GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[12 / 12] Purdue (17-4, 7-3) vs. [-- / --] Maryland (8-12, 1-8)
Sunday, February 1, 2026 | 1 p.m. ET
College Park, Md. | XFinity Center (17,950)
TELEVISION: CBS (Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Bruce Pearl)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE SCENE SETTER
• Purdue looks to get back on track on Sunday afternoon when it travels to Maryland for a CBS Showdown. The contest ends a brief two-game roadswing before Purdue returns home for one game next weekend, before hitting the road for two more games following that. The contest is the fifth game in an eight-game gauntlet that features six contests on the road. This will be the fourth road trip in the last five games.
• The Boilermakers will take six days off before returning home next Saturday to face Oregon in their second straight game on CBS.
THE MATCHUP
• Despite meeting for just the 17th time in series history, Purdue and Maryland have played one of the most-competitive series in the Big Ten Conference.
• Purdue leads the series by a 10-6 margin, including 10 wins in the last 14 meetings with the Terrapins.
• However, despite the series lead, Purdue is getting outscored by Maryland by a 10-point difference, 1,067 to 1,057 (Purdue - 66.1 PPG; Maryland - 66.7 PPG).
• In 12 of the 16 meetings, the game has been decided by single-digits, including six games by a single possession. From Christmas Day 2020 to Jan. 22, 2023, four games were decided by 3, 1, 1 and 3 points.
• All but one of Purdue's 10 wins have been decided by single digits. The one win that wasn't came in its last trip to College Park. Meanwhile, Maryland has five wins decided by at least seven points.
• A year ago, Purdue knocked off the Terrapins in Mackey Arena, 83-78. Braden Smith recorded his first career 20-point, 10-assist game (24 & 10).
• In four games vs. Maryland, Smith is averaging 16.0 PPG and 5.8 APG.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Purdue is aiming to avoid a fourth straight loss, and will attempt to do so at a place that hasn't been too kind. Purdue is just 3-5 all-time in the XFinity Center with its three wins coming by a total of 20 points (1, 5 and 14 points).
• Purdue has lost its three games by a total of 13 points and held leads of six (1:45 to play vs. UCLA) and five (3:45 to play vs. Maryland) points in two of the three losses, before falling late.
• Despite three straight losses, Purdue's six quad-1 wins (through Thursday) are still tied for the third most nationally. Purdue has played a nation's-best 10 quad-1 games (tied with Arkansas). Purdue's 15 wins in the first three quads are the third most nationally (Michigan - 17; UConn - 16). The Boilermakers' schedule ranks fifth nationally.
• Of Purdue's remaining 10 games, seven of them are quad-1 contests.
• Purdue ranks in the top 25 nationally in assist / turnover ratio (2nd), offensive efficiency (2nd), assists per game (3rd), turnovers per game (10th), field goal percentage (12th) and 3-point percentage (20th).
• Purdue is averaging just 9.3 turnovers per game, which would mark the second-lowest average in school history. In Big Ten play, the average dips to 8.0 turnovers per game.
• One big change from last year has come at the free throw stripe. Purdue is 344th nationally in free throw rate (FTA / FGA). A year ago, Purdue was 130th nationally. Purdue is last in the Big Ten in free throw attempts per game, despite ranking fourth in 2PA / game.
• Purdue has been ranked in 71 straight AP Top 25 polls, the second-longest streak in the country behind Houston (118). Duke is third at 56 straight weeks.
• Matt Painter is currently one of four coaches nationally to average 25 wins per season over the last 10 seasons (since 2016-17). He is joined by Mark Few, Kelvin Sampson and Bill Self on the list.
• Braden Smith needs two assists to move into the top 10 on the NCAA career assists list. UNLV's Greg Anthony is 10th with 950 assists. Smith has 948 career assists.
• Braden Smith also needs 20 points to become the first player in Big Ten history to amass 1,000 points and 500 assists in Big Ten Conference games only.