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GAMEDAY INFO
No. 9 Purdue (24-5, 13-3) at Illinois (13-16, 3-13)
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 / FS1 / Tim Brando, Bill Raftery
Champaign, Illinois / State Farm Center (14,804)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Heading into the final week of the regular season, Purdue looks to remain in the hunt of a share of the Big Ten title as it travels to Illinois for its final road game of the year
Tim Brando and Bill Raftery will provide the call on FS1, tipping off Thursday at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT. Larry Clisby and Rob Blackman will handle the radio broadcast on the Purdue Radio Network. Fans can receive in-game updates on Purdue Basketball's official Twitter account (@BoilerBall) and live stats will be available on PurdueSports.com.
After snapping a three-game skid Sunday night with a gritty 76-73 win over a good Penn State team, Purdue looks for its second straight win. Standing in the way is an Illinois squad that has won three of its last eight games after starting league play 0-8.
Purdue is no stranger to close games having played five straight games decided by four or fewer points and seven straight by single digits.
Purdue closes out the regular season Sunday by hosting Minnesota on Senior Day.
A LOOK BACK
- Purdue improved to 24-5 overall and 13-3 in the Big Ten with a 76-73 win over Penn State, snapping the Nittany Lions' four-game win streak. Purdue improved to 20-2 at Mackey Arena against Penn State.
- Purdue clinched a double-bye for the Big Ten Tournament and a top-four finish in the Big Ten.Purdue is the only team to have a double-bye in each of the four years that the double-bye has been in existence.
- Carsen Edwards tallied his 10th 20-point game of the season with 27 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists against no turnovers. Edwards now has 865 career points and went over 500 points for the season (now with 505).
- Dakota Mathias tallied 18 points with three rebounds, three assists and two steals. His 18 points were his most since scoring 20 points against Maryland in the Big Ten opener on Dec. 1.
THE NUMBERS TO KNOW
- 1: Wins for 14 league wins; would be 13th time a team has had 14+ wins in cons. B1G seasons.
- 1: Big Ten arenas that the Purdue senior class has not won in -- Illinois' State Farm Center.
- 4: Purdue has won 12 league games in four straight years for the second time in school history.
- 9: Purdue's AP ranking, the seventh straight week that Purdue has been ranked in the top six.
- 10: Largest deficit in Big Ten play this season, which came in the first half at Indiana.
- 12: Consecutive double-figure scoring games for Carsen Edwards (18.3 PPG in that span).
- 15: Combined margin of defeat in Purdue's four losses this season (3, 4, 1, 3, 4 points).
- 44: 3-pointers made in last seven games. Purdue made 77 3-pointers in the previous six games.
- 54: Points scored by senior class over the last two games; averaged 50.2 PPG in first 27 games.
- 4,803: Combined career points by Purdue's senior class (36.1 points per game for career).
GAMEDAY INFO
No. 9 Purdue (24-5, 13-3) at Illinois (13-16, 3-13)
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 / FS1 / Tim Brando, Bill Raftery
Champaign, Illinois / State Farm Center (14,804)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Heading into the final week of the regular season, Purdue looks to remain in the hunt of a share of the Big Ten title as it travels to Illinois for its final road game of the year
Tim Brando and Bill Raftery will provide the call on FS1, tipping off Thursday at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT. Larry Clisby and Rob Blackman will handle the radio broadcast on the Purdue Radio Network. Fans can receive in-game updates on Purdue Basketball's official Twitter account (@BoilerBall) and live stats will be available on PurdueSports.com.
After snapping a three-game skid Sunday night with a gritty 76-73 win over a good Penn State team, Purdue looks for its second straight win. Standing in the way is an Illinois squad that has won three of its last eight games after starting league play 0-8.
Purdue is no stranger to close games having played five straight games decided by four or fewer points and seven straight by single digits.
Purdue closes out the regular season Sunday by hosting Minnesota on Senior Day.
A LOOK BACK
- Purdue improved to 24-5 overall and 13-3 in the Big Ten with a 76-73 win over Penn State, snapping the Nittany Lions' four-game win streak. Purdue improved to 20-2 at Mackey Arena against Penn State.
- Purdue clinched a double-bye for the Big Ten Tournament and a top-four finish in the Big Ten.Purdue is the only team to have a double-bye in each of the four years that the double-bye has been in existence.
- Carsen Edwards tallied his 10th 20-point game of the season with 27 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists against no turnovers. Edwards now has 865 career points and went over 500 points for the season (now with 505).
- Dakota Mathias tallied 18 points with three rebounds, three assists and two steals. His 18 points were his most since scoring 20 points against Maryland in the Big Ten opener on Dec. 1.
THE NUMBERS TO KNOW
- 1: Wins for 14 league wins; would be 13th time a team has had 14+ wins in cons. B1G seasons.
- 1: Big Ten arenas that the Purdue senior class has not won in -- Illinois' State Farm Center.
- 4: Purdue has won 12 league games in four straight years for the second time in school history.
- 9: Purdue's AP ranking, the seventh straight week that Purdue has been ranked in the top six.
- 10: Largest deficit in Big Ten play this season, which came in the first half at Indiana.
- 12: Consecutive double-figure scoring games for Carsen Edwards (18.3 PPG in that span).
- 15: Combined margin of defeat in Purdue's four losses this season (3, 4, 1, 3, 4 points).
- 44: 3-pointers made in last seven games. Purdue made 77 3-pointers in the previous six games.
- 54: Points scored by senior class over the last two games; averaged 50.2 PPG in first 27 games.
- 4,803: Combined career points by Purdue's senior class (36.1 points per game for career).