GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[4 / 4] Purdue (17-1, 7-0) vs. UCLA (12-6, 4-3)
Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | 10 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. PT
Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion (12,829)
TELEVISION: NBCSN, Peacock (Brandon Gaudin, Nick Bahe, Kylen Mills)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE SCENE SETTER
• Purdue wraps up its West Coast swing on Tuesday night when it visits Pauley Pavilion for the first time in 26 years, facing UCLA on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The Boilermakers are looking for a West Coast sweep after toppling USC 69-64 on Saturday. The contest will be the third in a five-game stretch against Quad-1 opponents (Iowa, USC, UCLA, Illinois, Indiana).
• The Boilermakers will return home on Saturday to face No. 11 Illinois in Mackey Arena as part of their Hammer Down Cancer Game.
THE MATCHUP
• Purdue and UCLA will meet for the 15th time in series history, with the Bruins owning a 10-4 series advantage.
• It will mark Purdue's first appearance in Pauley Pavilion in over 25 years, the last contest being Dec. 30, 1999 -- a 55-53 UCLA victory.
• UCLA's 71.4 winning percentage against Purdue is the second-highest win percentage against the Boilermakers with a minimum of 10 meetings, just behind North Carolina (.727).
• Purdue defeated UCLA a year ago in Mackey Arena, the Boilermakers' first win against UCLA since the 1959-60 season.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 29 points and Braden Smith had 23 points, eight assists and four steals in last year's victory.
• UCLA's Mick Cronin (515) and Purdue's Matt Painter (513) have the most wins for any active coaches aged 55 or younger.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Purdue is coming off a 69-64 victory over USC on Saturday, rallying from 14 points down in the first half and then outscoring the Trojans 12-4 over the final three minutes to earn the victory.
• Purdue is 7-0 in Big Ten play for the first time since the 2017-18 season (12-0) and for just the third time in the last 80 years (2025-26, 2017-18, 1989-90).
• A win over UCLA would give Purdue a 10-game winning streak for the eighth time in 21 seasons under Matt Painter.
• Purdue is in the midst of a gauntlet of playing six games in an eight-game stretch away from Mackey Arena (road games vs. USC, UCLA, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Iowa). This marks the third game of a five-game stretch against a Quad-1 opponent (Iowa, USC, UCLA, Illinois, Indiana). The two home games in that stretch are against No. 13 Illinois and Oregon.
• Purdue has played just one game decided by five or fewer points and that came Saturday vs. USC. Purdue had been the only team nationally to not have a game decided by six points.
• Purdue has a nation's-best 15 wins in the first three quads (tied with Michigan), having played only two quad-4 games. Purdue's six quad-1 wins are the third most nationally behind Duke (8) and Arizona (7). Those are the only three teams with six quad-1 victories.
• Over the last 10 seasons, Purdue is 54-37 (.593) in Big Ten Conference road games, the best mark in the league by six games (Michigan State; 48-43).
• Over the last three seasons, Purdue is 52-15 (.776) in Big Ten play, the league's best record by 7.5 games (Michigan State, 44-22).
• Purdue ranks in the top 25 nationally in offensive efficiency (1st), assist / turnover ratio (1st), assists per game (2nd), field goal percentage (10th), 3-point percentage (12th), scoring margin (16th), turnovers per game (20th) and rebound margin (22nd).
• Individually, Braden Smith is first in assists, while Oscar Cluff leads the country in field goal percentage. Cluff and Trey Kaufman-Renn are 16th and 23rd in offensive rebounds.
• Braden Smith surpassed 600 rebounds vs. USC, making him the second player in NCAA history with 1,600 points, 900 assists and 600 rebounds (Ohio's D.J. Cooper).