PHILADELPHIA — Purdue basketball No. 1 will take on Penn State on Sunday in historic Palestra. The Boilermakers are looking to remain undefeated on the road in Big Ten matchups after earning a 71-69 win in state No. 24 Ohio.
Here’s everything you need to know before the game, including tip time and TV info, top scorers from both teams and a look at Nittany Lions head coach Micah Shrewsberry, a former Purdue assistant under Matt Painter.
How to watch No. 1 Purdue vs. Penn State
- Who: number 1 Purdue Boilermakers (14-1, 3-1 Big Ten) and Penn State Nittany Lions (11-4, 2-2)
- What: Purdue’s second straight game outside of Mackey Arena.
- When: 6th pm ET on Sunday January 7th.
- Where from: The Palestra in Philadelphia
- TV: Big Ten Network
- broadcaster: Brandon Gaudin, Robbie Hummel, Andy Katz
- Live broadcast: fuboTV (start free trial)
- Radio: Purdue Sports Network | wazy.com (online), satellite Ch. 136 or 196 (SiriusXM), chap. 958 (SXM app)
- radio announcer: Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell, Wes Scott
- AP poll: Purdue ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press College’s most recent Basketball Top 25 poll for the fourth straight week before losing to Rutgers. Penn State was not ranked.
- KenPom Rankings: Purdue is No. 7 in the KenPom rankings as of Saturday. Penn State is ranked 47th overall out of 363 teams.
- Last season’s records: Purdue was 29-8 overall, including a 14-6 mark in Big Ten play. The team defeated Yale and Texas in the NCAA tournament before losing to Saint Peter’s 67-64 in the Sweet 16. Penn State went 14-17 overall and 7-13 in conference.
- Series history: Purdue leads the all-time series with Penn State and has a 43-13 record against the Nittany Lions, including 4-0 on neutral sides. Painter and Shrewsberry meet for the third time after two games last season.
Leading scorers
Boilermakers from Purdue
- C Zach Edey: 21.3 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 2.0 bpg, 62.6 fg pct
- G Fletcher Loyer: 12.1 ppg, 2.4 apg, 33.3 3-point FG pct
- G Braden Smith: 9.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.3 spg
Penn State Nittany Lions
- G Jalen Pickett: 17.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 7.3 apg, 48.8 fg pct
- G Seth Lundy: 13.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.1 apg, 40.3 3pt FG pct
- G Andrew Funk: 12.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.9 abg, 41.3 3pt FG pct
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Get to know the trainers
Matt Painter, Purdue: Painter is in his 18th season as Purdue Basketball’s head coach. He owns an overall record of 398-193 with the program, including a 197-116 mark in the Big Ten. With just two more wins, Painter may become only the fifth coach in Big Ten history with 400 career wins in a conference school, where he joins Bob Knight, Tom Izzo, Gene Keady and Lou Henson.
Painter began his career as a head coach in Southern Illinois, where he led the team to the top of the Missouri Valley Conference in the 2003-04 season with a 25-5 aggregate record and losing just one game in league games.
Micah Shrewsberry, Penn State: Shrewsberry is in his second season at the helm of the Nittany Lions and has an overall record of 24-20 with the program. After his playing career at Hannover College, he was an assistant coach at Wabash and DePauw before joining Marshall’s coaching staff as director of basketball operations.
In 2005, Shrewsberry accepted a position as head coach at IU South Bend and later joined Butler as an assistant to help the Bulldogs reach the NCAA Championship Game back-to-back seasons. He came to Purdue in 2011 for the first of two stints with the program. He spent seven seasons as an assistant with the Boston Celtics before returning to the Boilermakers from 2019-2021. On March 15, 2021, Shrewsberry was named Penn State’s 14th head coach.
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- Purdue Edges Ohio State on late 3-pointers: Purdue freshman guard Fletcher Loyer scored all 11 of his second-half points, including the game-winning 3-pointer, to defeat Ohio State on the road. The Boilermakers finished the game with a season-high 13 shots on target from deep. CLICK HERE
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