GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 13
[21] Purdue (8-4) vs. Toledo (6-5)
Sunday, December 29, 2024
6 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Indiana
Mackey Arena (14,876 - SOLD OUT)
TELEVISION: BTN (Jeff Levering, Bruce Weber)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• For the first time in 21 days, the Purdue men's basketball team will play a game in Mackey Arena when it hosts MAC power Toledo at 6 p.m. ET, on Sunday. It marks the final non-conference game for the Boilermakers who are looking to snap a two-game losing skid, albeit to teams ranked in the top 20. The Boilermakers are undefeated at home, having won 23 straight games dating to the 2022-23 season.
• Purdue has won 23 straight home games, the seventh-longest homecourt winning streak in the country, and third longest in Mackey Arena history. The Boilermakers have won 31 straight home games against non-conference opponents, the longest streak in school history.
• The contest marks just the fifth game in the month of December for Purdue, the fewest in the month of December of the Matt Painter era and the fewest since the 1952-53 season.
• The 21-day span between home games mark the longest in-season "home" break of the Matt Painter era (previously: 20 days in the 2019-20 season) and the longest since the 1998-99 season (32 days; Dec. 12 to Jan. 13).
• Purdue owns the sixth-hardest schedule in the country (KenPom) and the second-most difficult among high-major programs (North Carolina). Toledo marks the first opponent outside the top 32 in the NCAA NET ratings in over a month (North Carolina State on Nov. 28).
• In eight wins, Purdue averages 10.1 turnovers per game, while forcing 10.5. In the four losses, it averages 16.8 turnovers, while forcing 12.2.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Purdue is 40-3 (.930) in regular-season, non-conference play. Kansas (44-6) and Houston (44-6) own the next best non-conference, regular-season records (.880). Among Big Ten teams, Wisconsin is next at 35-7 (.833).
• Purdue has won 25 straight games when holding its opponent under 70 points. The last loss came to Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
• In the last four years, Purdue has defeated teams ranked No. 1 (Arizona), No. 2 (Alabama), No. 4 (Marquette), No. 5 (Villanova), No. 6 (Wisconsin, Tennessee, Gonzaga), No. 7 (Tennessee), No. 8 (Duke) and No. 9 (Illinois). All but Alabama and Illinois came away from Mackey Arena.
• Purdue is now 100-23 since the start of the 2021-22 season, recording the third-most wins in the country (Houston – 105; Connecticut - 101) during that span. The senior class of Caleb Furst (only senior) became the seventh class in school history with 100 career victories.
• Purdue is being outscored in second-chance points (133 to 145) and points off turnovers (152 to 170) by a combined 30 points (285 to 315). A year ago, Purdue outscored its opponents in those categories by a combined 64 points (927 to 863).
• The starting backcourt of Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer are 71-15 since their arrival at Purdue, starting every game of their tenure. The duo has combined for 1,909 points, 596 rebounds and 728 assists during their careers, shooting 265-of-666 from deep (.398).
• Braden Smith needs 37 points to be the first Big Ten player to have 1,000 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds by the end of his junior year.
• Braden Smith is the only player in America to have at least 150 points, 100 assists and 50 rebounds. He is on pace to become the first player nationally since 2015-16 (and second Big Ten player ever -- Magic Johnson) to average 12 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals in a season.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn is the only player in America to average 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and shoot at least 57 percent from the field. He has scored in double-figures in all 12 games this season and ranks seventh in the Big Ten in scoring.
• Matt Painter needs one Big Ten win to tie Ward "Piggy" Lambert (228) for fourth place on the Big Ten's wins list for conference games.
• Purdue, Duke, Gonzaga and Houston are the only programs in America to have made at least a Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four during their last five NCAA Tournament appearances. Purdue reached the Sweet 16 in 2022, the Elite 8 in 2019 and the Final Four in 2024.
[21] Purdue (8-4) vs. Toledo (6-5)
Sunday, December 29, 2024
6 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Indiana
Mackey Arena (14,876 - SOLD OUT)
TELEVISION: BTN (Jeff Levering, Bruce Weber)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• For the first time in 21 days, the Purdue men's basketball team will play a game in Mackey Arena when it hosts MAC power Toledo at 6 p.m. ET, on Sunday. It marks the final non-conference game for the Boilermakers who are looking to snap a two-game losing skid, albeit to teams ranked in the top 20. The Boilermakers are undefeated at home, having won 23 straight games dating to the 2022-23 season.
• Purdue has won 23 straight home games, the seventh-longest homecourt winning streak in the country, and third longest in Mackey Arena history. The Boilermakers have won 31 straight home games against non-conference opponents, the longest streak in school history.
• The contest marks just the fifth game in the month of December for Purdue, the fewest in the month of December of the Matt Painter era and the fewest since the 1952-53 season.
• The 21-day span between home games mark the longest in-season "home" break of the Matt Painter era (previously: 20 days in the 2019-20 season) and the longest since the 1998-99 season (32 days; Dec. 12 to Jan. 13).
• Purdue owns the sixth-hardest schedule in the country (KenPom) and the second-most difficult among high-major programs (North Carolina). Toledo marks the first opponent outside the top 32 in the NCAA NET ratings in over a month (North Carolina State on Nov. 28).
• In eight wins, Purdue averages 10.1 turnovers per game, while forcing 10.5. In the four losses, it averages 16.8 turnovers, while forcing 12.2.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Purdue is 40-3 (.930) in regular-season, non-conference play. Kansas (44-6) and Houston (44-6) own the next best non-conference, regular-season records (.880). Among Big Ten teams, Wisconsin is next at 35-7 (.833).
• Purdue has won 25 straight games when holding its opponent under 70 points. The last loss came to Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
• In the last four years, Purdue has defeated teams ranked No. 1 (Arizona), No. 2 (Alabama), No. 4 (Marquette), No. 5 (Villanova), No. 6 (Wisconsin, Tennessee, Gonzaga), No. 7 (Tennessee), No. 8 (Duke) and No. 9 (Illinois). All but Alabama and Illinois came away from Mackey Arena.
• Purdue is now 100-23 since the start of the 2021-22 season, recording the third-most wins in the country (Houston – 105; Connecticut - 101) during that span. The senior class of Caleb Furst (only senior) became the seventh class in school history with 100 career victories.
• Purdue is being outscored in second-chance points (133 to 145) and points off turnovers (152 to 170) by a combined 30 points (285 to 315). A year ago, Purdue outscored its opponents in those categories by a combined 64 points (927 to 863).
• The starting backcourt of Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer are 71-15 since their arrival at Purdue, starting every game of their tenure. The duo has combined for 1,909 points, 596 rebounds and 728 assists during their careers, shooting 265-of-666 from deep (.398).
• Braden Smith needs 37 points to be the first Big Ten player to have 1,000 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds by the end of his junior year.
• Braden Smith is the only player in America to have at least 150 points, 100 assists and 50 rebounds. He is on pace to become the first player nationally since 2015-16 (and second Big Ten player ever -- Magic Johnson) to average 12 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals in a season.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn is the only player in America to average 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and shoot at least 57 percent from the field. He has scored in double-figures in all 12 games this season and ranks seventh in the Big Ten in scoring.
• Matt Painter needs one Big Ten win to tie Ward "Piggy" Lambert (228) for fourth place on the Big Ten's wins list for conference games.
• Purdue, Duke, Gonzaga and Houston are the only programs in America to have made at least a Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four during their last five NCAA Tournament appearances. Purdue reached the Sweet 16 in 2022, the Elite 8 in 2019 and the Final Four in 2024.