[2] Purdue 93, Florida State 65 (Postgame Notes)
• Purdue improved to 7-0 with a 93-65 win over Florida State in the Big Ten / ACC Challenge held in front of 14,804 fans at Mackey Arena.
• The win was Purdue’s first in five tries ever against Florida State. The 0-4 previous record marked the most games against a single opponent without a Purdue victory.
• Purdue improved to a Big Ten-best 12-9 in the Big Ten / ACC Challenge. Purdue has won seven straight home games in the Challenge by a combined 114 points (16.3 PPG).
• Purdue is 7-0 for just the seventh time since 1940, and the first since the 2015-16 season.
• Purdue is 3-0 against teams ranked in the KenPom Top 50.
• Purdue has won 10 straight games at Mackey Arena and 12 straight against non-conference opponents. The 12 wins have come by an average of 32.1 points per game.
• Over its last 100 games at Mackey Arena, Purdue is now 90-10.
• Since 2015-16, Purdue became the 13th team to win 150 games.
• Purdue has trailed for a total of 22 minutes, 53 seconds in seven games this season.
• Purdue has had five players in double figures in four of seven games this season. Seven players scored at least eight points in the win over Florida State.
• The Boilermakers’ 28-point margin of victory was the 9th-largest margin in Big Ten / ACC Challenge history, while the 59.3 field goal percentage was the fifth-best percentage in Challenge history.
• Purdue shot 59.3 percent from the field while scoring 93 points. Purdue is the only team in the last decade (at any point of the season) to score 80 or more points on 50+ percent field goal percentage and 35+ percent 3-point percentage in seven straight games. Just three teams in the last 20 seasons have done that (2009-10 Syracuse; 2004-05 North Carolina).
• Purdue’s 59.3 field goal percentage was a season high and Purdue has scored 90+ points in six of seven games this season.
• Purdue’s seven straight games of shooting 50 percent or better is the second-longest streak in school history (eight straight in Feb. 1987).
• For the season, Purdue is now shooting 54.5 percent from the field, 44.2 percent from 3-point range and 76.3 percent from the free throw line. The Boilermakers are also the current leader in offensive efficiency by KenPom.com.
• Purdue’s centers of Zach Edey and Trevion Williams scored a season-low 20 combined points.
• Sasha Stefanovic tied P.J. Thompson for 15th place on the school’s career 3-pointers made list (161). He added a career-high eight assists. Over the last four games, Stefanovic is averaging 12.3 points and 6.8 assists per game.
• Jaden Ivey tied a career high with four made 3-pointers. Over the last four games, Ivey is 10-of-18 from 3-point range and is now at 13-of-30 (.433) from long distance.
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