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.

Kelsey Plum gave a heart-warming reaction to her jersey retirement by the Washington women's basketball team today

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.

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.

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

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,

The Huskies sent their first women's jersey to the rafters, retiring No. 10, which Poway native and WNBA star Kelsey Plum wore for four years.