GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 24
[7] Purdue (18-5, 10-2) vs. USC (13-9, 5-6)
Friday, February 7, 2025 | 7 p.m. ET
West Lafayette, Ind. | Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: FS1 (Cory Provus, Nick Bahe)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• With exactly one month left in the regular season, the No. 7 Purdue basketball team begins the stretch run atop the Big Ten standings and a month full of challenges awaiting it, beginning Friday night when USC visits Mackey Arena for the first time ever. With eight games remaining, the Boilermakers will face nothing but quad-1 and quad-2 opportunities moving forward, with six of them being quad-1.
• With 31 combined seasons under their belts, this will mark the first time that Purdue head coach Matt Painter and USC head coach Eric Musselman have "officially" faced each other. However, the Boilermakers traveled to Arkansas last October for a charity game to benefit the United Way of Arkansas. The Razorbacks defeated Purdue 81-77 in overtime.
• Since the turn of the calendar to January, Purdue ranks No. 4 nationally in efficiency (.9742) behind Houston, Auburn and Duke via BartTorvik.com. The Boilermakers are eighth in offensive efficiency (126.2) and 13th in defensive efficiency (92.0) in that span. Through December 31, Purdue ranked 29th overall in efficiency while placing 15th in offensive efficiency and 77th in defensive efficiency.
• Through Wednesday's games, Purdue's seven quad-one victories are tied for the third most in the country (Auburn - 12; Oregon - 8), while the 13 quad-one and two victories combined are tied for the second most in the country (Auburn - 15; Alabama - 13).
• Purdue owns an 11-1 record in games played in Mackey Arena, winning by an average of 16.5 points per game while shooting 52.5 percent from the field. In Big Ten play, the scoring margin is 14.7 points per game, while shooting 53.2 percent from the field. Purdue has only lost two or more home games in a season once in the last 10 years (2019-20).
• In the last four seasons, 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), No. 20 (Utah State) and No. 21 (Michigan).
• Over the last 10 games, Purdue has averaged just 9.2 turnovers per game while forcing 15.8 (+6.60 margin). The Boilermakers have outscored their opponents 209-96 (11.3 points per game) in points off turnovers during that span, including 106-45 in the last four games. Since January 1, Purdue's defensive turnover rate is 23.7 percent (5th nationally). Through December, the rate was 16.8 percent (228th).
• Since the 2015-16 season (10 years), Purdue owns a 135-50 (.730) record in Big Ten regular-season play. The 73.0 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 (3rd) and Trey Kaufman-Renn (6th) are the only teammates nationally to rank in the top 10 for the KenPom National Player of the Year race. In the KenPom POY race, only three times have teammates finished in the top six (2022 Gonzaga - Drew Timme, Chet Holmgren; 2020 Kansas - Devon Dotson, Udoka Azubuike; 2018 Villanova - Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges).
• This season, 115 players have scored 375+ points, 680 players have 105+ rebounds and 16 players have 140+ assists. Braden Smith is the only player to reach all three marks. Smith is on pace to become the first player since California's Jason Kidd (1993-94) to average 16.0 points, 8.0 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game. The only other players to do so in NCAA history are Kidd, Terrell Lowery (Loyola Marymount; 1990-91) and Gary Payton (Oregon State; 1989-90).
• Braden Smith leads the Big Ten in assists (8.6) and steals per game (2.6). Mike Conley Jr. (OSU; 2007) is the only Big Ten player to do that.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn is the only player nationally to average 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and shoot at least 60 percent from the field. This century, only three other players have done that (2023 - Drew Timme; 2004 - Adam Mark; 2001 - Michael Bradley).
[7] Purdue (18-5, 10-2) vs. USC (13-9, 5-6)
Friday, February 7, 2025 | 7 p.m. ET
West Lafayette, Ind. | Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: FS1 (Cory Provus, Nick Bahe)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• With exactly one month left in the regular season, the No. 7 Purdue basketball team begins the stretch run atop the Big Ten standings and a month full of challenges awaiting it, beginning Friday night when USC visits Mackey Arena for the first time ever. With eight games remaining, the Boilermakers will face nothing but quad-1 and quad-2 opportunities moving forward, with six of them being quad-1.
• With 31 combined seasons under their belts, this will mark the first time that Purdue head coach Matt Painter and USC head coach Eric Musselman have "officially" faced each other. However, the Boilermakers traveled to Arkansas last October for a charity game to benefit the United Way of Arkansas. The Razorbacks defeated Purdue 81-77 in overtime.
• Since the turn of the calendar to January, Purdue ranks No. 4 nationally in efficiency (.9742) behind Houston, Auburn and Duke via BartTorvik.com. The Boilermakers are eighth in offensive efficiency (126.2) and 13th in defensive efficiency (92.0) in that span. Through December 31, Purdue ranked 29th overall in efficiency while placing 15th in offensive efficiency and 77th in defensive efficiency.
• Through Wednesday's games, Purdue's seven quad-one victories are tied for the third most in the country (Auburn - 12; Oregon - 8), while the 13 quad-one and two victories combined are tied for the second most in the country (Auburn - 15; Alabama - 13).
• Purdue owns an 11-1 record in games played in Mackey Arena, winning by an average of 16.5 points per game while shooting 52.5 percent from the field. In Big Ten play, the scoring margin is 14.7 points per game, while shooting 53.2 percent from the field. Purdue has only lost two or more home games in a season once in the last 10 years (2019-20).
• In the last four seasons, 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), No. 20 (Utah State) and No. 21 (Michigan).
• Over the last 10 games, Purdue has averaged just 9.2 turnovers per game while forcing 15.8 (+6.60 margin). The Boilermakers have outscored their opponents 209-96 (11.3 points per game) in points off turnovers during that span, including 106-45 in the last four games. Since January 1, Purdue's defensive turnover rate is 23.7 percent (5th nationally). Through December, the rate was 16.8 percent (228th).
• Since the 2015-16 season (10 years), Purdue owns a 135-50 (.730) record in Big Ten regular-season play. The 73.0 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 (3rd) and Trey Kaufman-Renn (6th) are the only teammates nationally to rank in the top 10 for the KenPom National Player of the Year race. In the KenPom POY race, only three times have teammates finished in the top six (2022 Gonzaga - Drew Timme, Chet Holmgren; 2020 Kansas - Devon Dotson, Udoka Azubuike; 2018 Villanova - Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges).
• This season, 115 players have scored 375+ points, 680 players have 105+ rebounds and 16 players have 140+ assists. Braden Smith is the only player to reach all three marks. Smith is on pace to become the first player since California's Jason Kidd (1993-94) to average 16.0 points, 8.0 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game. The only other players to do so in NCAA history are Kidd, Terrell Lowery (Loyola Marymount; 1990-91) and Gary Payton (Oregon State; 1989-90).
• Braden Smith leads the Big Ten in assists (8.6) and steals per game (2.6). Mike Conley Jr. (OSU; 2007) is the only Big Ten player to do that.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn is the only player nationally to average 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and shoot at least 60 percent from the field. This century, only three other players have done that (2023 - Drew Timme; 2004 - Adam Mark; 2001 - Michael Bradley).