{"id":797437,"date":"2026-07-13T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/797437\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:37:18","slug":"purdue-womens-basketball-report-israel-zilbershlag-denied-title-roster-addition-for-upcoming-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/797437\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue women’s basketball report: Israel, Zilbershlag denied title, roster addition for upcoming season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel and incoming freshman Maya Zilbershlag had a productive run to the championship game in FIBA U20 EuroBasket, but came up shy of winning the title on Sunday. <\/p>\n

France outlasted Israel 79-66, using an 18-0 run to open the game and building a 23-point lead. Israel was making its first appearance in the event\u2019s championship game. <\/p>\n

Zilbershlag capped a solid tournament with 12 points, six rebounds and two assists in nearly 33 minutes. It was Zilbershlag\u2019s sixth straight game scoring in double figures. <\/p>\n

Zilbershlag\u2019s numbers during the seven-game tournament: <\/p>\n

13.7 points, including 28 against Hungary<\/p>\n

6.6 rebounds<\/p>\n

41 of her 46 rebounds came on the defensive end. <\/p>\n

37.6% overall shooting<\/p>\n

38.1% shooting from 3-point range<\/p>\n

Zilbershlag is scheduled to arrive in West Lafayette in August after competing for Israel in FIBA U18 EuroBasket in Romania, which starts at the end of the month. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Maya Zilbershlag (FIBA)\"WhyWhy Mitch Daniels should stay beyond \u201cthe shortest time possible” as Purdue’s president to help athletics shift to next phase <\/a><\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Katie Gearlds received a commitment from Jada Bobozo, a 5-foot-10 guard from France. <\/p>\n

The 20-year-old Bobozo has been playing in the French professional league for Villeneuve D’Ascq ESB Lille Metropole. In last year\u2019s EuroCup, Bobozo scored six points in three games. <\/p>\n

She\u2019s expected to be the eighth international player to join the program since the end of last season.<\/p>\n

Slovenia\u2019s Zoja Stirn committed in May, but Purdue has yet to announce her signing, leaving her status up in the air. The addition of Bobozo would give the Boilermakers 15 players, the maximum allowed, if Stirn is cleared. <\/p>\n

International Connections: <\/p>\n

Keona Douwstra (Netherlands)<\/p>\n

Hannah Wickstrom (Australia\/UC Riverside)<\/p>\n

Anjela Minja (Tanzania\/Gulf Coast State)<\/p>\n

Maya Zilbershlag (Israel)<\/p>\n

Katka \u0160ediv\u00e1 (Slovakia)<\/p>\n

Jelena Bulajic (Montenegro)<\/p>\n

Zoja Stirn (Slovenia)<\/p>\n

Jada Bobozo (France)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel and incoming freshman Maya Zilbershlag had a productive run to the championship game in FIBA U20 EuroBasket,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-797437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}