February 8, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern women's basketball team's final regular season home game against second-ranked Purdue will tipoff at 4 p.m. CST on Sun., Feb. 21, in Welsh-Ryan Arena. The contest was previously listed on the schedule as TBA.
The game will be televised as Fox Sports Chicago's Big Ten Game of the Week. It is FSC's last televised women's game before the start of the conference tournament in Indianapolis, February 26-March 1.
Head coach Don Perrelli will make his final appearance on the Welsh-Ryan Arena sideline, while the game will also feature a pregame ceremony honoring Northwestern's three seniors (Megan Chawansky, Anne Giblin and Shannon McGarrigle). Perrelli announced his retirement on Jan. 20, effective at the end of the season.
The Wildcats are 10-12, 4-8 in the Big Ten heading into their last four regular season games.