GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[13 / 12] Purdue (20-4, 10-3) vs. [rv / rv] Iowa (18-6, 8-5)
Saturday, February 14, 2026 | 5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. CT
Iowa City, Iowa | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
TELEVISION: FOX (Tim Brando, Casey Jacobsen)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
PURDUE'S NUMBERS
• Overall: 20-4 | Big Ten: 10-3
• Home: 11-2 | Away: 6-2 | Neutral: 3-0
• Q1: 7-4 | Q2: 2-0 | Q3: 9-0 | Q4: 2-0
• NCAA NET: 10 | KenPom: 9
• Off. Eff.: 3rd | Def. Eff.: 22nd
• NCAA SOS: 10 | KenPom SOS: 11
THE SCENE SETTER
• Finally concluding a difficult eight-game stretch with six of the games on the road, the No. 13-ranked Purdue men's basketball team aims for its fourth straight victory when it faces a very good Iowa team at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. The Boilermakers are looking for their third straight road win and second straight road win against a team ranked in the top 30 of the NCAA NET rankings.
• After Iowa, there is no time to relax as the Boilermakers host No. 2 Michigan, Indiana and No. 10 Michigan State in a three-game homestand.
THE SERIES
• Meeting for the second time in exactly one month, Purdue and Iowa will meet for the 178th meeting all time on Saturday.
• The contest with Iowa is one of three home-and-home league games that Purdue will conclude during the remainder of the regular season (Indiana, Wisconsin).
• Purdue is looking for win No. 100 in the series with Iowa, leading the all-time series 99-78.
• Purdue has won 11 of the last 13 contests with Iowa, including five straight games by a combined 63 points.
• In the previous meeting, Purdue fell behind 58-49 with 14 minutes to play, but outscored the Hawks 30-14 the remainder of the game. Purdue shot 16-of-22 (.727) from the field in the second half.
• Purdue has won three straight games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, including a 90-81 decision last year, in which Braden Smith scored 31 points with six rebounds.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Purdue looks for its fourth straight victory when it heads to Iowa on Saturday. It would also be Purdue's seventh road win of the season for just the fourth time in the last 15 seasons (2017-18, 2022-23, 2023-24).
• Through Wednesday, Purdue is 7-4 in quad-1 games, tied for the fourth-most quad-1 wins in the country behind Duke (10), Michigan (10) and Arizona (8).
• Purdue is 18-4 in the first three quads, the second-most wins in the first three quads nationally (Michigan - 20). Purdue's two quad-4 games are tied for the fewest nationally.
• Of Purdue's remaining seven games, six of them are currently quad-1 contests (Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Northwestern). Wisconsin is currently No. 37 in the NET and is currently a quad-2 game (March 7).
• On the offensive end, Purdue ranks in the top 25 nationally in assist / turnover ratio (1st), offensive efficiency (3rd), assists per game (3rd), field goal percentage (16th), turnovers per game (16th), rebound margin (19th) and defensive efficiency (22nd).
• Purdue is currently 1-of-11 teams to rank in the top 25 in both offensive and defensive efficiencies (Purdue, Michigan, Houston, Arizona, Duke, Vanderbilt, Florida, Texas Tech, Iowa State, Connecticut, Gonzaga).
• Purdue has been ranked in 73 straight AP Top 25 polls, the second-longest streak in the country behind Houston (120). Duke is third at 58 straight weeks. Since the 2021-22 season (five years), Purdue's 58 weeks ranked in the top 5 are the most nationally (Houston - 49).
• During Purdue's three-game winning streak, opponents are shooting just 42.6 percent from the field and 31.1 percent from 3-point range, while Purdue is outrebounding its foes by 10.7 rebounds per game. Purdue's defensive efficiency during that span is 99.0.