GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[5 / 7] Purdue (23-4, 12-4) vs. Rutgers (16-9, 10-5)
Saturday, Feb. 20 | 5:30 PM ET | Mackey Arena
FS1 (Kevin Kugler, Steve Lavin)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 5-ranked Purdue Boilermakers begin their road to redemption as a red-hot Rutgers team visits Mackey Arena on Sunday. The Boilermakers have just four games left on the regular-season schedule with three of them coming against teams it has lost to already this season. With six teams within one loss of each other in the Big Ten title race, the Boilermakers look to protect home court.
Purdue enters with a 23-4 mark, while Rutgers is 16-9. The Scarlet Knights have won four straight games against ranked teams.
The contest will be televised on FS1 with Kevin Kugler and Steve Lavin on the call remotely. On the radio waves, Rob Blackman and Bobby Riddell will be courtside on the 22-station Purdue Radio Network and online on the Varsity Sports Network (app). Live stats will be provided on PurdueStats.com and updates will be provided on Purdue's official Twitter account (@BoilerBall).
THE NOTES TO KNOW
1) A win would give Purdue a 24-4 record, matching Purdue's best 28-game start since the 1987-88 (26-2) season (done three other times).
2) Purdue is third nationally in quad-1 victories (8), with five of them coming away from Mackey Arena (Nova, UNC, Illinois, Iowa, NWestern).
3) Purdue is 6-0 against teams in the KenPom top-25, and owns the nation's best winning percentage (with Rutgers) against ranked teams (5-1).
4) Since the 2015-16 season, Purdue is 102 games over .500 (166-64). Purdue is one of 12 teams to accomplish that (two Big Ten teams; MSU).
5) Through Friday's games, Purdue's 23 victories rank fourth nationally behind Murray State (25), Auburn (24) and South Dakota State (24).
6) Purdue has trailed by double-digits in five games this year (Villanova, North Carolina State, Indiana, Michigan, Maryland) and won three of them. All three comeback wins came in the last 11 minutes of the game.
7) Purdue leads the Big Ten in field goal percentage (by 23 points), 3-point percentage (21 points), 3-pointers, rebound margin and assists.
8) Purdue has won at least 12 league games for the seventh time in the last eight years. Through Friday's games, no other team has accomplished it more than five times (Maryland, Michigan State, Wisconsin).
9) Purdue (13th) and Gonzaga (1st) are the only teams to rank in the KenPom top-25 in each of the last seven years.
10) Purdue's 79 Big Ten wins since the 2016-17 season are the third-most conference wins for a power-conference team during that span.
11) Zach Edey and Jaden Ivey were named to the Wooden Award late-season top-20 list. Ivey was tabbed one of 10 finalists for the West Award given to the nation's best shooting guard, while Edey is one of 10 finalists for the Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation's top center.
[5 / 7] Purdue (23-4, 12-4) vs. Rutgers (16-9, 10-5)
Saturday, Feb. 20 | 5:30 PM ET | Mackey Arena
FS1 (Kevin Kugler, Steve Lavin)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 5-ranked Purdue Boilermakers begin their road to redemption as a red-hot Rutgers team visits Mackey Arena on Sunday. The Boilermakers have just four games left on the regular-season schedule with three of them coming against teams it has lost to already this season. With six teams within one loss of each other in the Big Ten title race, the Boilermakers look to protect home court.
Purdue enters with a 23-4 mark, while Rutgers is 16-9. The Scarlet Knights have won four straight games against ranked teams.
The contest will be televised on FS1 with Kevin Kugler and Steve Lavin on the call remotely. On the radio waves, Rob Blackman and Bobby Riddell will be courtside on the 22-station Purdue Radio Network and online on the Varsity Sports Network (app). Live stats will be provided on PurdueStats.com and updates will be provided on Purdue's official Twitter account (@BoilerBall).
THE NOTES TO KNOW
1) A win would give Purdue a 24-4 record, matching Purdue's best 28-game start since the 1987-88 (26-2) season (done three other times).
2) Purdue is third nationally in quad-1 victories (8), with five of them coming away from Mackey Arena (Nova, UNC, Illinois, Iowa, NWestern).
3) Purdue is 6-0 against teams in the KenPom top-25, and owns the nation's best winning percentage (with Rutgers) against ranked teams (5-1).
4) Since the 2015-16 season, Purdue is 102 games over .500 (166-64). Purdue is one of 12 teams to accomplish that (two Big Ten teams; MSU).
5) Through Friday's games, Purdue's 23 victories rank fourth nationally behind Murray State (25), Auburn (24) and South Dakota State (24).
6) Purdue has trailed by double-digits in five games this year (Villanova, North Carolina State, Indiana, Michigan, Maryland) and won three of them. All three comeback wins came in the last 11 minutes of the game.
7) Purdue leads the Big Ten in field goal percentage (by 23 points), 3-point percentage (21 points), 3-pointers, rebound margin and assists.
8) Purdue has won at least 12 league games for the seventh time in the last eight years. Through Friday's games, no other team has accomplished it more than five times (Maryland, Michigan State, Wisconsin).
9) Purdue (13th) and Gonzaga (1st) are the only teams to rank in the KenPom top-25 in each of the last seven years.
10) Purdue's 79 Big Ten wins since the 2016-17 season are the third-most conference wins for a power-conference team during that span.
11) Zach Edey and Jaden Ivey were named to the Wooden Award late-season top-20 list. Ivey was tabbed one of 10 finalists for the West Award given to the nation's best shooting guard, while Edey is one of 10 finalists for the Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation's top center.