Gold and Black Radio: Purdue-Marquette preview and more
On our November 19, 2024 edition, GoldandBlack.com’s Brian Neubert and host Derek Schultz look ahead to No. 6 Purdue’s Tuesday night game at Marquette and back at Friday’s win over No. 2 Alabama.
Purdue-Marquette–A few things from Brian Neubert
A FEW THINGS ABOUT PURDUE
• Purdue hasn’t lost a non-conference game since 2020, a run of 39 straight wins.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn has been playing more and more center for Purdue the past two games, highlighting some of his strengths but also creating an opportunity for Camden Heide, who has responded by making three threes the past two games while averaging 13.3 rebounds per 40 minutes, including eight in less than 24 minutes vs. Alabama.
After putting 26 on Alabama, Kaufman-Renn is now averaging a team-best 18 points.
• Purdue is shooting 46 percent from three-point range, good for fifth nationally, led by Fletcher Loyer‘s respectable 71 percent.
• Strangely, this will be the fifth meeting between these teams in eight years. Purdue has beaten Marquette each of the past two seasons, but anything but easily.
In 2022, Purdue won 75-70 in Mackey Arena, as part of the Gavitt Games, a game that really made a statement about what was to come for Braden Smith, a he took over a close game in the final stretch.
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A year ago, the Boilermakers beat the Eagles 78-75 in the championship game of the Maui Invitational in Honolulu.
There’s no Zach Edey or Tyler Kolek anymore, but there are a lot of players left for both these teams who played in both those prior games, really unusual for this modern state of college basketball.
• It’s too early in the season for any of these stats to really matter, but Purdue is third nationally in offensive efficiency per KenPom.
• Foul shooting is a bit of an issue early, as Purdue is only shooting 68-and-a-half percent, a number that might be warped some by center Will Berg getting to the line quite a bit for a player who’s not really a featured offensive piece.
