GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 21
[11] Purdue (15-5, 7-2) vs. [21] Michigan (14-4, 6-1)
Friday, January 24, 2025
8 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Ind.
Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: FOX (Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Coming off its first setback in a month, the No. 11-ranked Purdue men's basketball team closes out a busy stretch by welcoming No. 21 Michigan to Mackey Arena for a Friday night showdown. It marks the second ranked opponent of the season to visit Mackey Arena and the second nationally-ranked opponent the Boilermakers will face in the last seven days (Oregon on Jan. 18).
• Friday is Purdue's annual Hammer Down Cancer game, with the team wearing special warmup shirts and jerseys that will be auctioned off. Over the last three years, the game has raised almost $200,000 in funds for the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research.
• Purdue will be playing its sixth game in 16 days when the Wolverines visit Mackey Arena, with games spanning both coasts (Rutgers on Jan. 9; Washington and Oregon on Jan. 15 and 18). The contest will be the midway point of the Big Ten season with five games having been played on the road (4-1) and five at home (3-1).
• Friday's game marks the 500th Big Ten Conference game played in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers are 388-111 (.778) against Big Ten teams at Mackey Arena. Matt Painter has accounted for a 142-36 (.798) record against Big Ten teams in Mackey Arena.
• Purdue owns a 9-5 combined record in quad-one and quad-two games, while posting a 6-0 record in quads 3 and 4. Purdue's nine wins in the first two quadrants rank as the fifth most nationally behind Alabama, Auburn, Texas A&M and Memphis.
• Purdue's strength of schedule ranks third nationally (behind Alabama and Auburn), one year after ranking second nationally (behind Alabama).
• 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), No. 9 (Illinois), No. 12 (Illinois), No. 13 (Oregon, Illinois), No. 16 (Ohio State), No. 17 (Illinois), No. 18 (North Carolina, Gonzaga) and No. 20 (Utah State). Only three of the 18 wins listed above have come in Mackey Arena.
• Since the turn of the calendar to January, Purdue ranks No. 6 nationally in efficiency behind Houston, Duke, Auburn, Illinois and Iowa State via BartTorvik.com. The Boilermakers are 14th in offensive efficiency and 13th in defensive efficiency in that span. Through December 31, Purdue ranked 29th overall in efficiency while placing 15th in offensive efficiency and 77th in defensive efficiency.
• Since the 2015-16 season (10 years), Purdue owns a 132-50 (.725) record in Big Ten regular-season play. The 72.5 winning percentage is the best by a Big Ten program over a 10-season span since Indiana went 132-48 (.733) from 1975 to 1984.
• Braden Smith (5th) and Trey Kaufman-Renn (7th) are the only teammates nationally to rank in the top 10 for the KenPom National Player of the Year race. Since the 2016-17 season, Purdue has had eight players ranked in the KenPom top 10 (including this year).
• Braden Smith is the only player in America with 275 points, 150 assists and 75 rebounds. Smith is on pace to become the first player since Loyola Marymount's Terrell Lowery (1990-91) to average 15.0 points, 9.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and shoot over 40.0 percent from 3-point range.
• Braden Smith leads the Big Ten in both assists (8.9) and steals per game (2.3). Mike Conley Jr. (OSU; 2007) is the only Big Ten player to do that.
• The backcourt tandem of Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith have started all 94 games together (100th game will come against Wisconsin on Feb. 15), posting a record of 78-16 as starters. The duo has combined to score 2,168 career points with 813 assists and 651 rebounds. They have combined for 301 made 3-pointers.
• Braden Smith needs just 34 rebounds to become the second player ever with 1,000 points, 600 assists and 500 rebounds in his first three years.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn is the only player nationally to average 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and shoot at least 58 percent from the field. In Big Ten history, only Chris Webber, Evan Eschmeyer, and Trayce Jackson-Davis have done that.
[11] Purdue (15-5, 7-2) vs. [21] Michigan (14-4, 6-1)
Friday, January 24, 2025
8 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Ind.
Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: FOX (Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Coming off its first setback in a month, the No. 11-ranked Purdue men's basketball team closes out a busy stretch by welcoming No. 21 Michigan to Mackey Arena for a Friday night showdown. It marks the second ranked opponent of the season to visit Mackey Arena and the second nationally-ranked opponent the Boilermakers will face in the last seven days (Oregon on Jan. 18).
• Friday is Purdue's annual Hammer Down Cancer game, with the team wearing special warmup shirts and jerseys that will be auctioned off. Over the last three years, the game has raised almost $200,000 in funds for the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research.
• Purdue will be playing its sixth game in 16 days when the Wolverines visit Mackey Arena, with games spanning both coasts (Rutgers on Jan. 9; Washington and Oregon on Jan. 15 and 18). The contest will be the midway point of the Big Ten season with five games having been played on the road (4-1) and five at home (3-1).
• Friday's game marks the 500th Big Ten Conference game played in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers are 388-111 (.778) against Big Ten teams at Mackey Arena. Matt Painter has accounted for a 142-36 (.798) record against Big Ten teams in Mackey Arena.
• Purdue owns a 9-5 combined record in quad-one and quad-two games, while posting a 6-0 record in quads 3 and 4. Purdue's nine wins in the first two quadrants rank as the fifth most nationally behind Alabama, Auburn, Texas A&M and Memphis.
• Purdue's strength of schedule ranks third nationally (behind Alabama and Auburn), one year after ranking second nationally (behind Alabama).
• 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), No. 9 (Illinois), No. 12 (Illinois), No. 13 (Oregon, Illinois), No. 16 (Ohio State), No. 17 (Illinois), No. 18 (North Carolina, Gonzaga) and No. 20 (Utah State). Only three of the 18 wins listed above have come in Mackey Arena.
• Since the turn of the calendar to January, Purdue ranks No. 6 nationally in efficiency behind Houston, Duke, Auburn, Illinois and Iowa State via BartTorvik.com. The Boilermakers are 14th in offensive efficiency and 13th in defensive efficiency in that span. Through December 31, Purdue ranked 29th overall in efficiency while placing 15th in offensive efficiency and 77th in defensive efficiency.
• Since the 2015-16 season (10 years), Purdue owns a 132-50 (.725) record in Big Ten regular-season play. The 72.5 winning percentage is the best by a Big Ten program over a 10-season span since Indiana went 132-48 (.733) from 1975 to 1984.
• Braden Smith (5th) and Trey Kaufman-Renn (7th) are the only teammates nationally to rank in the top 10 for the KenPom National Player of the Year race. Since the 2016-17 season, Purdue has had eight players ranked in the KenPom top 10 (including this year).
• Braden Smith is the only player in America with 275 points, 150 assists and 75 rebounds. Smith is on pace to become the first player since Loyola Marymount's Terrell Lowery (1990-91) to average 15.0 points, 9.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and shoot over 40.0 percent from 3-point range.
• Braden Smith leads the Big Ten in both assists (8.9) and steals per game (2.3). Mike Conley Jr. (OSU; 2007) is the only Big Ten player to do that.
• The backcourt tandem of Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith have started all 94 games together (100th game will come against Wisconsin on Feb. 15), posting a record of 78-16 as starters. The duo has combined to score 2,168 career points with 813 assists and 651 rebounds. They have combined for 301 made 3-pointers.
• Braden Smith needs just 34 rebounds to become the second player ever with 1,000 points, 600 assists and 500 rebounds in his first three years.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn is the only player nationally to average 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and shoot at least 58 percent from the field. In Big Ten history, only Chris Webber, Evan Eschmeyer, and Trayce Jackson-Davis have done that.