1997-98 Women's Basketball Archives

Mar. 23, 1998 - 1997-98 Final Season Statistics
Sept. 19, 1997 - 1997-98 Season Outlook

Nov. 20, 1997 - Former Head Coach Nell Fortner Visits this Weekend
Nov. 12, 1997 - Women's Basketball Signs Two to National Letters-of-Intent
Oct. 15, 1997 - Purdue Well Represented In Second ABL Season
Sept. 23, 1997 - White a Preseason Candidate for 1998 Naismith Award
June 23, 1997 - Big Ten Women's Basketball All-Stars Split Weekend's Games
June 16, 1997 - Women's Basketball Names Kushkin as Assistant Coach
May 21, 1997 - Peck Named as an Assistant for the Jones Cup Team
April 9, 1997 - Roland Named Women's Basketball MVP
April 1, 1997 - Peck Named Head Coach

Coaching History
                      OVERALL    Conference      Conference 
                      W  L    PCT  W  L    PCT   Finish 
1997-98  Carolyn Peck 23 10  .697 10  6   .625   T3rd
Peck (1 year)         23 10  .697 10  6   .625
Totals (23 years)    373 267 .583 171 109 .611

Honors and Awards

Kodak All-American
1998 -- Stephanie White (HM)

Academic All-American
1998 -- Stephanie White (3rd Team)

WBCA/Kodak All-District Four
1998 -- Stephanie White

NCAA Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team
1998 -- Ukari Figgs
Stephanie White

Academic All-District
1998 -- Stephanie White

All-Big Ten
1998 -- Stephanie White (1st/1st Team)
Ukari Figgs (2nd/2nd Team)
Katie Douglas (--/HM)

Academic All-Big Ten
1998 -- Danielle Bird
Amy Shaffer
Stephanie White

All-Time Rosters 

1997-98
Bird, Danielle      q      G
Cooper, Camille            C
Crawford, Candi            F
Curless, Mackenzie *       F
Douglas, Katie           G/F
Duhart, Michelle  *        F
Figgs, Ukari  *    c2      G
Langston, Mo-nique       G/F
Murdock, Connie            F
Potter, Shayla             G
Shaffer, Amy        q      F
White, Stephanie  *c#1Qq G/F
Young, Tiffany             G

Year-By-Year Results

1997-98 (23-10)

  • Big Ten: 10-6 (3rd place -- tie)
  • NCAA Tournament: Elite Eight
  • Final National Ranking: 21st AP, 11th USA Today/ESPN
  • Head Coach: Carolyn Peck
  • Captains: Ukari Figgs and Stephanie White 
    1997-98 Results
11/4 E-Kosarlabda (Hungary) 99-57
11/11 E-SKA Samara (Russia) 79-60
    Big 4 Classic -- West Lafayette, Ind.
11/16 W-Indiana State 89-58
11/23 W-#4 Stanford 79-68
11/26 L-at #2 Old Dominion 62-72
    Florida International Thanksgiving Tournament
      -- Miami, Fla. (2nd of 4)
11/28 W-Furman 84-51
11/29 L-at Florida International 67-79
12/2  W-Ohio 85-52
12/5  W-at Northern Illinois 75-45
12/10 L-at Notre Dame 71-77
    Big Ten/Southeastern Conference Challenge
	  -- Knoxville, Tenn.
12/12 W-#10 Florida 71-61
    Boilermaker BlockBuster
	  -- Indianapolis, Ind.
12/20 W-#7 Arizona 68-54
12/28 L-at #13 Illinois 76-78
1/4   W-Michigan State 70-60
1/6   W-#15 Wisconsin 70-65
1/9   L-at Michigan 59-67
1/11  W-at Iowa 75-66 (OT)
1/13  W-at Northwestern 81-64
1/18  W-at Penn State 88-71
1/23  W-Ohio State 66-54
1/25  L-at Indiana 71-85
1/30  W-Minnesota 92-48
2/6   L-Iowa 67-73
2/8   L-Michigan 60-62
2/13  W-at Michigan State 67-62
2/15  L-at #19 Wisconsin 69-80
2/20  W-Northwestern 79-67
2/22  W-#9 Illinois 71-68
  Big Ten Tournament
    -- Indianapolis, Ind. (1st of 11)
2/28  W-Indiana 65-56
3/1   W-#25 Iowa 61-60
3/2   W-Penn State 59-49
NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional First Round
  -- West Lafayette, Ind.
 3/14 W-Washington 88-71
 
NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional Second Round
  -- West Lafayette, Ind.
 3/16 W-Colorado State 77-63
 
NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional Seminals
  -- Lubbock, Texas
 3/21 W-Notre Dame 70-65
 
NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional Finals
  -- Lubbock, Texas
 3/23 L-#4 Louisiana Tech 65-72