GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[5 / 5] Purdue (14-1, 4-0) vs. Penn State (9-6, 0-4)
Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 2 p.m. ET
West Lafayette, Indiana | Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: BTN (Jack Kizer, Shon Morris)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE SCENE SETTER
• The middle game of a three-game homestand, the No. 5-ranked Purdue men's basketball team hosts Penn State in a Saturday afternoon matinee in Mackey Arena at 2 p.m. ET. After topping Washington on Wednesday night, the Boilermakers look to remain undefeated on Saturday against a Penn State that took No. 2-ranked Michigan to the wire on Tuesday night in State College.
• Following the homestand, Purdue heads on its West Coast trip with contests at USC and UCLA.
THE MATCHUP
• Purdue and Penn State will meet for the 62nd time in school history with the Boilermakers owning a 47-14 series lead.
• Penn State won last year's meeting 81-70 in State College. The Nittany Lions forced 24 turnovers of the No. 8 Boilermakers as Purdue trailed by as many as 27 points.
• Purdue is 24-3 against the Nittany Lions in Mackey Arena, having won 15 of the 16 games played in West Lafayette during the Matt Painter tenure.
• Purdue has scored at least 75 points against Penn State in seven straight home games, dating to Jan. 21, 2017.
• Purdue is 16-1 as a ranked team against Penn State in Mackey Arena, the lone loss coming in Feb. 1999. The Nittany Lions topped No. 17 Purdue, 78-70.
• In each of the last eight meetings (including Saturday), Purdue will have been ranked in the AP Top 10 at the time of the game (6-1 record), including three games as the No. 1 team in America -- the most against one opponent.
• Purdue has won three straight at home against Penn State, coming by a combined 45 points (15.0 PPG).
NEWS AND NOTES
• Purdue is coming off an 81-73 win over Washington on Wednesday, the Boilermakers' sixth win in a row. Purdue led by as many as 23 points midway through the second half, before cruising to its fourth win in as many games in Big Ten play.
• Purdue is 4-0 in Big Ten play for the first time since the 2017-18 season (12-0 start) and for just the third time under head coach Matt Painter (2010-11, 2017-18, 2025-26).
• The Boilermakers are now 14-1 for the third time in the last four years, matching the best 15-game start in school history, now done nine times in school history.
• Over the last four years (since 2022-23), Purdue is 26-3 (.897) during the month of January, the second-best winning percentage in the month nationally (Saint Mary's, 25-0). Among Big Ten teams, the next best record is Michigan State at 18-8 (.692).
• Purdue is shooting 53.5 percent from the field during its six-game winning streak.
• Purdue has trailed for just 12 minutes and 16 seconds over the last six games (240 minutes), while not trailing in the final 28 minutes of any game during that span.
• Purdue ranks in the top 20 nationally in offensive efficiency (1st), assist / turnover ratio (2nd), assists (5th), 3-point percentage (11th), rebound margin (12th), scoring margin (15th) and field goal percentage (17th).
• Individually, Braden Smith is first in assists, Trey Kaufman-Renn is 17th in double-doubles and rebounding and Daniel Jacobsen is 28th in blocks per game.
• Purdue's next home win will be the 150th Big Ten home win under Matt Painter. He enters the Penn State game with a 149-37 (.801) record in Mackey Arena against Big Ten foes.
• A win over Penn State would give Purdue a pair of win streaks of at least seven games this season. In two of the previous three years (2022-23, 2023-24), Purdue has owned multiple seven-game win streaks during the course of those seasons. Prior to this current stretch, the last time Purdue had multiple seven-game win streaks came in the 2010-11 season.
• Since the start of the 2014-15 season, Purdue is 93-14 (.869) in Big Ten play in Mackey Arena -- the second-best home record among all Power-5 schools (Kansas - 91-10; .901).
• Purdue is 44-1 when holding teams under 70 points since the start of the 2023-24 season.