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Purdue forward Madison Layden enters transfer portal
WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue forward Madison Layden will enter the transfer portal. Layden averaged 9.2 points per game during her career and finished with 1,022 career points and is the 36th 1,000-point scorer in Boilermakers history. She did not play in 2024-25. Shjoined her younger sister McKenna as the first sister tandem in Purdue history last season. More: Purdue women's basketball 4-star Kira Reynolds decommits, older sisters Mila and Amiyah leave Talia Goodman of on3sports.com first reported the transfer portal news and was confirmed by a source in Purdue's athletics office. Layden will enter as a grad transfer and has one year of eligibility remaining due to the extra year given because of the COVID pandemic. The loss of Layden came as 4-star recruit Kira Reynolds decommitted from the Boilermakers and older sisters Mila and Amiyah announced their intention to enter the transfer portal which opens on March 25. Ethan Hanson is the sports reporter for the Journal & Courier in Lafayette. He can be reached at ehanson@jconline.com , on Twitter at EthanAHanson and Instagram at ethan_a_hanson . This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Purdue forward Madison Layden enters transfer portal
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UPDATES: Storms bring damaging winds, reports of tornadoes to Tri-State
Evansville weather radar Severe thunderstorms made their way into the Tri-State late Friday night into early Saturday. Here's a quick recap of what forecasters said in advance of the storm system. Check back here for updates as they become available. 6:35 p.m.: Preliminary tornado data from the National Weather Service Poplar Bluff, Missouri: EF-3 tornado with estimated peak winds of 138 mph. Five miles west of Somerville, Indiana (Gibson County): EF-2 damage with estimated peak winds of 115 mph. Oakland City, Indiana (Gibson County): EF-2 damage with estimated peak winds of 117 mph. Algiers, Indiana (Pike County): EF-2 damage...
Larry Brown Sports
USC players get into altercation with Purdue fan at Big Ten Tournament
USC players got into an altercation with a Purdue fan following a game between the teams at the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night. The Boilermakers beat the Trojans 76-71 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., in the second round of the tournament. The game was tied at 71 with 28 seconds left before USC’s … The post USC players get into altercation with Purdue fan at Big Ten Tournament appeared first on Larry Brown Sports .
Journal & Courier
Celebrate Pi(e) Day with Journal & Courier readers' favorite Lafayette-area pizzerias
It's Pi(e) Day! And what better way to celebrate than to pick up a pie from some of Lafayette's favorite pizza places. Back in the fall, nearly 7,000 Journal & Courier readers made their voices heard in a poll asking who has the best pizza and one local pizzeria rising above the rest. Coming in at No. 1 with 1,975 votes was Buck Creek Pizza, located at 718B Walnut St. in Dayton . Owner Torry Allen said when he heard the news Friday, he was in disbelief. "I know that we make good pizza, but we have the best...
The Independent
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South Bend Tribune
Notre Dame under investigation by Department of Education after Trump anti-DEI orders
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