On the day when Kelsey Plum became the first UW women’s basketball player to have her jersey retired, the Huskies overwhelmed Purdue with a blistering offensive attack for an 87-58 win.

Washington women’s basketball legend Kelsey Plum opened up about her emotional jersey retirement during the Huskies’ game against Purdue. It was a phenomenal afternoon for the program and its living legend as the team blew out the Boilermakers 87-58.

After a record-setting career on Montlake, Kelsey Plum became the first UW Huskies women's basketball player to have her number retired.

Kelsey Plum was a once-in-a-generation star who is arguably the greatest basketball player in UW history. That's why the school will hang her No. 10 in the rafters.

At halftime of its game against Purdue on Saturday, Washington sent its first women's jersey to the rafters, retiring the No. 10 that Kelsey Plum wore for four years as she rewrote the school — and NCAA — record books.

When you combine the records, the team success, the sellouts and the "what is she going to do next?" factor — has any Washington Husky had a greater impact than Kelsey Plum?

It was always a matter of when, not if, Washington would retire Kelsey Plum's number. Eight years after she graduated, it happened. At halftime of its game against Purdue on Saturday, Washington sent its first women's jersey to the rafters,