WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue and Purdue Fort Wayne basketball programs have announced that the two squads will face off in an exhibition game on Thursday, Oct. 22.
The game will be played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. Ticket information as well as broadcast details will be announced at a later date.
This will be the first meeting in an exhibition game, and the Boilermakers and Mastodons haven’t faced each other in the regular season since Dec. 2014.
The announcement wraps up Purdue’s exhibition schedule for the upcoming season. Purdue will take on Ball State in Mackey Arena on Oct. 18, and Connecticut on Oct. 27, at a site to be determined.
Purdue is 0-3 in exhibition games against collegiate teams over the last three seasons, falling to No. 14 Arkansas in 2023, No. 15 Creighton in 2024, and No. 9 Kentucky in 2025. All three of the games have been on the road.
Purdue returns six regular contributors and welcomes in a highly-regarded recruiting / transfer class from last year’s team that finished 30-9 and reached the Elite Eight.
Purdue Fort Wayne posted a 17-15 record a year ago and over the last 10 seasons, boast the third-highest winning percentage among all of Indiana’s Division I basketball programs.