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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue (9-6, 2-2) looks to rebound from a loss to Illinois with another big challenge, this one coming Thursday at No. 19-ranked Michigan (10-4, 1-2). Joe Davis and Bill Raftery will handle the broadcast on FS1, beginning at 7 p.m. ET. On the radio, Rob Blackman and Larry Clisby will have the call courtside on the Purdue Radio Network and TuneIn.com, beginning with the Purdue Basketball Pregame Show at 6 p.m. ET. Live stats will be available on PurdueSports.com.
• Purdue owns an 88-71 series lead against Michigan, including a 13-13 record under Coach Painter. Painter has obviously never faced Michigan's first-year head coach Juwan Howard on the sidelines, but the two did square off in the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons. Painter went 1-3 against Howard as a player.
• Purdue is looking to avoid back-to-back Big Ten losses for the first time since Feb. 7-15, 2018 (Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin).
• Purdue's sophomore class has started to emerge as offensive leaders. The class is averaging 40.7 points per game over the last three games, accounting for 56.2 percent of Purdue's scoring. For the season, the class is shooting 42.7 percent from the field and 37.4 percent from deep. The class is averaging 34.3 points per game for the whole season (50.2 percent of scoring).
• Purdue is 7-0 this year when holding foes to 59 or fewer points. The Boilermakers are 2-6 when allowing 60-plus.
• Purdue is 5-0 this year when scoring at least 70 points and is 28-5 since the start of last year when scoring at least 70 points in a game.
• Purdue is 8-0 this year and 28-1 since the start of last year when shooting a higher field goal percentage than its opponent. The lone loss came to Virginia in last year's Elite Eight.
• Purdue has won nine straight games in games played on Thursday. Its last loss came vs. Wisconsin on Feb. 15, 2018.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue (9-6, 2-2) looks to rebound from a loss to Illinois with another big challenge, this one coming Thursday at No. 19-ranked Michigan (10-4, 1-2). Joe Davis and Bill Raftery will handle the broadcast on FS1, beginning at 7 p.m. ET. On the radio, Rob Blackman and Larry Clisby will have the call courtside on the Purdue Radio Network and TuneIn.com, beginning with the Purdue Basketball Pregame Show at 6 p.m. ET. Live stats will be available on PurdueSports.com.
• Purdue owns an 88-71 series lead against Michigan, including a 13-13 record under Coach Painter. Painter has obviously never faced Michigan's first-year head coach Juwan Howard on the sidelines, but the two did square off in the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons. Painter went 1-3 against Howard as a player.
• Purdue is looking to avoid back-to-back Big Ten losses for the first time since Feb. 7-15, 2018 (Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin).
• Purdue's sophomore class has started to emerge as offensive leaders. The class is averaging 40.7 points per game over the last three games, accounting for 56.2 percent of Purdue's scoring. For the season, the class is shooting 42.7 percent from the field and 37.4 percent from deep. The class is averaging 34.3 points per game for the whole season (50.2 percent of scoring).
• Purdue is 7-0 this year when holding foes to 59 or fewer points. The Boilermakers are 2-6 when allowing 60-plus.
• Purdue is 5-0 this year when scoring at least 70 points and is 28-5 since the start of last year when scoring at least 70 points in a game.
• Purdue is 8-0 this year and 28-1 since the start of last year when shooting a higher field goal percentage than its opponent. The lone loss came to Virginia in last year's Elite Eight.
• Purdue has won nine straight games in games played on Thursday. Its last loss came vs. Wisconsin on Feb. 15, 2018.