GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[15 / 14] Purdue (22-7, 12-6) vs. Northwestern (13-16, 5-13)
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | 8:30 p.m. ET, 7:30 p.m. CT
Evanston, Ill. | Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,039)
TELEVISION: BTN (Kevin Kugler, Jordan Taylor, Andy Katz)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
PURDUE'S NUMBERS
• Overall: 22-7 | Big Ten: 12-6
• Home: 12-4 | Away: 7-3 | Neutral: 3-0
• Q1: 8-7 | Q2: 4-0 | Q3: 7-0 | Q4: 3-0
• NCAA NET: 7th | KenPom: 9th
• Off. Eff.: 2nd | Def. Eff.: 33rd
• NCAA SOS: 8th | KenPom SOS: 9th
THE SCENE SETTER
• Beginning the final week of the regular season, the 15th-ranked Purdue Boilermakers looks to create some momentum heading into the postseason when it travels to Northwestern on Wednesday for the only meeting between the two teams. The Boilermakers have lost two games in a row overall and back-to-back games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. A win would give Purdue 13 Big Ten wins for the sixth straight season.
• Purdue will conclude the regular-season on Saturday when Wisconsin visits Mackey Arena for Senior Day.
THE SERIES
• Purdue and Northwestern will meet for the 185th time in series history, with the Boilermakers holding a 136-48 series lead against the Wildcats.
• Northwestern, however, has won two of the last four meetings with Purdue, including two straight games in Welsh-Ryan Arena when Purdue was ranked No. 1 in the country (Feb. 2023, Dec. 2023).
• Northwestern is one of two Big Ten opponents that the Purdue senior class has not won a road game against. The other is UCLA.
• Two of the last three meetings against Northwestern have gone to overtime. Both meetings during the 2023-24 season went to an extra session.
• Purdue has reached 75 points just twice in 15 games at Welsh-Ryan Arena during the Matt Painter era (Feb. 24, 2007; Dec. 1, 2023).
NEWS AND NOTES
• Purdue is looking to rebound from back-to-back losses to Michigan State and Ohio State when it travels to Northwestern for a Wednesday night matchup.
• A win over Northwestern would give Purdue a 7-3 record in Big Ten road games, which would tie the school record most road league road wins in a season (most recently --> 2023-24).
• Purdue is currently on pace to average the most points in a season since the 1993-94 season. The Boilermakers are averaging 82.3 points per game, which would tie the 2023-24 team (82.3 PPG) as the highest-scoring team of the Matt Painter era.
• The Boilermakers are also shooting 49.9 percent from the field, their highest percentage in a season since the 1989-90 season (52.2 percent).
• Purdue has re-discovered its 3-point shooting, combining to go 53-of-128 (.414) from 3-point range over the last five contests.
• Purdue is averaging just 6.6 turnovers per game over the last five contests. For the season, Purdue's 9.0 turnover per game average ranks as the second lowest in school history.
• Over Purdue's last three games, each opponent has shot over 51.0 percent from the field. Opponents are shooting 107-of-205 (.522) from the field in the last four games.
• Via BartTorvik.com, Purdue owns the fourth-best efficiency nationally in games played away from home, behind Duke, Michigan and Florida.
• Purdue's eight quad-1 victories are tied for the fifth most nationally behind Arizona (14), Duke (13), Florida (11) and Michigan (11). Purdue's 15 quad-1 games are fourth nationally.
• Purdue continues to play one of America's toughest schedules, owning the ninth-most difficult schedule in America. In the last three seasons, Purdue's strength of schedule has ranked 9th (2025-26), 8th (2024-25) and 2nd (2023-24).