Purdue Women’s Basketball Picked No. 2 In Big Ten

The Boiling Point: Purdue’s women’s basketball team was tabbed second-best at the Big Ten media day on Thursday.

On the women’s basketball side, no Boilers made either the media or coaches’ preseason All-Big Ten first-teams, but Purdue was tabbed to finish second in the league by both the coaches and media on Thursday. The coaches gave the top spot to Penn State with the Boilers No. 2 and Iowa third. The media had the same top two with Michigan State checking in at No. 3.

Here are the player awards chosen by both the coaches and media.

Preseason coaches first-team
Karisma Penn, Jr., F, ILL
Jaime Printy, Jr., G, IOWA
Lykendra Johnson, Sr., F, MSU
Samantha Prahalis, Sr., G, OSU
Alex Bentley, Jr., G, PSU

Coaches’ Preseason Players of the Year
Samantha Prahalis, Sr., G, OSU
Alex Bentley, Jr., G, PSU

Preseason media first-team
Karisma Penn, Jr., F, ILL
Jaime Printy, Jr., G, IOWA
Lykendra Johnson, Sr., F, MSU
Samantha Prahalis, Sr., G, OSU
Alex Bentley, Jr., G, PSU

Media’s Preseason Player of the Year
Alex Bentley, Jr., G, PSU