DUAL INFORMATION
Purdue (6-2, 1-1 B1G) vs. Indiana (7-3, 0-1 B1G)
Friday, Jan. 13 / 8 p.m. ET
Mackey Arena / West Lafayette, Indiana
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - On Friday, for the first time in over a decade, Purdue will wrestle Indiana in Mackey Arena. Mackey Mayhem will get underway at 8 p.m. ET.
"So many great things have lined up for Mackey Mayhem: we'll be wrestling our in-state rival, it'll be Friday the 13th and we'll also be having our Alumni Night," Purdue head wrestling coach Tony Ersland said. "When we told the team we were having Mackey Mayhem, their eyes just lit up. They're excited to take the action into Mackey Arena. That's going to create a lasting memory and that's something special for the team, but also the alumni that come back."
Mackey Mayhem marks just the third dual in Mackey Arena since the early 1990s for the Boilermaker grapplers, the last occurrence coming in 2004.
"When I saw the environment volleyball had with their Pack Mackey match my first year at Purdue, I got really excited," Ersland said. "It sparked the idea very early on that this was something I wanted to do with wrestling. We have worked hard to create a tremendous environment. We want to expand our fan base and expose our sport to the casual fan, especially here are Purdue."
Friday's dual marks the 103rd meeting between the in-state rivals since first meeting on Feb. 24, 1914. Although Indiana leads the series 62-37-3, the Boilermakers have won the last six meetings, which is their longest winning streak in the series. They have also won four straight home duals over their in-state rivals.
The Big Ten Conference showdown also has Governor's Cup implications on the line. The winner of the dual will receive one point and break the current 2.5-2.5.
The Boilermakers are coming off of a 20-16 win at Northwestern on Sunday. A technical fall by Alex Griffin and a Jacob Morrissey pin were key as both teams claimed victory at five weights. Morrissey's 50-second stick of Braxton Cody was his second pin in as many dual matches and it was also the second pin of his career that has come in less than 60 seconds.
A high school dual between Washington (Ill.) and Hoopeston (Ill.) will take place prior to the Purdue vs. Indiana dual, starting at 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.
| PURDUE PROBABLE LINEUP | ||||
| WEIGHT | NAME | YEAR | RECORD | HOMETOWN |
| 125 | Ben Thornton | RS So. | 20-8 | Stoddard, Wis. |
| 133 | Luke Welch | RS Jr. | 14-7 | Newburgh, Ind. |
| Cody Pae | RS Jr. | 5-5 | Fulton, Mo. | |
| 141 | Kyle Ayersman | RS Sr. | 12-7 | Dyer, Ind. |
| Austin Nash | RS Fr. | 4-5 | Florham Park, N.J. | |
| 149 | Jeremy Golding | RS Sr. | 10-5 | Spokane, Wash. |
| Nate Limmex | RS Fr. | 8-8 | Ada, Mich. | |
| 157 | Alex Griffin | RS Sr. | 21-8 | Lafayette, Ind. |
| 165 | Dylan Lydy | RS Fr. | 13-12 | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 174 | Jacob Morrissey | RS Jr. | 8-6 | Oconto Falls, Wis. |
| 184 | Tanner Lynde | RS Sr. | 12-9 | Delphi, Ind. |
| 197 | Christian Brunner | Fr. | 15-10 | East Dundee, Ill. |
| 285 | Tyler Kral | RS Sr. | 19-9 | Crown Point, Ind. |
| Jacob Aven | RS So. | 7-6 | Zionsville, Ind. | |
Head Coach / Tony Ersland
Head Assistant Coach / Tyrel Todd
Assistant Coach / Kendric Maple
Volunteer Assistant Coach / Jake Sueflohn
THE HISTORY OF WRESTLING IN MACKEY ARENA
- Home duals were contested in Mackey Arena through the 1983-84 season ... home duals then moved over to the newly constructed Intercollegiate Athletics Facility, now Holloway Gymnasium, which was built in 1982.
- Before moving to their new home facility in the 1984-85 season, the Boilermakers won their final regular season dual in Mackey Arena, going out with a 39-15 win over Indiana on Feb. 7, 1984.
- Friday's dual marks just the third dual in Mackey Arena since the venue change ... all three duals have been against Purdue's in-state rival ... on Jan. 16, 1992, the 16th-ranked Boilermakers beat Indiana 29-10 ... 22 years would pass before another dual was held in Mackey ... No. 15 Purdue downed the Hoosiers 21-17 in the last dual held in the arena on Feb. 15, 2004.
- Recent wrestling competition in Mackey Arena includes the Big Ten Wrestling Championships in 2000 and 2012.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BOILERMAKERS
- Purdue is 5-1 in the six duals where the starting weight is 125.
- A start on Friday will be the 40th of Tanner Lynde's career and the 20th for Ben Thornton.
- The Boilermakers own a combined 46-34 dual record with 15 wins resulting in bonus points (4 MD, 6 TF, 5 F) ... through two Big Ten duals they are 6-14 ... the trio of Thornton, Alex Griffin and Tyler Kral each sport a team-best 6-2 dual record ... Griffin has tallied 25 dual points, followed by Kral with 21 and Thornton with 20.
- The 2016-17 Boilermakers have 32 more wins, including 10 more with bonus points, compared to this time last season ... there are two grapplers with 20+ wins whereas the 20-win mark had not yet been reached at this time last season ... the 2015-16 team had two wrestlers finish with 20+ wins.
- For a second straight week, Griffin is ranked among the top 20 at 157 pounds by Amateur Wrestling News and TheOpenMat.com ... AWN pushed him up two spots to No. 16, while he climbed one spot to No. 19 by TheOpenMat.com ... he dropped out of Trackwrestling's top-25 rankings after checking in at No. 14 last week.
- Kral is looking to make his 11th straight dual start dating to last season, which is currently the most consecutive starts for Purdue ... he is only three wins shy of surpassing his win total from the three previous seasons (21) ... Kral already has 10 more victories than he did in 2015-16 ... six of the redshirt senior's wins have been shutouts, a career high that is also tied for tops on the team.
- Joining Kral with a career high in wins at the season's half-way point are Thornton and Griffin ... Thornton won 15 matches last season ... Griffin has reached the 20-win mark for the first time in his career ... Griffin's previous high of 18 came during his rookie campaign.
- Thornton became the second Boilermaker to surpass 200 total points scored ... he has 205 to his credit through 28 matches ... he is +45 in scoring (205-160), doing most of his work in the first period (73-58) ... he has a career best 52 takedowns.
- With 267 total points scored, Griffin is only 11 points behind last season's total point leader, Chad Welch, who had 278 ... he's even with Brandon Nelsen, who was the team's total point leader in 2014-15 and 18 points off of Cashé Quiroga's mark of 285 in 2013-14.
- Griffin's technical fall on Sunday was his 10th of the season ... he now has 20 technical falls in his career and 30 percent of his 67 career wins are by technical fall ... he scored eight back points in the 16-0 win over Northwestern's Ben Sullivan, moving into the season record back points top five with 152 ... he ranks fourth behind Jake Patacsil who owns the top three spots (2009: 293; 2008: 226; 2007: 190) ... he moved into a tie for third on the career standings with Chris Fleeger and 304 back points.
- Morrissey ranks 12th on the career back points list with 152 ... he has 58 back points through 14 matches this season.