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Purdue is now 17-3 in games played away from Mackey Arena, including 9-0 in neutral-site games. All seven of Purdue’s wins over ranked teams have come away from Mackey Arena (7-0 record). Miami entered the game ranked No. 25 in the AP poll.

Fletcher Loyer scored 24 points on 7 FGAs vs. Miami. It’s the 6th-most points in @MarchMadnessMBB Tournament history on 7 or fewer attempts.

There have been six seasons of 450 points, 250 assists and 125 rebounds in Big Ten history. Braden Smith has three of them. 2026 | Braden Smith 2025 | Braden Smith 2024 | Braden Smith 2010 | Demetri McCamey 2005 | Deron Williams 1979 | Magic Johnson

Purdue's six straight wins in the United Center are the longest since the Chicago Bulls won nine straight games in the building from Nov. 2021 to Jan. 2022.

This week's game with Michigan State marks the 19th top-15 matchup for the Boilermakers since the 2023-24 season. Most top-15 matchups since 2023-24 nationally. 22 | Tennessee (11-11) 21 | Alabama (9-12) 21 | Houston (11-9... play tonight vs. #14 Kansas) 19 | Purdue (12-6)

Trey Kaufman-Renn became the third player in the last 20 years to have at least 27 points and 12 rebounds against the No. 1 team in the country. 27 & 12 | Trey Kaufman-Renn vs. Michigan (2-17-26) 31 & 13 | J.T. Toppin vs. Arizona (2-14-26) 30 & 15 | Luke Maye vs. Duke (2-20-19)

Most rebounds in a road game vs. Top-10 opponent in last 20 years. 23 | DeJuan Blair vs. #1 UConn (2-16-09) 20 | Cole Aldrich vs. #3 Oklahoma (2-23-09) 20 | Ivan Rabb vs. #4 UCLA (1-5-17) 19 | Trey Kaufman-Renn vs. #7 Nebraska (2-10-26)

Since the start of the 2022-23 season, Purdue is now 11-4 (.733) against Top-10 ranked teams, the best record in the country (min. 5 GP). 11-4 (.733) | Purdue 12-5 (.706) | Connecticut 4-2 (.667) | Clemson 12-7 (.632) | Iowa State 9-7 (.563) | Arizona

With last night's win and Illinois' loss, Purdue now has the Big Ten's best record in each of the last 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 and 3-year spans. Previously, Illinois had the best record since the 2019-20 season -- the last 7 years. Purdue: 91-41 (.689) Illinois: 92-42 (.687)

Highest rebound margin this season in a road game against a top-10 ranked team. +24 | #2 Purdue at #8 Alabama (11-13-25) +20 | #4 Arizona at #3 Connecticut (11-19-25) +17 | #13 Purdue at #7 Nebraska (2-10-25)

With Braden Smith's 33 points produced (assisted / scored) against Maryland, he surpassed 4,000 career points coming on either points or assists. He has helped account for 4,008 of 10,375 points during his career at Purdue (38.6 percent of all points).

Braden Smith has played 4 of the other 9 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award (will play Fears & MSU on Feb. 26). In the 4 games, Smith is averaging 16.5 points, 6.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds, while shooting 22-44 (.500) on FGs, 8-of-14 (.571) from 3P range and 14-of-17 (.824) FTs.

The 30-point Purdue victory was the largest margin of defeat for Maryland in the history of the Xfinity Center and marked the worst home loss since Jan. 3, 1998, vs. Duke (104-72).

Purdue is 7-0 in Big Ten play for just the third time in the last 80 years. 2017-18 --> 12-0 1989-90 --> 9-0 2025-26 --> 7-0

Purdue enters Sunday with a 6-1 quad-1 record. Only three teams in the country have at least 6 quad-1 wins (Duke - 8; Arizona - 7; Purdue - 6). Eight of Purdue’s last 13 games are currently quad-1 opportunities.

With the win last night, Purdue has won 17 straight games in games played on Wednesday night, dating to Nov. 13, 2019, vs. Marquette.

C.J. Cox hasn't committed a turnover in the last nine games, spanning 205 minutes of action.

In the win over Penn State, Purdue tied a school record with just three turnovers, and set a school record with an 8.33 assist / turnover ratio (25 / 3). The Boilermakers had 24 turnovers a year ago against Penn State.

Braden Smith scored or assisted on 58 of Purdue's 93 points today (62.4 percent).

Most 14-assist games in Big Ten history. 8 | Braden Smith 3 | Magic Johnson