GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[5 / 5] Purdue (13-1, 3-0) vs. Washington (9-5, 1-2)
Wednesday, January 7 | 8:30 PM ET
West Lafayette, Indiana | Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: BTN (Kevin Kugler, Jordan Taylor, Andy Katz)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE SCENE SETTER
• No. 5-ranked Purdue returns home to begin a three-game homestand when it hosts Washington to Mackey Arena for the first time ever.
• The Boilermakers will play three straight home games beginning Wednesday against Washington. Purdue will host Penn State on Saturday and then conclude with No. 19 Iowa next Wednesday. The three-game homestand matches Purdue's longest of the season.
• Following the homestand, Purdue heads on its West Coast trip with contests at USC and UCLA.
THE MATCHUP
• Purdue and Washington will meet for just the eighth time overall and the second as Big Ten counterparts after the Boilermakers topped the Huskies last January in Seattle, 69-58.
• This marks Washington's third trip to West Lafayette, but will be its first appearance in Mackey Arena. The Huskies played at Purdue in December 1947 and December 1966, with the Boilermakers winning both.
• Purdue has won three straight games against Washington, including a memorable 76-74 win over the Huskies in the 2009 NCAA Tournament second round in Portland, Oregon.
• It will mark the third straight season that Purdue has faced head coach Danny Sprinkle. The Boilermakers defeated Sprinkle and the Utah State Aggies in the 2nd round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, before last year's win in Seattle in Sprinkle's first year at Washington.
• Daniel Jacobsen and J.J. Mandaquit were teammates on the USA Basketball U19 Team that won the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Switzerland last summer.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Purdue is coming off an 89-73 win over Wisconsin on Saturday night, in a game it led by 25 points with eight minutes to play. It was Purdue's third straight victory in the Kohl Center and the Boilermakers' largest win ever in the facility.
• Since Dec. 10, the start of Purdue's five-game winning streak, Purdue ranks No. 1 in the country in efficiency via BartTorvik.com, just ahead of Michigan and Iowa.
• A win over Washington will match Purdue's best 15-game start in school history at 14-1, done eight other times including in 2024, 2023, 2011 and 2010 under Painter.
• Purdue is one-of-six teams nationally to rank in the top 15 nationally in both offensive (1st) and defensive (15th) efficiency, joined by Michigan, Vanderbilt, Iowa State, Gonzaga and Arizona on the list.
• Purdue is ninth nationally in assist rate, assisting on 65.6 percent of its made field goals. Purdue is also 11th in offensive rebound percentage (.399).
• Through Monday's games, the Boilermakers are tied for the nation's lead with four quad-1 victories and the 10 victories in the first three quads are third.
• Braden Smith became the Big Ten's all-time career leader in assists on Saturday night, passing Cassius Winston for the top spot. Smith enters Wednesday's game with 893 career assists.
• Last Saturday's game was the 700th game coached by Matt Painter at Purdue. He owns a 484-216 record with the Boilers.
• On the NCAA leader baords, Purdue ranks second nationally in assist / turnover ratio (2.09), fourth in assists per game (20.9), 10th in 3-point percentage (.397), 14th in rebound margin (+10.5), 16th in scoring margin (+19.9) and 21st in field goal percentage (.510).
• On the NCAA individual leaderboards, Braden Smith leads the country in assists per game (9.6), Trey Kaufman-Renn is 22nd in rebounds per game (9.8), Fletcher Loyer is 25th in free throw percentage (.915) and Daniel Jacobsen is 27th in blocks per game (2.21).
• With its No. 5 ranking in the AP poll on Monday, the Boilermakers have been ranked in the top 5 in 56 weeks since the start of the 2021-22 season -- the most in the country (Houston is next at 48 weeks).