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

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.

Washington would retire Kelsey Plum’s number. Eight years after she graduated, it happened. At halftime of its game against Purdue on

Kelsey Plum, who set the then-NCAA Division I individual scoring record (3,527 points) during her time with the Huskies, will have her No. 10 hung up to the rafters at Alaska Airlines Arena during UW's home game against Purdue University on Saturday.

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.

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