GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[6 / 6] Purdue (9-1, 2-0) vs. Marquette (5-5, 0-0)
Saturday, December 13 | 2:00 PM ET
West Lafayette, Indiana | Mackey Enviornment (14,876)
TV: Peacock, NBCSN (John Fanta, Jess Settles)
RADIO: Purdue World Radio Community (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE SCENE SETTER
• Stepping again into non-conference play after a profitable two-game stint into Massive Ten play, the No. 6-ranked Purdue Boilermakers host regional rival Marquette to Mackey Enviornment for a Saturday afternoon tilt. Saturday’s contest will full a two-game, home-and-home collection and truly marks the sixth time within the final 9 seasons that the groups have confronted off, after not having performed beforehand since 1969.
• Following the Marquette contest, Purdue will take every week off earlier than battling No. 21-ranked Auburn within the Indy Traditional on Dec. 20.
THE MATCHUP
• Assembly for the 14th time at school historical past, Purdue and Marquette will face off for the third straight season after assembly as ranked foes in every of the earlier two campaigns.
• No. 15 Marquette defeated the sixth-ranked Boilermakers a yr in the past on Nov. 19, in Milwaukee, 76-58, handing the Boilermakers their first non-conference loss for the reason that 2020-21 season (had gained 39 straight reg.-season, non-con video games).
• The 2 groups met in a memorable contest within the Maui Invitational in Nov. 2023, because the No. 2-ranked Boilermakers topped No. 4 Marquette, 78-75, on a late tip-in by Nationwide Participant of the Yr Zach Edey.
• Purdue gained the primary 9 video games between the 2 groups in collection historical past from 1932 to 2017.
• The lone assembly in Mackey Enviornment historical past was Braden Smith‘s coming-out celebration as a freshman in the course of the 2022-23 season, scoring 20 factors on 6-of-8 capturing with three assists in a 75-70 win.
• Purdue confronted Marquette in three of its 5 appearances within the Gavitt Video games, coming within the 2017, 2019 and 2022 occasions.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Purdue is coming off a bounceback efficiency in an 85-57 win over Minnesota, the Boilermakers’ fourth win this season by 25 or extra factors.
• After a sluggish begin, Purdue outscored Minnesota 29-2 proper out of halftime to cruise to the win within the second half.
• The Boilermakers are actually 9-1 (or higher) for the seventh time underneath Matt Painter, together with 4 instances within the final 5 seasons (2010, 2011, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026).
• Purdue can also be 2-0 in Massive Ten play for the primary time for the reason that 2022-23 season and for simply the seventh time in Matt Painter‘s 21-year tenure.
• Purdue is one-of-14 colleges within the nation to rank within the high 30 nationally in each offensive (1st) and defensive (twenty sixth) effectivity, by way of KenPom.
• Purdue can also be tenth nationally in help fee (A / FGM), helping on 65.2 p.c of all its made subject objectives.
• Oscar Cluff (third) and Trey Kaufman-Renn (seventh) rank within the high 10 in offensive rebound proportion, by way of KenPom.
• On the NCAA workforce leaderboards, Purdue ranks third in help / turnover ratio (2.04), sixth in assists per recreation (20.4), tenth in 3-point proportion (.403), eleventh in rebound margin (+11.7) and thirty fourth in subject objective proportion (.502).
• On the NCAA particular person leaderboards, Braden Smith is second in assists per recreation (9.1), Trey Kaufman-Renn is tenth in rebounds per recreation (10.6) and Daniel Jacobsen is twenty second in blocks per recreation (2.40).
• Purdue has gained its first two Massive Ten video games by a mixed 44 factors, its highest mixed margin of victory in its first two Massive Ten video games for the reason that 1943-44 season (62 mixed factors).
• Purdue is simply 12-of-37 (.324) from lengthy vary and 21-of-36 (.583) from the free throw line within the final two video games.
• Purdue hasn’t had a starter rating 20 factors in a recreation for the reason that Nov. 20, contest towards Memphis, six video games in the past.
• Purdue gamers have recorded 10 double-doubles in 10 video games this season. A yr in the past, Purdue had 14 double-doubles in 36 video games. The college report for double-doubles in a season is 38 (2023-24).
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