#13 Purdue Heads to #14 Michigan State for Key Big Ten Battle#13 Purdue Heads to #14 Michigan State for Key Big Ten Battle

#13 Purdue Heads to #14 Michigan State for Key Big Ten Battle

 No. 13 Purdue looks to snap a two-game losing skid, but it won't be easy as it heads to No. 14-ranked Michigan State for a key Big Ten contest late in the season.

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GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 27
[13] Purdue (19-7, 11-4) vs. [14] Michigan State (20-5, 11-3)

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 7 p.m. ET
East Lansing, Michigan | Breslin Center (14,797)
TELEVISION: Peacock (Noah Eagle, Robbie Hummel, Caroline Pineda
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)

ABOUT GAMEDAY
• The No. 13 Purdue men's basketball team looks to snap a two-game losing skid, but it won't be easy as it heads to No. 14-ranked Michigan State for a key Big Ten contest late in the season. The two teams are looking up at Michigan (11-2 Big Ten) in the Big Ten race and a win will move the victor into second place in the chase for the regular-season championship. With just five games remaining for the Boilermakers, a win will help in the race for their third straight Big Ten title and put the Boilermakers in strong shape for one of four double-byes in the Big Ten Tournament.

THE NOTES TO KNOW
• NCAA NET: 13th
• Quad-1: 6-6 | Quad 2: 8-1 | Quad 3: 1-0 | Quad 4: 4-0
• KenPom: 10th | Off. Efficiency: 7th | Def. Efficiency: 39th
• Associated Press: 13th
• USA Today Coaches Poll: 14th
• Strength of Schedule (KenPom): 5th

QUAD SUCCESS: Purdue's 14 quad-1 and quad-2 wins combined are the third-most nationally (Auburn - 17; Alabama - 15). Purdue's eight quad-2 wins are tied for the most nationally with New Mexico. 

WE SHALL CALL IT A DOZEN: Purdue is looking for Big Ten win No. 12 on the season for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons. No other Big Ten program currently has more than six 12-win seasons.
• Purdue is looking for its 20th win of the season for the 15th time under Matt Painter. Painter has won at least 20 games 15 previous times in his 21 years as a collegiate head coach.

THE CALENDAR YEAR: Since the turn of the calendar to 2025, Purdue ranks 4th in efficiency (behind Houston, Auburn, Duke) via BartTorvik.com. Purdue is fourth in offensive efficiency (128.0) and 16th in defensive efficiency (94.5). 

WINNING vs. THE TOP 25: 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), No. 21 (Michigan), No. 23 (Ole Miss), No. 24 (Ohio State) and No. 25 (Texas). 

ANOTHER RANKED BATTLE: Purdue will play its third straight game against a nationally-ranked team on Tuesday night vs. Michigan State. It will mark the 10th game this season against a ranked team. Since the start of last season, Purdue is 14-6 against nationally-ranked teams.
• The school record for most games against ranked teams is 12, set during the 2011-12 and 2018-19 seasons.

ON THE LEADER BOARD: Purdue's offense has clicked in Big Ten play, shooting at least 50.0 percent from the field in 10 of 15 contests. Purdue leads the Big Ten in field goal percentage, steals per game and opponent turnovers per game, while ranking third in scoring offense and second in scoring defense. 

KENPOM LEADERS: 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). The duo ranks 1-2 in KenPom's Big Ten player rankings.

WINNING AT 80: Despite Saturday's loss, Purdue is 105-4 since the 2017-18 season when scoring at least 80 points (Northwestern, 12-1-23; Notre Dame, 12-15-18; Virginia Tech, 11-18-18). 
• Purdue has won 83 of its last 85 games when scoring 80 points.

TWO ALL-AMERICANS: Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn have legit shots to become All-Americans this season, becoming the first Purdue duo to be named All-American in the same season since JaJuan Johnson (consensus 1st team) and E'Twaun Moore (3rd NABC) in 2011. Purdue has never had a pair of unanimous All-Americans (all voting services) in the same season.