GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 17
[1] Purdue (14-2, 3-2) vs. Penn State (8-8, 2-3)
Saturday, January 13, 2024
2:15 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Ind.
Mackey Arena | 14,876
TELEVISION: BTN (Dave Revsine, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• The No. 1-ranked Purdue Boilermakers look to bounce back from their second loss of the season, when Penn State visits Mackey Arena for the team's only meeting of the season. Tip is scheduled at 2:15 p.m. ET, as Purdue aims for its 15th season of the season.
• Saturday's game marks the return of The Paint Crew, the first Purdue home game with the student section in attendance in 40 days (Dec. 4 vs. Iowa). With The Paint Crew in attendance, Purdue is 62-6 (.912) against Big Ten foes since the start of the 2014-15 season.
• The Boilermakers are 14-2 (or better) through 16 games for the third straight season, the second stretch in school history that Purdue has been at least 14-2 through 16 games, joining a stretch from 1985-86 to 1987-88. It marks the seventh time in Matt Painter's 19 seasons that Purdue has been 14-2 or better. A win gives Purdue a 15-2 start in three straight years for the first time ever.
• Purdue has won nine straight games at Mackey Arena, which is tied for the Big Ten's longest streak with Minnesota (home on Monday vs. Iowa). A win gives Purdue its 10th winning streak of at least 10 games at Mackey Arena under Matt Painter. Purdue's nine straight home wins have come by an average of 25.1 points per game with six coming by at least 19 points.
• Purdue leads the country in quad-1 wins (6) and quad-1 and 2 wins combined (9). No other team has more than seven quad-1 and 2 wins (Memphis - 7). Purdue has as many quad-1 wins as teams ranked No. 4 (BYU), 5 (Alabama), 6 (Tennessee), 8 (Auburn), 10 (Iowa State) and 11 (Illinois) have combined.
• Since the start of last season, Purdue is 43-8, the fifth-most wins nationally, while the eight losses are the second fewest behind Houston (5). The eight losses during that span have come by 1, 5, 6, 14, 8, 5, 4 (OT) and 16 points. Thirty-one of the 43 wins have come against teams ranked in the KenPom top-100, including 24 against teams ranked in the top-50.
• Purdue enters the Penn State game with a 75-12 (.862) record in Mackey Arena against league foes since the 2014-15 season (when Maryland and Rutgers joined the Big Ten). The Boilermakers are 98-12 (.891) against unranked Big Ten teams at Mackey Arena in the Painter era.
• Matt Painter now needs two wins to tie Lou Henson for fifth place on the all-time wins list for Big Ten Conference games only. Painter enters the Penn State game with 212 league victories. Henson is fifth with 214 wins.
• Turnovers tell the story... When forcing 10 or more turnovers, the Boilermakers have won 17 straight games in a row. In Purdue's two losses this season, the Boilermakers' turnover margin is -9.50 (31 to 12). In the losses, opponents average 8.5 steals per game to Purdue's 1.0.
• Purdue was voted No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday for the fourth straight week and for the fifth time during the 2023-24 season. With its No. 1 ranking this week, Purdue has now been ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll for 26 straight weeks, the longest-active streak in America by 11 weeks (Kansas - 15). It has been ranked in the top 3 in 20 of those 26 weeks.
• Purdue started last calendar year ranked No. 1 (first poll of 2023) and ended the year ranked No. 1 (final poll of 2023). The Boilermakers are the only team in the country to be ranked No. 1 in each of the last three seasons (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24), and have now been ranked No. 1 in four different calendar years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
• The 26 straight weeks ranked in the top 5 is the fifth-longest streak in Big Ten history, but the second-longest streak in the last 45 years.
• Purdue's starting lineup of Braden Smith, Lance Jones, Fletcher Loyer, Trey Kaufman-Renn and Zach Edey have started all 15 games. It's the longest stretch for a starting group to start the season since the 2017-18 season (28 games).
• Zach Edey became the second player in school history with 1,000 rebounds and has moved into second on the school's career rebounding chart (1,013). He is also now ninth in points (1,882) and 5th in blocks (184).
• Purdue is at least 14-2 through 16 games for the third straight season. Last year's team was 15-1, while the 2021-22 team was 14-2 through 16 games.
• In years that Purdue won the Big Ten regular-season championship under Matt Painter, the Boilermakers started 2-3 (2010), 3-2 (2017), 3-2 (2019) and 4-1 (2023) through five games. This year's team is 3-2 through five games.
• In Purdue's two losses, opponents have shot 24-of-43 (.558) from long distance while having just 12 turnovers. Entering the game, the two teams were shooting 32.0 percent (Northwestern) and 34.1 percent (Nebraska) from deep.
• Purdue's 13, 3-pointers against Nebraska were its most in a loss since making 14 against Virginia in the epic 2019 Elite Eight contest. The Boilermakers had won 32 straight games when making 10 or more 3-pointers.
• The Boilermakers are now 72-9 all-time when making 12 or more 3-pointers in a game.
• When you add a positive rebound margin to it (Purdue was +5 vs. Nebraska), Purdue is now 59-2 all-time when making at least 12, 3-pointers in a game and outrebounding its opponent. The only other loss was at Minnesota on March 5, 2019.
• This year across college basketball, teams are 238-6 (.975) when making at least 13, 3-pointers in a game and outrebounding a team by five rebounds or more.
• In the last three Big Ten games (Maryland, Illinois and Nebraska), Purdue has shot just 50 free throws, an average of 16.7 free throw attempts per game. In the previous 13 games, Purdue shot 330 free throws, an average of 25.4 free throw attempts per game.
• Through 16 games, Purdue is shooting 39.4 percent from 3-point range, currently the fifth-best percentage in school history, and 12th nationally. Last year through 16 games, Purdue was shooting just 32.2 percent from long range.
• This year's senior class (Edey, Morton, Gillis) have been court-stormed in every road loss but one (Michigan State - 2022) over the last three seasons (2021 didn't count - CoVid attendance), coming in nine of the 10 setbacks. All of the losses have occurred with Purdue ranked inside the top 10.
• Purdue currently has four players averaging at least 11.0 points per game. The last time Purdue had four players average at least 11.0 points per game was during the 2017-18 season (Carsen Edwards, Isaac Haas, Vince Edwards, Dakota Mathias). It has happened only five times previously in school history (2017-18, 1997-98, 1987-88, 1986-87, 1977-78).
• Among players that have made at least 20, 3-pointers this year, Mason Gillis' 52.5 percentage ranks 11th nationally and fifth among high--major players.
• Braden Smith's eight games of at least 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists are the second-most nationally and most in the Big Ten by four games. Smith has dished out at least five assists in 14 of the 16 games, leading the country in five-assist games (14).
• In three of Zach Edey's last four games, he has shot under five free throws. In the first 12 games of the year, he never shot fewer than eight free throws.
• Since the start of last year, Purdue is 13-0 when Zach Edey attempts single-digit field goal attempts. Purdue is 30-8 when he has 10 or more field goal attempts.
[1] Purdue (14-2, 3-2) vs. Penn State (8-8, 2-3)
Saturday, January 13, 2024
2:15 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Ind.
Mackey Arena | 14,876
TELEVISION: BTN (Dave Revsine, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• The No. 1-ranked Purdue Boilermakers look to bounce back from their second loss of the season, when Penn State visits Mackey Arena for the team's only meeting of the season. Tip is scheduled at 2:15 p.m. ET, as Purdue aims for its 15th season of the season.
• Saturday's game marks the return of The Paint Crew, the first Purdue home game with the student section in attendance in 40 days (Dec. 4 vs. Iowa). With The Paint Crew in attendance, Purdue is 62-6 (.912) against Big Ten foes since the start of the 2014-15 season.
• The Boilermakers are 14-2 (or better) through 16 games for the third straight season, the second stretch in school history that Purdue has been at least 14-2 through 16 games, joining a stretch from 1985-86 to 1987-88. It marks the seventh time in Matt Painter's 19 seasons that Purdue has been 14-2 or better. A win gives Purdue a 15-2 start in three straight years for the first time ever.
• Purdue has won nine straight games at Mackey Arena, which is tied for the Big Ten's longest streak with Minnesota (home on Monday vs. Iowa). A win gives Purdue its 10th winning streak of at least 10 games at Mackey Arena under Matt Painter. Purdue's nine straight home wins have come by an average of 25.1 points per game with six coming by at least 19 points.
• Purdue leads the country in quad-1 wins (6) and quad-1 and 2 wins combined (9). No other team has more than seven quad-1 and 2 wins (Memphis - 7). Purdue has as many quad-1 wins as teams ranked No. 4 (BYU), 5 (Alabama), 6 (Tennessee), 8 (Auburn), 10 (Iowa State) and 11 (Illinois) have combined.
• Since the start of last season, Purdue is 43-8, the fifth-most wins nationally, while the eight losses are the second fewest behind Houston (5). The eight losses during that span have come by 1, 5, 6, 14, 8, 5, 4 (OT) and 16 points. Thirty-one of the 43 wins have come against teams ranked in the KenPom top-100, including 24 against teams ranked in the top-50.
• Purdue enters the Penn State game with a 75-12 (.862) record in Mackey Arena against league foes since the 2014-15 season (when Maryland and Rutgers joined the Big Ten). The Boilermakers are 98-12 (.891) against unranked Big Ten teams at Mackey Arena in the Painter era.
• Matt Painter now needs two wins to tie Lou Henson for fifth place on the all-time wins list for Big Ten Conference games only. Painter enters the Penn State game with 212 league victories. Henson is fifth with 214 wins.
• Turnovers tell the story... When forcing 10 or more turnovers, the Boilermakers have won 17 straight games in a row. In Purdue's two losses this season, the Boilermakers' turnover margin is -9.50 (31 to 12). In the losses, opponents average 8.5 steals per game to Purdue's 1.0.
• Purdue was voted No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday for the fourth straight week and for the fifth time during the 2023-24 season. With its No. 1 ranking this week, Purdue has now been ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll for 26 straight weeks, the longest-active streak in America by 11 weeks (Kansas - 15). It has been ranked in the top 3 in 20 of those 26 weeks.
• Purdue started last calendar year ranked No. 1 (first poll of 2023) and ended the year ranked No. 1 (final poll of 2023). The Boilermakers are the only team in the country to be ranked No. 1 in each of the last three seasons (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24), and have now been ranked No. 1 in four different calendar years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
• The 26 straight weeks ranked in the top 5 is the fifth-longest streak in Big Ten history, but the second-longest streak in the last 45 years.
• Purdue's starting lineup of Braden Smith, Lance Jones, Fletcher Loyer, Trey Kaufman-Renn and Zach Edey have started all 15 games. It's the longest stretch for a starting group to start the season since the 2017-18 season (28 games).
• Zach Edey became the second player in school history with 1,000 rebounds and has moved into second on the school's career rebounding chart (1,013). He is also now ninth in points (1,882) and 5th in blocks (184).
• Purdue is at least 14-2 through 16 games for the third straight season. Last year's team was 15-1, while the 2021-22 team was 14-2 through 16 games.
• In years that Purdue won the Big Ten regular-season championship under Matt Painter, the Boilermakers started 2-3 (2010), 3-2 (2017), 3-2 (2019) and 4-1 (2023) through five games. This year's team is 3-2 through five games.
• In Purdue's two losses, opponents have shot 24-of-43 (.558) from long distance while having just 12 turnovers. Entering the game, the two teams were shooting 32.0 percent (Northwestern) and 34.1 percent (Nebraska) from deep.
• Purdue's 13, 3-pointers against Nebraska were its most in a loss since making 14 against Virginia in the epic 2019 Elite Eight contest. The Boilermakers had won 32 straight games when making 10 or more 3-pointers.
• The Boilermakers are now 72-9 all-time when making 12 or more 3-pointers in a game.
• When you add a positive rebound margin to it (Purdue was +5 vs. Nebraska), Purdue is now 59-2 all-time when making at least 12, 3-pointers in a game and outrebounding its opponent. The only other loss was at Minnesota on March 5, 2019.
• This year across college basketball, teams are 238-6 (.975) when making at least 13, 3-pointers in a game and outrebounding a team by five rebounds or more.
• In the last three Big Ten games (Maryland, Illinois and Nebraska), Purdue has shot just 50 free throws, an average of 16.7 free throw attempts per game. In the previous 13 games, Purdue shot 330 free throws, an average of 25.4 free throw attempts per game.
• Through 16 games, Purdue is shooting 39.4 percent from 3-point range, currently the fifth-best percentage in school history, and 12th nationally. Last year through 16 games, Purdue was shooting just 32.2 percent from long range.
• This year's senior class (Edey, Morton, Gillis) have been court-stormed in every road loss but one (Michigan State - 2022) over the last three seasons (2021 didn't count - CoVid attendance), coming in nine of the 10 setbacks. All of the losses have occurred with Purdue ranked inside the top 10.
• Purdue currently has four players averaging at least 11.0 points per game. The last time Purdue had four players average at least 11.0 points per game was during the 2017-18 season (Carsen Edwards, Isaac Haas, Vince Edwards, Dakota Mathias). It has happened only five times previously in school history (2017-18, 1997-98, 1987-88, 1986-87, 1977-78).
• Among players that have made at least 20, 3-pointers this year, Mason Gillis' 52.5 percentage ranks 11th nationally and fifth among high--major players.
• Braden Smith's eight games of at least 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists are the second-most nationally and most in the Big Ten by four games. Smith has dished out at least five assists in 14 of the 16 games, leading the country in five-assist games (14).
• In three of Zach Edey's last four games, he has shot under five free throws. In the first 12 games of the year, he never shot fewer than eight free throws.
• Since the start of last year, Purdue is 13-0 when Zach Edey attempts single-digit field goal attempts. Purdue is 30-8 when he has 10 or more field goal attempts.