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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 14-ranked Purdue men's basketball team looks for an unbeaten home campaign as Ohio State visits for a Senior Day showdown.
• The contest will be televised on ESPN with Jason Benetti and Dan Dakich calling the action courtside beginning at 2 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 1 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 in the hunt for its second Big Ten title in three years as Ohio State visits Mackey Arena on Saturday. The Boilermakers are tied with Michigan State, which travels to Indiana on Saturday, for first place in the league standings with a 14-3 record.
2) Purdue has won 37 of its last 38 home games dating to Jan. 2017, the lone loss coming on a last second tip-in to Ohio State last year. Ohio State is trying to become the first team to win back-to-back games in Mackey Arena since 2013-14 (Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State).
3) Purdue is aiming for its third undefeated season in Mackey Arena history and the second under head coach Matt Painter. The other undefeated seasons came in 1968-69 (11-0) and 2010-11 (16-0). Purdue's 16-game home winning streak is the sixth-longest streak nationally.
4) A win would give Matt Painter 200 career wins at Mackey Arena (199-35 record). Legendary coach Gene Keady went 294-75 at Mackey Arena.
5) A win would give Purdue's senior class a home record of 63-4, setting the school record for most victories at Mackey Arena.
6) Purdue's seniors (Ryan Cline and Grady Eifert) now own a 104-31 (.770) career record, tied for the second-most wins for a class in school history. The .770 winning percentage is third-best percentage in school history (1996 - .778; 1988 - .774).
7) Over the last seven home games, Purdue has held its opponents to 59.6 points per game and 38.7 (150-of-388) percent shooting from the field. No team has scored more than 65 points against Purdue in its last seven home game. Three have been held under 60 points (Rutgers, Indiana, Illinois).
8) Purdue has played in the lead for at least 23 minutes of gametime in 16 of its last 17 games (Michigan State on Jan. 8). It hasn't trailed in a game for more than 12 minutes in the last 13 games, dating to Michigan State on Jan. 8.
9) Carsen Edwards is on pace to become the third Boilermaker in the last nine years to lead the Big Ten in scoring. JaJuan Johnson in 2011 (20.7) and Caleb Swanigan in 2017 (18.9) are the others. No other team has had more than one player lead the league in scoring in that span.
10) Matt Haarms is on track to become the first player to lead the Big Ten in field goal percentage and blocks since Ohio State's Greg Oden in 2007.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 14-ranked Purdue men's basketball team looks for an unbeaten home campaign as Ohio State visits for a Senior Day showdown.
• The contest will be televised on ESPN with Jason Benetti and Dan Dakich calling the action courtside beginning at 2 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 1 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 in the hunt for its second Big Ten title in three years as Ohio State visits Mackey Arena on Saturday. The Boilermakers are tied with Michigan State, which travels to Indiana on Saturday, for first place in the league standings with a 14-3 record.
2) Purdue has won 37 of its last 38 home games dating to Jan. 2017, the lone loss coming on a last second tip-in to Ohio State last year. Ohio State is trying to become the first team to win back-to-back games in Mackey Arena since 2013-14 (Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State).
3) Purdue is aiming for its third undefeated season in Mackey Arena history and the second under head coach Matt Painter. The other undefeated seasons came in 1968-69 (11-0) and 2010-11 (16-0). Purdue's 16-game home winning streak is the sixth-longest streak nationally.
4) A win would give Matt Painter 200 career wins at Mackey Arena (199-35 record). Legendary coach Gene Keady went 294-75 at Mackey Arena.
5) A win would give Purdue's senior class a home record of 63-4, setting the school record for most victories at Mackey Arena.
6) Purdue's seniors (Ryan Cline and Grady Eifert) now own a 104-31 (.770) career record, tied for the second-most wins for a class in school history. The .770 winning percentage is third-best percentage in school history (1996 - .778; 1988 - .774).
7) Over the last seven home games, Purdue has held its opponents to 59.6 points per game and 38.7 (150-of-388) percent shooting from the field. No team has scored more than 65 points against Purdue in its last seven home game. Three have been held under 60 points (Rutgers, Indiana, Illinois).
8) Purdue has played in the lead for at least 23 minutes of gametime in 16 of its last 17 games (Michigan State on Jan. 8). It hasn't trailed in a game for more than 12 minutes in the last 13 games, dating to Michigan State on Jan. 8.
9) Carsen Edwards is on pace to become the third Boilermaker in the last nine years to lead the Big Ten in scoring. JaJuan Johnson in 2011 (20.7) and Caleb Swanigan in 2017 (18.9) are the others. No other team has had more than one player lead the league in scoring in that span.
10) Matt Haarms is on track to become the first player to lead the Big Ten in field goal percentage and blocks since Ohio State's Greg Oden in 2007.