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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 12-ranked Purdue men's basketball begins its stretch run Saturday as a steadily improving Penn State squad visits Mackey Arena.
The contest will be televised on BTN with Brandon Gaudin and Jon Crispin calling the action courtside beginning at 4 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 3 p.m. Wes Scott will produce the radio broadcast.
Live stats will be provided on PurdueSports.com, and Twitter updates will be available on Purdue's official account (@BoilerBall).
THE TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue is off to a 10-3 start in Big Ten play for the sixth time under head coach Matt Painter. In the previous five seasons that Purdue started at least 10-3, the Boilermakers finished first or second all five seasons, winning the regular-season titles in 2017 and 2010.
2) Purdue has won 14 straight home games, good for the 12th-longest homecourt winning streak in America. Of the 14 wins, 11 have come by double-digits and by an average of 18.1 points per game. Purdue has the nation's best home winning percentage since 2015-16 (60-4; .938).
3) Matt Painter now owns 312 wins at Purdue, ranking 11th on the Big Ten's all-time wins list and needing four wins to move into the top 10.
4) Purdue is back in the national rankings for the third straight week after falling out for eight weeks. Purdue's No. 12 ranking is the highest of the season and marks the 14th week in the top 15 over the last 28 Associated Press top-25 polls.
5) 2011 All-American E'Twaun Moore will be recognized at halftime with a commemorative bobblehead. Moore is averaging 12.3 points per game for the New Orleans Pelicans this year and is one of five players in school history to score 2,000 points.
6) Purdue has had five players score in double figures in two of the last five games. In the first 19 games, it had zero games with five double-figure players.
7) Purdue continues to excel on the offensive end, ranking fourth nationally in offensive efficiency. Purdue, Duke, North Carolina and Villanova are the only teams to rank in the top 10 in offensive efficiency the last two seasons.
8) Under Matt Painter, Purdue has been one of the best offensive teams in America. The Boilermakers have ranked in the nation's top 25 in offensive efficiency in six of the last nine seasons (lone years not in top 25: 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13).
9) Carsen Edwards ranks seventh nationally in scoring (24.6 PPG). Since the 1992-93 season, just two other Big Ten players (Purdue's Glenn Robinson 2x, Michigan State's Shawn Respert 2x) have averaged at least 24.0 points per game in a season.
10) Ryan Cline has sparked Purdue's recent surge, making 38 of 73 (.521) of his 3-pointers since the calendar flipped to 2019.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 12-ranked Purdue men's basketball begins its stretch run Saturday as a steadily improving Penn State squad visits Mackey Arena.
The contest will be televised on BTN with Brandon Gaudin and Jon Crispin calling the action courtside beginning at 4 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 3 p.m. Wes Scott will produce the radio broadcast.
Live stats will be provided on PurdueSports.com, and Twitter updates will be available on Purdue's official account (@BoilerBall).
THE TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue is off to a 10-3 start in Big Ten play for the sixth time under head coach Matt Painter. In the previous five seasons that Purdue started at least 10-3, the Boilermakers finished first or second all five seasons, winning the regular-season titles in 2017 and 2010.
2) Purdue has won 14 straight home games, good for the 12th-longest homecourt winning streak in America. Of the 14 wins, 11 have come by double-digits and by an average of 18.1 points per game. Purdue has the nation's best home winning percentage since 2015-16 (60-4; .938).
3) Matt Painter now owns 312 wins at Purdue, ranking 11th on the Big Ten's all-time wins list and needing four wins to move into the top 10.
4) Purdue is back in the national rankings for the third straight week after falling out for eight weeks. Purdue's No. 12 ranking is the highest of the season and marks the 14th week in the top 15 over the last 28 Associated Press top-25 polls.
5) 2011 All-American E'Twaun Moore will be recognized at halftime with a commemorative bobblehead. Moore is averaging 12.3 points per game for the New Orleans Pelicans this year and is one of five players in school history to score 2,000 points.
6) Purdue has had five players score in double figures in two of the last five games. In the first 19 games, it had zero games with five double-figure players.
7) Purdue continues to excel on the offensive end, ranking fourth nationally in offensive efficiency. Purdue, Duke, North Carolina and Villanova are the only teams to rank in the top 10 in offensive efficiency the last two seasons.
8) Under Matt Painter, Purdue has been one of the best offensive teams in America. The Boilermakers have ranked in the nation's top 25 in offensive efficiency in six of the last nine seasons (lone years not in top 25: 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13).
9) Carsen Edwards ranks seventh nationally in scoring (24.6 PPG). Since the 1992-93 season, just two other Big Ten players (Purdue's Glenn Robinson 2x, Michigan State's Shawn Respert 2x) have averaged at least 24.0 points per game in a season.
10) Ryan Cline has sparked Purdue's recent surge, making 38 of 73 (.521) of his 3-pointers since the calendar flipped to 2019.