IU basketball game day essentials: Hoosiers renew rivalry against No. 12 Purdue

Game Day Essentials:

Indiana (13-7, 4-5) vs. No. 12 Purdue (17-3, 7-2)

• Tip Time: 9:00 p.m. Eastern, Tuesday
• Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222), Bloomington, Ind.
• Television: Peacock (John Fanta, Robbie Hummel, Caroline Pineda)
• Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
• Stream: Peacock
• Point Spread:  Purdue is around a 4.5-point favorite
• KenPom Projected Score:  Indiana 74  Purdue 78
• History: Purdue leads, 128-93
• Last Meeting: IU 73, PUR 58 on Feb. 23, 2025, in Bloomington
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Purdue’s Matt Painter

Matt Painter is in his 21st season as head coach of the Purdue men’s basketball program. As the second-longest tenured head coach in the Big Ten, behind only Tom Izzo, he’s compiled an overall record of 488-218 (.691).

Painter had a one-season stint with Southern Illinois before returning to his alma mater, and it was a good one. He led the Salukis to a 25-5 overall record and a MVC regular season title. Painter took SIU to the NCAA Tournament, but was knocked out in the first round.

Painter has led Indiana’s rival to some fantastic seasons across his tenure. He’s taken the Boilermakers to 16 NCAA Tournaments with five Big Ten regular-season titles. Although he has yet to win a National Championship, Painter led Purdue to a runner-up finish in the 2023-24 season. During his stint, he has a 22-13 record against the Hoosiers.

Purdue’s results and roster

Purdue Game Notes (via Purdue Athletics)

BOILERBALL INDIVIDUAL FAST FACTS

• Braden Smith needs one assist for 500 in his career during Big Ten Conference games only. Smith set the career assists record in Big Ten Conference games only in the win over USC, passing Cassius Winston, who had 478 assists in 76 league games.
• Braden Smith is currently 1-of-3 players in NCAA history to average at least 15.0 points, 9.3 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game (Murray State’s Ja Morant, Oakland’s Kay Felder) in a season.
• Over the last five games, Braden Smith is averaging 20.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals, while shooting 40-of-70 (.571) from the field and 12-of-22 (.545) from 3-point range.
• In Big Ten play only, Braden Smith is averaging 19.0 points, 9.1 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game, while shooting 56.9 percent (66-of-116) from the field and 52.6 percent (20-of-38) from 3-point range.
• C.J. Cox has zero turnovers in his last 13 games played, spanning 315 minutes, boasting an assist / turnover ratio of 17:0.
• Fletcher Loyer is 32-of-71 (.451) from 3-point range at home, but just 14-of-52 (.269) away from Mackey Arena from 3-point range.
• Fletcher Loyer is averaging 6.0 points per game over the last three outings, going 1-of-12 (.083) from 3-point range in that span. In the previous four games, Loyer averaged 13.3 points, while shooting 9-of25 (.360) from deep.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn has scored 22 points with nine rebounds, eight assists and no turnovers in the last two games in 52 minutes, shooting 10-of-14 (.714) from the field. Kaufman-Renn has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 9 / 0 in the last three games.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn is 1-of-4 players nationally to average 12.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and shoot 55.0 percent from the field (Caleb Wilson, Cameron Boozer, Graham Ike).
• Daniel Jacobsen has 35 blocks in 20 games this season. Last year’s leader, Trey Kaufman-Renn, had 11 blocks in 36 games a year ago.
• Jack Benter is one of six freshmen nationally to shoot at least 45.0 percent from 3-point range while making 20 or more 3-pointers.
• Omer Mayer is 9-of-16 (.563) from 3-point range over the last seven games, and is shooting 10-of-22 (.455) from 3-point range.

No. 8 Purdue’s KenPom notable numbers:

(out of 365 teams)

Tempo – No. 285 (Offense No. 254 / Defense No. 297)

Offensive Efficiency – No. 2

• Purdue holds an effective field goal percentage of 58.6 percent on the year (No. 8). The Boilermakers are shooting 38.3 percent from three (No. 21) and 59.4 percent on 2s (No. 17).  They’re most productive on 2s, for they account for 53.2% of their total point distribution (No. 61).  They don’t get to the free throw line at a high rate.
• The Boilermakers haul in a good amount of offensive rebounds at a 36.2% rate (No. 40).
• They also take care of the ball well with a 13.8% turnover percentage (No. 16).
• Purdue assists at a high 65.2% rate (No. 8).

Defensive Efficiency – No. 30

• Opponents hold a 50.2 percent effective field goal percentage against Purdue (No. 135). Teams are shooting 32.3 percent from three (No. 108) and 51.6 percent on 2s (No. 188).
• One of Purdue’s biggest strengths is limiting the number of fouls they commit on shots. Opposing team free throws attempts are just  22.2% of field goal attempts (No. 3).
• They have given up offensive rebounds at a 27.3 percent rate (No. 43) and force turnovers at a 16.4% rate (No. 219).

OG’s Pick

Overall: 14-4

Indiana did a good job of bouncing back against Rutgers, but they have a tough bid ahead of them with Purdue. The Boilermakers remain one of the most efficient offensive teams in the country and play complementary defense to back it up.

Braden Smith has shown why he’s one of the best guards in the country, but may be a little banged up with an ankle injury after facing Illinois on Saturday. Still, I just think Purdue has the better overall roster and will keep Indiana at bay.

Pick: Indiana 62 – Purdue 74

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