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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's basketball team resumes its season after final exams with the eighth-annual Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis on Saturday. The contest will be televised on CBS with Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery and Jamie Erdahl calling the action courtside, beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET.
On the radio waves, the contest will be available on the Purdue Radio Network and TuneIn.com, with Rob Blackman and Ralph Taylor on the call, beginning with the Purdue Basketball pregame show at 12:30 p.m.
Live stats will be provided on PurdueSports.com and, as always, Twitter updates will be available on Purdue's official account (@BoilerBall).
Purdue is looking for its third straight win in the annual event and is looking to end its non-conference slate on a high note.
Following Notre Dame, Purdue will return home for its final two non-conference games, beginning with Ohio on Dec. 20.
THE TWO TEAMS
• Purdue enters Saturday's Crossroads Classic with a 6-4 record having lost four of its last six games, all coming away from Mackey Arena, including three games on the road.
• The latest setback was a 72-68 loss at Texas, despite a career-high 40 points from junior guard Carsen Edwards.
• The Boilermakers had just six turnovers, but went just 9 of 32 from 3-point range in the loss. The Longhorns took advantage by having one of their best shooting days of the year, going 11 of 25 from deep and 15 of 16 from the free throw line.
• Carsen Edwards continues to play at a high level, averaging 25.5 points and 3.8 assists per game. He ranks sixth in the country in scoring and seventh in 3-pointers made (39).
• Ryan Cline averages 13.3 points per game and is 30th nationally in 3-ptrs made (32).
• Notre Dame is 6-3 having lost its last two games to Oklahoma and UCLA by a combined eight points.
• T.J. Gibbs leads the Irish in scoring (13.7 PPG).
THE TALKING POINTS
• Purdue is aiming for its third straight win in the Crossroads Classic on Saturday. It would match the longest winning streak in event history (Notre Dame, Butler).
• Purdue hadn't scored more than 70 points in the first five Crossroads Classic games. It has averaged 84.0 points in the last two games.
• A win over the Irish would even the all-time series between the two teams at 22 wins each. It would also even the Crossroads Classic series to two wins apience.
• Purdue has won nine straight games against in-state foes dating to Feb. 20, 2016. Five of the wins have been away from Mackey Arena.
• Purdue's duo of Carsen Edwards (39) and Ryan Cline (32) have made 71 3-pointers between them, the fourth most nationally.
• Purdue is 0-2 this year against the Atlantic Coast Conference, having lost to Virginia Tech (89-83) and Florida State (73-72).
• Graduate manager Joey Brooks played at Notre Dame under head coach Mike Brey from 2010-12.
THE SERIES
• Saturday's contest marks the 44th meeting all-time between the two Indiana rivals that are just 109 miles apart.
• The two squads haven't played on campus in a regular-season game since Jan. 1966. But it hasn't been without effort.
• When Gene Keady was hired at Purdue in 1980, he had a goal to play in-state teams more frequently. Notre Dame and its national schedule made it difficult to face the Irish. Digger Phelps also previously and famously stated there are "no roads that lead from South Bend to West Lafayette", thus ending an on-campus series that was played essentially every year from 1942-66.
• Two years ago, Purdue got its first win in the Crossroads Classic with an 86-81 victory over the Irish. Purdue trailed by 17 late in the first half, but Carsen Edwards' defense on Matt Ferrell turned the tide and Caleb Swanigan scored 26 points with 10 rebounds and four blocks to rally Purdue to the victory.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's basketball team resumes its season after final exams with the eighth-annual Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis on Saturday. The contest will be televised on CBS with Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery and Jamie Erdahl calling the action courtside, beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET.
On the radio waves, the contest will be available on the Purdue Radio Network and TuneIn.com, with Rob Blackman and Ralph Taylor on the call, beginning with the Purdue Basketball pregame show at 12:30 p.m.
Live stats will be provided on PurdueSports.com and, as always, Twitter updates will be available on Purdue's official account (@BoilerBall).
Purdue is looking for its third straight win in the annual event and is looking to end its non-conference slate on a high note.
Following Notre Dame, Purdue will return home for its final two non-conference games, beginning with Ohio on Dec. 20.
THE TWO TEAMS
• Purdue enters Saturday's Crossroads Classic with a 6-4 record having lost four of its last six games, all coming away from Mackey Arena, including three games on the road.
• The latest setback was a 72-68 loss at Texas, despite a career-high 40 points from junior guard Carsen Edwards.
• The Boilermakers had just six turnovers, but went just 9 of 32 from 3-point range in the loss. The Longhorns took advantage by having one of their best shooting days of the year, going 11 of 25 from deep and 15 of 16 from the free throw line.
• Carsen Edwards continues to play at a high level, averaging 25.5 points and 3.8 assists per game. He ranks sixth in the country in scoring and seventh in 3-pointers made (39).
• Ryan Cline averages 13.3 points per game and is 30th nationally in 3-ptrs made (32).
• Notre Dame is 6-3 having lost its last two games to Oklahoma and UCLA by a combined eight points.
• T.J. Gibbs leads the Irish in scoring (13.7 PPG).
THE TALKING POINTS
• Purdue is aiming for its third straight win in the Crossroads Classic on Saturday. It would match the longest winning streak in event history (Notre Dame, Butler).
• Purdue hadn't scored more than 70 points in the first five Crossroads Classic games. It has averaged 84.0 points in the last two games.
• A win over the Irish would even the all-time series between the two teams at 22 wins each. It would also even the Crossroads Classic series to two wins apience.
• Purdue has won nine straight games against in-state foes dating to Feb. 20, 2016. Five of the wins have been away from Mackey Arena.
• Purdue's duo of Carsen Edwards (39) and Ryan Cline (32) have made 71 3-pointers between them, the fourth most nationally.
• Purdue is 0-2 this year against the Atlantic Coast Conference, having lost to Virginia Tech (89-83) and Florida State (73-72).
• Graduate manager Joey Brooks played at Notre Dame under head coach Mike Brey from 2010-12.
THE SERIES
• Saturday's contest marks the 44th meeting all-time between the two Indiana rivals that are just 109 miles apart.
• The two squads haven't played on campus in a regular-season game since Jan. 1966. But it hasn't been without effort.
• When Gene Keady was hired at Purdue in 1980, he had a goal to play in-state teams more frequently. Notre Dame and its national schedule made it difficult to face the Irish. Digger Phelps also previously and famously stated there are "no roads that lead from South Bend to West Lafayette", thus ending an on-campus series that was played essentially every year from 1942-66.
• Two years ago, Purdue got its first win in the Crossroads Classic with an 86-81 victory over the Irish. Purdue trailed by 17 late in the first half, but Carsen Edwards' defense on Matt Ferrell turned the tide and Caleb Swanigan scored 26 points with 10 rebounds and four blocks to rally Purdue to the victory.