Purdue sophomore guard Rashunda Jones has entered the NCAA transfer portal. She averaged 9.8 points and 3.7 assists per game for the Boilermakers last season.
Layden is among 36 players in Purdue women's basketball history with over 1,000 career points and one of just five to have 1,000 points and 200 3-pointers. She was a Big Ten Conference honorable mention as a sophomore, made the Big Ten Conference all freshman team and is a career 83.7% free throw shooter.
The Notre Dame, Indiana and Purdue women's basketball programs each saw a key player enter the NCAA transfer portal on Monday.
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The Purdue Boilermakers had a solid NCAA Tournament run. They entered as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region and defeated No. 13 High Point in the first round and No. 12 McNeese in the second round. Unfortunately for them, though, after a hard-fought game, they narrowly fell to the No. 1 Houston Cougars 62-60 in the Sweet 16.
BYU power forward Kanon Catchings ended his freshman season of college basketball with a demoralizing blowout loss to Alabama in the Sweet 16 on Thursday