Boilers win double-overtime thriller at Illinois

4] Purdue 96, [17] Illinois 88 – 2 Overtimes (Postgame Notes)

• Purdue improved to 15-2 overall and 4-2 in the Big Ten with a 96-88, double-overtime victory against No. 17 Illinois at the State Farm Center.
• Purdue has won three straight games on the road against ranked teams, dating to last year (Michigan State, Ohio State, Illinois). Purdue has won five of its last six games against ranked teams away from Mackey Arena, dating to last year.
• The win was Purdue’s 27^th against a ranked opponent since the 2016-17 season, good for the seventh most in the country. Purdue is 27-25 against ranked teams during that span.
• The 15-2 record matches the best 17-game start of the Matt Painter era, also done during the 2017-18 and 2010-11 seasons.
• Purdue scored over 90 points for the ninth time this season, the most in the country. Purdue has won 111 straight games when scoring 90 or more points, dating to Nov. 24, 1987.
• Purdue’s bench scored 28 points, the 12^th straight game it has scored at least 25 points.
• Purdue outscored Illinois 26-12 at the free throw line. Purdue entered the game leading the country in free throws made disparity, outscoring its opponents by 124 points at the line.
• Purdue outrebounded the Illini, 46-39, holding Illinois to eight offensive rebounds and 11 second-chance points. The two teams were 2-3 in the country in rebound margin (Illinois – 2, Purdue – 3).
• Purdue’s big three of Zach Edey, Jaden Ivey and Trevion Williams accounted for 53 points, 23 rebounds and 8 assists.
• Matt Painter now has 370 wins and his next victory will tie Ward “Piggy” Lambert for second on Purdue’s career victories list and fifth on the all-time Big Ten list.
• Purdue won for the first time in the State Farm Center since the 2017-18 season when then-sophomore Carsen Edwards scored 40 points.
• Purdue is 53-2 since the start of the 2017-18 season when scoring 80 or more points.
• Sasha Stefanovic recorded his seventh career 20-point game and first since a 23-point performance against North Carolina. He made all five of his 3-pointers in the second half and overtime. He tied a career high with eight rebounds.
• Zach Edey scored 20 points with 8 rebounds and 2 blocked shots – his seventh 20-point game of the season. Edey has scored at least 20 points in four of the last five games. In Edey’s last five games, he has 93 points and 38 rebounds in 93 minutes played.
• Jaden Ivey tallied 19 points with eight rebounds and went 13-of-15 from the free throw line.