GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 01
[14] Purdue (0-0) vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (0-0)
6 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Indiana
Mackey Arena (14,876 - SOLD OUT)
TELEVISION: Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Season 127 of Purdue Basketball tips off Monday night, when the No. 14-ranked Boilermakers welcome Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to Mackey Arena for the season opener for both teams. It will mark the earliest start date in school history and fans are encouraged to arrive early as last year's Final Four banner will be raised into the rafters prior to tip.
• Purdue is coming off its largest exhibition-game victory in school history in a 99-41 decision over NCAA Division II member Grand Valley State.
• Freshmen guards Gicarri Harris and C.J. Cox combined for 27 points, five rebounds and five assists in the victory. In two exhibition games, the duo had zero turnovers in just over 65 combined minutes. As a team, Purdue had just 14 combined turnovers in the two games.
• Braden Smith (38 pts, 12 rebs, 9 asts), Trey Kaufman-Renn (37 pts, 18 rebs, 4 asts) and Fletcher Loyer (32 points, 2 rebs, 8 asts) combined to shoot 39-of-74 (.527) from the field in the two exhibition games, scoring a combined 107 points and accounting for over 57 percent of Purdue's scoring in the two games.
• Purdue has won 21 straight games in the month of November, the last loss coming Nov. 26, 2020, against Clemson in the Space Coast Challenge, good for the second-longest streak nationally. Purdue is 93-23 (.802) under Matt Painter during the month of November.
• The Boilermakers haven't lost a non-conference regular-season game since Dec. 8, 2020, at Miami, Florida -- a span of 1,428 days and 35 games. The 35-game streak is the ninth-longest streak over the last 60 years and a win over the Islanders will move Purdue into a tie for sixth with three other legendary programs (UCLA -- 1968 to 1971; Duke -- 1991 to 1994; Cincinnati -- 1960 to 1963).
• Purdue has won 26 straight non-conference games in Mackey Arena, its last setback coming Nov. 9, 2019 vs. Texas. The streak is the third-longest in Mackey Arena history and with a win over the Islanders, will tie the record set twice (Dec. 2008 to Dec. 2011; Dec. 1991 to Nov. 1996).
• Purdue has won 17 straight home games, the seventh-longest home winning streak in school history. A win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will be No. 18, which would tie for the fifth-longest streak in Mackey Arena history. Purdue is 46-3 at home since the start of the 2021-22 season.
• Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Purdue is 112-6 against unranked teams at Mackey Arena, and is 51-1 in their last 52 games (Rutgers; Jan. 2, 2023). Since the 2015-16 season, Purdue is 56-2 against non-conference teams (Villanova, Texas).
• The Boilermakers' 17-game home winning streak is the sixth-longest streak nationally (Houston, Drake, UConn, Samford, Iowa State).
• The Boilermakers open the 2024-25 campaign ranked No. 14 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll released Oct. 14.
• Purdue has been ranked in 39 straight AP Top 25 polls, the sixth-longest active streak in the country and the third longest in school history.
• Purdue is looking to become the first team to win three straight outright Big Ten titles since the Boilermakers did it in 1994-96. Ohio State also accomplished the feat in 1960-62 as the only programs to record an outright "threepeat".
• Purdue's 110 wins over the last four seasons are the third-most nationally behind Houston (125) and Gonzaga (117). The Boilermakers' 110 wins during that span are the most for a four-year span in Purdue history. The record for most wins in a five-year stretch is 130 (2015-19).
• Purdue, Duke, Gonzaga and Houston are the only programs in America to have made at least a Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four in the last five NCAA Tournaments. Purdue reached the Sweet 16 in 2022, the Elite 8 in 2019 and the Final Four in 2024.
• Matt Painter ranks fourth on the Big Ten's list for career wins with 447, trailing only Tom Izzo (707), Bob Knight (662) and Gene Keady (512) in Big Ten history. On the Big Ten games-only chart, Painter is fifth (226 wins), needing two wins to tie Hall of Famer, Ward "Piggy" Lambert of Purdue with 228 victories.
[14] Purdue (0-0) vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (0-0)
6 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Indiana
Mackey Arena (14,876 - SOLD OUT)
TELEVISION: Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Season 127 of Purdue Basketball tips off Monday night, when the No. 14-ranked Boilermakers welcome Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to Mackey Arena for the season opener for both teams. It will mark the earliest start date in school history and fans are encouraged to arrive early as last year's Final Four banner will be raised into the rafters prior to tip.
• Purdue is coming off its largest exhibition-game victory in school history in a 99-41 decision over NCAA Division II member Grand Valley State.
• Freshmen guards Gicarri Harris and C.J. Cox combined for 27 points, five rebounds and five assists in the victory. In two exhibition games, the duo had zero turnovers in just over 65 combined minutes. As a team, Purdue had just 14 combined turnovers in the two games.
• Braden Smith (38 pts, 12 rebs, 9 asts), Trey Kaufman-Renn (37 pts, 18 rebs, 4 asts) and Fletcher Loyer (32 points, 2 rebs, 8 asts) combined to shoot 39-of-74 (.527) from the field in the two exhibition games, scoring a combined 107 points and accounting for over 57 percent of Purdue's scoring in the two games.
• Purdue has won 21 straight games in the month of November, the last loss coming Nov. 26, 2020, against Clemson in the Space Coast Challenge, good for the second-longest streak nationally. Purdue is 93-23 (.802) under Matt Painter during the month of November.
• The Boilermakers haven't lost a non-conference regular-season game since Dec. 8, 2020, at Miami, Florida -- a span of 1,428 days and 35 games. The 35-game streak is the ninth-longest streak over the last 60 years and a win over the Islanders will move Purdue into a tie for sixth with three other legendary programs (UCLA -- 1968 to 1971; Duke -- 1991 to 1994; Cincinnati -- 1960 to 1963).
• Purdue has won 26 straight non-conference games in Mackey Arena, its last setback coming Nov. 9, 2019 vs. Texas. The streak is the third-longest in Mackey Arena history and with a win over the Islanders, will tie the record set twice (Dec. 2008 to Dec. 2011; Dec. 1991 to Nov. 1996).
• Purdue has won 17 straight home games, the seventh-longest home winning streak in school history. A win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will be No. 18, which would tie for the fifth-longest streak in Mackey Arena history. Purdue is 46-3 at home since the start of the 2021-22 season.
• Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Purdue is 112-6 against unranked teams at Mackey Arena, and is 51-1 in their last 52 games (Rutgers; Jan. 2, 2023). Since the 2015-16 season, Purdue is 56-2 against non-conference teams (Villanova, Texas).
• The Boilermakers' 17-game home winning streak is the sixth-longest streak nationally (Houston, Drake, UConn, Samford, Iowa State).
• The Boilermakers open the 2024-25 campaign ranked No. 14 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll released Oct. 14.
• Purdue has been ranked in 39 straight AP Top 25 polls, the sixth-longest active streak in the country and the third longest in school history.
• Purdue is looking to become the first team to win three straight outright Big Ten titles since the Boilermakers did it in 1994-96. Ohio State also accomplished the feat in 1960-62 as the only programs to record an outright "threepeat".
• Purdue's 110 wins over the last four seasons are the third-most nationally behind Houston (125) and Gonzaga (117). The Boilermakers' 110 wins during that span are the most for a four-year span in Purdue history. The record for most wins in a five-year stretch is 130 (2015-19).
• Purdue, Duke, Gonzaga and Houston are the only programs in America to have made at least a Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four in the last five NCAA Tournaments. Purdue reached the Sweet 16 in 2022, the Elite 8 in 2019 and the Final Four in 2024.
• Matt Painter ranks fourth on the Big Ten's list for career wins with 447, trailing only Tom Izzo (707), Bob Knight (662) and Gene Keady (512) in Big Ten history. On the Big Ten games-only chart, Painter is fifth (226 wins), needing two wins to tie Hall of Famer, Ward "Piggy" Lambert of Purdue with 228 victories.