 23 TOLEDO (BTN Plus) W, 66-48 Junkanoo Jam, Freeport, Bahamas Nov. 28 Texas Tech W, 69-53 Nov. 29 George Washington L, 59-79 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Dec. 3 FLORIDA STATE (BTN Plus) L, 64-67 (OT) Dec. 7 at Dayton L, 61-63 Dec. 11 KANSAS (BTN Plus) W, 61-48 World Vision Classic Dec. 19 UC IRVINE W, 69-44 Dec. 20 DENVER W, 65-51 Dec. 21 WRIGHT STATE W, 70-46 Dec. 28 at Illinois (BTN Plus) W, 62-55 Jan. 1 MINNESOTA (BTN Plus) L, 68-81 Jan. 4 INDIANA (BTN Plus) W, 86-64 Jan. 8 at No. 12 Maryland (BTN) L, 64-88 Jan. 11 at No. 17 Iowa (BTN) L, 59-73 Jan. 15 WISCONSIN (BTN Plus) L, 56-65 Jan. 19 at No. 16 Nebraska (BTN) L, 59-69 Jan. 22 at No. 21 Minnesota (BTN Plus) W, 90-88(OT) Jan. 25 OHIO STATE (BTN Plus) L, 71-79(OT) Jan. 29 No. 22 RUTGERS (BTN) L, 49-58 Feb. 2 at Indiana (BTN) 8:30 p.m. Feb. 8 PENN STATE (BTN Plus) 2 p.m. Feb. 11 NORTHWESTERN (BTN Plus) 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at Rutgers (BTN) Noon Feb. 17 at Ohio State (BTN) 7 p.m. Feb. 21 ILLINOIS (BTN Plus) 2 p.m. Feb. 24 at Michigan (BTN) 7 p.m. Feb. 28 MICHIGAN STATE (BTN) 2 p.m. March 4-8 Big Ten Tournament* TBA * Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Ill. All times ET W O M E N ' S BA S K E T BA L L : N E W S A N D N OT E S Double vertime PERRY EXPECTED BACK SOON For Season Stats Click Here