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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's basketball team returns home for the first time in 13 days as Maryland visits for the Big Ten home opener on Thursday in Mackey Arena. The contest will be televised on BTN with Kevin Kugler and Jon Crispin calling the action courtside, beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
On the radio waves, the contest will be available on the Purdue Radio Network and TuneIn.com, with Larry Clisby, Rob Blackman and Ralph Taylor on the call, beginning with the Purdue Basketball pregame show at 6 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 first Big Ten win of the season and aiming to snap a two-game losing streak in the process.
Purdue returns to the road for its next two games as the gauntlet continues at Texas on Sunday and Notre Dame on Dec. 15.
THE TWO TEAMS
• Purdue is 5-3 having suffered back-to-back losses to No. 15 Florida State and No. 7-ranked Michigan. The Boilermakers are now facing a ranked team in their third consecutive game for the first time since Feb. 26 - March 5, 2014 (Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin).
• Purdue has struggled offensively the last two games, shooting just 38.9 percent from the field and averaging 64.5 points. It has, however, come against defenses ranked in the top 13 (Michigan - 1; Florida State - 13).
• Carsen Edwards and Ryan Cline combine to average 39.6 points per game, making the duo the third-highest major-college scoring duo in America (Duke, Gonzaga).
• Maryland enters with a 7-1 record with the lone loss coming to No. 4-ranked Virginia.
• The Terrapins boast perhaps the league's best inside punch in Bruno Fernando (15.4 PPG, 10.0 RPG) and Jalen Smith (12.6 PPG, 7.3 RPG).
• Maryland shoots 60.1 percent from inside the 3-point line, good for seventh nationally.
THE TALKING POINTS
• There have been 29 NBA scout tickets distributed for Thursday's game, coming from 21 teams.
• Purdue is looking to avoid an 0-2 Big Ten start for the first time since the 2013-14 season (Ohio State, Minnesota).
• According to KenPom.com, Purdue's schedule currently ranks as the 19th-most difficult in America. Among teams in KenPom's top 20, only Kansas, Duke and Wisconsin have played tougher schedules.
• Purdue and Wofford are the only schools in America to have two players with 25 or more 3-pointers. Ryan Cline has 31 triples while Carsen Edwards has 29 trifectas.
• Purdue is 32-4 in Big Ten play at home since the start of the 2014-15 season. The record is the best in the league by 2.5 games (Michigan State; 30-7).
• Ryan Cline is 27 of 53 (.509) from 3-point range in the last six games.
• Carsen Edwards has scored at least 19 points in every game this season.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's basketball team returns home for the first time in 13 days as Maryland visits for the Big Ten home opener on Thursday in Mackey Arena. The contest will be televised on BTN with Kevin Kugler and Jon Crispin calling the action courtside, beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
On the radio waves, the contest will be available on the Purdue Radio Network and TuneIn.com, with Larry Clisby, Rob Blackman and Ralph Taylor on the call, beginning with the Purdue Basketball pregame show at 6 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 first Big Ten win of the season and aiming to snap a two-game losing streak in the process.
Purdue returns to the road for its next two games as the gauntlet continues at Texas on Sunday and Notre Dame on Dec. 15.
THE TWO TEAMS
• Purdue is 5-3 having suffered back-to-back losses to No. 15 Florida State and No. 7-ranked Michigan. The Boilermakers are now facing a ranked team in their third consecutive game for the first time since Feb. 26 - March 5, 2014 (Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin).
• Purdue has struggled offensively the last two games, shooting just 38.9 percent from the field and averaging 64.5 points. It has, however, come against defenses ranked in the top 13 (Michigan - 1; Florida State - 13).
• Carsen Edwards and Ryan Cline combine to average 39.6 points per game, making the duo the third-highest major-college scoring duo in America (Duke, Gonzaga).
• Maryland enters with a 7-1 record with the lone loss coming to No. 4-ranked Virginia.
• The Terrapins boast perhaps the league's best inside punch in Bruno Fernando (15.4 PPG, 10.0 RPG) and Jalen Smith (12.6 PPG, 7.3 RPG).
• Maryland shoots 60.1 percent from inside the 3-point line, good for seventh nationally.
THE TALKING POINTS
• There have been 29 NBA scout tickets distributed for Thursday's game, coming from 21 teams.
• Purdue is looking to avoid an 0-2 Big Ten start for the first time since the 2013-14 season (Ohio State, Minnesota).
• According to KenPom.com, Purdue's schedule currently ranks as the 19th-most difficult in America. Among teams in KenPom's top 20, only Kansas, Duke and Wisconsin have played tougher schedules.
• Purdue and Wofford are the only schools in America to have two players with 25 or more 3-pointers. Ryan Cline has 31 triples while Carsen Edwards has 29 trifectas.
• Purdue is 32-4 in Big Ten play at home since the start of the 2014-15 season. The record is the best in the league by 2.5 games (Michigan State; 30-7).
• Ryan Cline is 27 of 53 (.509) from 3-point range in the last six games.
• Carsen Edwards has scored at least 19 points in every game this season.