GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[13 / 12] Purdue (19-4, 9-3) vs. [7 / 8] Nebraska (21-2, 10-2)
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT
Lincoln, Nebraska | Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,500)
TELEVISION: FS1 (Kevin Kugler, Bill Raftery)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
PURDUE'S NUMBERS
• Overall: 19-4 | Big Ten: 9-3
• Home: 11-2 | Away: 5-2 | Neutral: 3-0
• Q1: 6-4 | Q2: 2-0 | Q3: 9-0 | Q4: 2-0
• NCAA NET: 10 | KenPom: 10
• Off. Eff.: 3rd | Def. Eff.: 27th
• NCAA SOS: 12 | KenPom SOS: 17
THE SCENE SETTER
• Purdue's gauntlet begins in earnest this week as it travels to No. 7-ranked Nebraska for a key Big Ten tilt in the Cornhusker state. The Boilermakers will be playing their fifth road game during their last seven games dating to Jan. 17, and face a Nebraska team that is just one-and-a-half games behind Michigan in the league standings. A win would move Purdue back into the top three in the league race.
• Purdue will end its road stretch on Saturday with a contest at a hot Iowa team, before returning home for three straight games.
THE MATCHUP
• Purdue and Nebraska will meet for the 29th time in series history on Tuesday, with the Boilermakers owning a 21-7 series advantage.
• Purdue is 3-3 in its last six trips to Pinnacle Bank Arena including an 88-72 loss in its last visit to Lincoln (Jan. 2024), when ranked No. 1 in the country.
• Purdue is just 3-2 as a ranked team when visiting Pinnacle Bank Arena, also losing 83-80 in Jan. 2017.
• Tuesday's meeting marks the first ranked matchup in the 29 meetings between the two teams.
• The magic number for Purdue appears to be 75. When the Boilermakers score 75 points against Nebraska, Purdue is 9-1 during the Painter era.
• Fletcher Loyer has played well against Nebraska, averaging 20.3 points and shooting 16-of-34 (.471) from deep in four career games vs. the Huskers.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Purdue looks for its third straight win and second top-10 win of the season when it travels to Nebraska for a key Big Ten contest on Tuesday night.
• Partnering with the American Heart Association for American Heart Month, both Purdue and Nebraska's coaching staffs will be wearing pins on Tuesday to raise awareness of cardiovascular health. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
• Purdue is looking for its 20th win of the season. In his 21st season, Matt Painter has won 20 games in a season 15 times as the Boilermaker head coach.
• Through Sunday's games, Purdue is 6-4 in quad-1 games, tied for the fifth-most quad-1 wins in the country behind Duke (10), Michigan (8), Arizona (8) and Houston (7).
• The Boilermakers are 17-4 in the first three quads, the second-most wins in the first three quads nationally (Michigan - 19).
• Of Purdue's remaining eight games, five of them are currently quad-1 contests (Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State) with two more (Indiana, Northwestern) right on the edge. Wisconsin is currently No. 43 in the NET and will likely be a quad-2 game.
• 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 (12th), turnovers per game (15th), 3-point percentage (17th) and rebound margin (22nd).
• Top-15 matchups are becoming the norm at Purdue as this will be the 17th top-15 matchup since the start of the 2023-24 season. Purdue is 20-21 under Matt Painter overall in top-15 matchups, but is 11-5 in its last 16 contests, since the start of the 2023-24 season.
• 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.