WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Looking for its second straight win for the first time in over a month, Purdue travels to Lincoln, Nebraska, to face the Cornhuskers in a Saturday afternoon matinee on the Big Ten Network. Kevin Kugler and Shon Morris, will handle the call from the comforts of their living rooms.
Purdue has alternated wins and losses in its last seven games and looks for some consistency coming down the stretch. The Boilermakers are still in the hunt for a Big Ten Tournament double-bye and NCAA Tournament top-five seed, but needs to start stringing wins together.
THE KEY TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue leads the series with Nebraska by a 16-6 margin, having won 10 of 14 games during Nebraska's time in the Big Ten. Nebraska, however, leads the series at Pinnacle Bank Arena by a 3-2 margin.
2) According to KenPom.com, Purdue ranks 331st (out of 347 teams) in experience (1.04 years). The total is 14th in the Big Ten. Indiana is the next least-experienced team in the league at 1.36 years (286th nationally).
3) Purdue has had its full arsenal of rotation players for just 13 of its 22 games this year, missing key personnel for nine games this year. Purdue has gone 9-4 in those 13 games with a full roster, all coming against power-conference teams (Iowa, Rutgers, Illinois, Minnesota).
4) Four freshmen have earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, the most in league history. Michigan (2012-13) and Ohio St. (2010-11) had 3.
5) A Purdue freshman has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week in four of the last five weeks and in six of a possible 12 weeks this season.
6) During the month of February, Purdue is just 17-of-69 (.246) from 3-point range.
7) Purdue is one of just four Big Ten teams to have one or fewer home losses in Big Ten play (Purdue, Minnesota, Michigan and Ohio State).
8) Purdue has held 11 straight opponents to 72 or fewer points, the only Big Ten team to accomplish that.
9) With Purdue entering the AP Top 25, the Boilermakers have been nationally-ranked in six straight seasons, the second-longest streak in school history (1968 to 1975). Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Purdue has been ranked in 72-of-110 Associated Press top-25 polls.
10) Over the last five years since the start of the 2016-17 season, Purdue has the most wins in the Big Ten (63). Michigan State is next at 60.
11) Purdue owns a 54-9 home record in Big Ten play since the 2014-15 season. Since that year, just one team, Michigan has beaten the Boilermakers twice at Mackey Arena. Michigan State, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Northwestern are the five teams to not win in Mackey.
Purdue has alternated wins and losses in its last seven games and looks for some consistency coming down the stretch. The Boilermakers are still in the hunt for a Big Ten Tournament double-bye and NCAA Tournament top-five seed, but needs to start stringing wins together.
THE KEY TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue leads the series with Nebraska by a 16-6 margin, having won 10 of 14 games during Nebraska's time in the Big Ten. Nebraska, however, leads the series at Pinnacle Bank Arena by a 3-2 margin.
2) According to KenPom.com, Purdue ranks 331st (out of 347 teams) in experience (1.04 years). The total is 14th in the Big Ten. Indiana is the next least-experienced team in the league at 1.36 years (286th nationally).
3) Purdue has had its full arsenal of rotation players for just 13 of its 22 games this year, missing key personnel for nine games this year. Purdue has gone 9-4 in those 13 games with a full roster, all coming against power-conference teams (Iowa, Rutgers, Illinois, Minnesota).
4) Four freshmen have earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, the most in league history. Michigan (2012-13) and Ohio St. (2010-11) had 3.
5) A Purdue freshman has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week in four of the last five weeks and in six of a possible 12 weeks this season.
6) During the month of February, Purdue is just 17-of-69 (.246) from 3-point range.
7) Purdue is one of just four Big Ten teams to have one or fewer home losses in Big Ten play (Purdue, Minnesota, Michigan and Ohio State).
8) Purdue has held 11 straight opponents to 72 or fewer points, the only Big Ten team to accomplish that.
9) With Purdue entering the AP Top 25, the Boilermakers have been nationally-ranked in six straight seasons, the second-longest streak in school history (1968 to 1975). Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Purdue has been ranked in 72-of-110 Associated Press top-25 polls.
10) Over the last five years since the start of the 2016-17 season, Purdue has the most wins in the Big Ten (63). Michigan State is next at 60.
11) Purdue owns a 54-9 home record in Big Ten play since the 2014-15 season. Since that year, just one team, Michigan has beaten the Boilermakers twice at Mackey Arena. Michigan State, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Northwestern are the five teams to not win in Mackey.