Purdue BoilermakerS 2020-21 Basketball Game Notes MBB Contact: Chris Forman Email: [email protected] Office: 765.494.3201 Cell: 413.687.4590 Address: 900 John Wooden Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907 GAME 01 // SPACE COAST CHALLENGE PURDUE SCHEDULE P / O LIBERTY (0-0) vs. PURDUE (0-0) Date Rank Opponent TV Time/Result Wednesday, November 25, 2020 • 5:30 p.m. ET • Melbourne, Fla. • Titan Field House N25 1 -- / -- vs. Liberty CBS SN 5:30 p.m. N26 1 -- / -- vs. Miss. St. / Clemson CBS SN 6 / 8:30 p.m. TV: CBS College Sports (streaming online at cbssports.com/cbs-sports-network); Dave Ryan and Bob Wenzel on the call. D1 -- / -- Oakland BTN 3 p.m. RADIO: 22 stations on the Purdue Radio Network and available on TuneIn.com and TuneIn app; Rob Blackman and Bobby Riddell. D4 -- / -- Valparaiso BTN 7 p.m. LIVE STATS: PurdueStats.com // SOCIAL MEDIA: @BoilerBall on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook D8 2 -- / -- at Miami TBA Record 30-4 Record 16-15 D12 -- / -- Indiana State TBA A-Sun 13-3 Big Ten 9-11 D16 * -- / -- Ohio State TBA D19 3 -- / -- vs. Notre Dame TBA Home 17-0 Home 11-5 D22 * -- / -- at Iowa TBA Away 7-4 Away 4-8 VS. D25 * -- / -- Maryland TBA Neutral 6-0 Neutral 1-2 D29 * -- / -- at Rutgers TBA Streak Win-3 Streak Loss-1 J2 * -- / -- at Illinois TBA AP / Coaches --- / --- AP / Coaches -- / RV J5 * -- / -- Nebraska TBA NET / KenPom --- / 162 NET / KenPom --- / 25 J8 * -- / -- at Michigan State TBA THE SERIES: First Meeting // LAST MEETING: Not Available // STREAK: 0 J14 * -- / -- at Indiana TBA RITCHIE McKAY THE HEAD COACHES MATT PAINTER J17 * -- / -- Penn State TBA 8th season at Liberty (154-87) Record at School 16th season at Purdue (337-174) J22 * -- / -- Michigan TBA 19th season overall (319-245) Career Record 17th season overall (362-179) J27 * -- / -- at Ohio State TBA J30 * -- / -- Minnesota TBA THE OPENING TIP F2 * -- / -- at Maryland TBA • Purdue will open its 123rd season of collegiate basketball Wednesday, when it heads to Melbourne, Florida, for the Space Coast Challenge. F6 * -- / -- Northwestern TBA • The Boilermakers will meet Liberty while Clemson and Mississippi State will meet on the other side of the bracket. F11 * -- / -- at Minnesota TBA • This marks the first of two trips to the Sunshine State during the first month of the season as the Boilermakers will travel to Miami for the F16 * -- / -- Michigan State TBA ACC / Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 8. It also marks the second straight year that Purdue has played its multi-team event in Florida after it F20 * -- / -- at Nebraska TBA played in the Emerald Coast Classic (Destin) last year, falling to Florida State in the title game. F26/27 * -- / -- at Penn State TBA • The entire tournament will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network with Dave Ryan and Bob Wenzel on the call. On the radio waves, Wednes- M2 * -- / -- Wisconsin TBA day's broadcast will begin at 5 p.m. ET, with the Purdue Basketball Pregame Show. Rob Blackman and Bobby Riddell will handle the call M6 * -- / -- Indiana TBA M10 4 -- / -- Big Ten Tournament First Round TBA on the Purdue Sports Network. M11 4 -- / -- Big Ten Tournament Second Round TBA THE NOTES TO KNOW M12 4 -- / -- Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals TBA 1) Purdue begins the season in search of its 25th Big Ten Championship, having won two of the last four regular-season titles. The Boilermak- M13 4 -- / -- Big Ten Tournament Semifinals TBA ers are the all-time leader in Big Ten regular-season championships, two ahead of rival Indiana (22). M14 4 -- / -- Big Ten Tournament Championship TBA 2) The Boilermakers return three starters (Eric Hunter Jr., Sasha Stefanovic and Trevion Williams) from last year’s team that showed TBA 5 -- / -- NCAA Tournament TBA • Home games played at Mackey Arena promising glimpses, but struggled with consistency en route to a 16-15 record. • All times Eastern and subject to change. 3) A year ago, Purdue became the first team since 1997 Florida to beat three top-25 teams by at least 25 points (Virginia, Michigan St., Iowa). * Denotes Big Ten Conference Game 4) Purdue returns 83 combined starts from last season. In 10 previous seasons that Purdue returned at least 74 starts from the previous 1 Denotes Space Coast Challenge (Melbourne, Fla.) 2 Denotes ACC / Big Ten Challenge (Coral Gables, Fla.) campaign, the Boilermakers posted a combined 222-110 record with eight NCAA Tournament appearances (missed in 2006 and 2014). 3 Denotes Crossroads Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.) 5) Purdue is not ranked in the AP preseason top 25 poll for the first time since the 2014-15 season. 4 Big Ten Tournament (Chicago, Ill.) 6) Purdue is 14-1 under head coach Matt Painter in season openers, having won seven straight openers by a combined 30.3 points per game. 5 NCAA Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) Purdue has won its last six openers by at least 22 points. 7) As many as seven players could see their first career action this week. Redshirt freshmen Brandon Newman and Mason Gillis and freshmen Jaden Ivey, Zach Edey, Ethan Morton, Chase Martin and Carson Barrett could all see action for the first time. Gillis will be INSIDE THE NUMBERS (2019-20 Final Stats) suiting up for the first time in 985 days -- since March 17, 2018 (junior season at New Castle H.S.). LIBERTY PURDUE 8) Painter has won four tournaments at Purdue (2009 Big Ten, 2010 Paradise Jam, 2015 Hall of Fame Tipoff, 2016 Cancun Challenge). NCAA Rk. Stats Category Stats NCAA Rk. PURDUE ROSTER 250 68.6 Scoring Offense 68.2 267 2 53.8 Scoring Defense 62.6 18 No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown GP / GS PPG RPG APG Other 4 +14.8 Scoring Margin +5.5 84 0 Mason Gillis R-Fr. F 6-6 230 New Castle, Ind. -- REDSHIRTED 2019-20 SEASON -- 12 .479 FG Percentage .418 279 1 Aaron Wheeler Jr. F 6-9 205 Stamford, Conn. 31 / 9 3.6 4.2 0.9 20 stls. 11 .387 FG Pct. Defense .407 59 2 Eric Hunter Jr. Jr. G 6-4 170 Indianapolis, Ind. 31 / 30 10.6 3.3 2.6 32 stls. 36 .366 3-Point Percentage .330 197 4 Emmanuel Dowuona So. C 6-10 245 Miami, Fla. 9 / 0 1.3 0.9 0.3(b) 6-13 FGs 136 7.6 3-Pointers / Game 7.2 182 5 Brandon Newman R-Fr. G 6-5 195 Valparaiso, Ind. -- REDSHIRTED 2019-20 SEASON -- 158 .713 Free Throw Percentage .687 255 11 Isaiah Thompson So. G 6-1 160 Zionsville, Ind. 31 / 0 5.6 1.1 0.7 36 3Ps 63 +4.1 Rebound Margin +4.1 61 14 Jared Wulbrun Jr. G 5-10 170 Stanford, Calif. 9 / 0 0.3 0.0 0.2 178 13.1 Assists 13.6 128 15 Zach Edey Fr. C 7-4 285 Toronto, Ontario 0 / 0 --- --- --- 11 1.39 Assist / TO Ratio 1.18 55 21 Matt Frost So. F 6-5 200 Columbus, Ind. 9 / 0 0.2 0.1 0.0 1 9.4 Turnovers 11.5 44 22 Chase Martin Fr. G 6-3 195 Columbia, Mo. 0 / 0 --- --- --- 36 +2.62 Turnover Margin +2.00 56 23 Jaden Ivey Fr. G 6-4 200 South Bend, Ind. 0 / 0 --- --- --- FOLLOW THE BOILERMAKERS 25 Ethan Morton Fr. G 6-6 215 Butler, Pa. 0 / 0 --- --- --- • Web: PurdueSports.com 34 Carson Barrett Fr. G 6-5 215 Lafayette, Ind. 0 / 0 --- --- --- • Twitter: @BoilerBall / @PurdueMBBNotes 50 Trevion Williams Jr. F 6-10 265 Chicago, Ill. 31 / 22 11.5 7.6 1.5 8 DDs • Instagram: BoilerBall 55 Sasha Stefanovic Jr. G 6-5 200 Crown Point, Ind. 30 / 22 9.1 2.4 1.7 64 3Ps #BOILERUP | @BOILERBALL | PURDUESPORTS.COM GAME 01 // PURDUE VS. LIBERTY // NOVEMBER 25, 2020 MEDIA AVAILABILITY (all times Eastern; contact Chris Forman for more information; all interviews will take place over Zoom) Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday November 25 November 26 November 27 November 28 November 29 November 30 December 1 GAMEDAY GAMEDAY • No availability • No availability • No availability • Student-Athletes (1:15 p.m.) GAMEDAY • vs. Liberty • vs. Clemson / Miss. State • Coach Painter (1:15 p.m.) • Oakland • CBS Sports Network • CBS Sports Network • Painter Radio Show (6 p.m.) • Big Ten Network • Melbourne, Fla. • Melbourne, Fla. • Mackey Arena • 6:00 p.m. ET • 6 / 8:30 p.m. ET • 3:00 p.m. ET PURDUE IN THE NATIONAL POLLS PRE. N30 D7 D14 D21 D28 J4 J11 J18 J25 F1 F8 F15 F22 M1 M8 M15 FINAL Purdue is unranked in a preseason poll for the first time since 2014-15. AP -- The 5 straight years being ranked in preseason was longest in Purdue history. USA Today RV Last time ranked: 2019-20 Preseason poll (#23) TICKETS ABOUT THE BOILERMAKERS SUCCESS IN REGULAR-SEASON TOURNAMENTS • Tickets will not be available for the Space Coast Classic. • Purdue welcomes back three starters from last year's team that • Purdue has had a lot of success in regular-season tournaments over • As of the publishing of these notes, there will be no tickets available finished 16-15 overall and 9-11 in the Big Ten Conference. the last six years, but is looking for its first tournament title since to the general public for games played in Mackey Arena this season. • As many as seven players could be seeing their first collegiate action the 2016 Cancun Challenge. • The only tickets available will be distributed to families of student- tonight. • The Boilermakers have finished runner-up in each of the last two athletes and staff of the respective schools.