[3] Purdue 84, [13] Illinois 68 (Postgame Notes)
• Purdue improved to 21-3 overall and moved into a first-place tie in the Big Ten race with an 84-68 win over No. 13 Illinois. The Boilermakers swept the Illini for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
• The Boilermakers have won six straight games, four of them coming by double-digits.
• Purdue’s 21 victories are the third most nationally (Auburn, Murray State – 22).
• Purdue is now 7-2 in quad-1 games, the second-most quad-1 victories and tied for the best quad-1 record (.778) among teams that have played at least seven quad-1 games.
• Purdue has won six straight games in February, five by double-figures.
• Purdue started the Big Ten season with a 1-2 record, but has won nine of its last 10 games.
• Purdue has won 51 straight games when shooting at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 70 percent from the free throw line (was 50.8, 4.09 and 72.2 percent tonight).
• Purdue has shot over 50.0 percent in 15-of-24 games and over 40.0 percent from 3-point range in 16 games.
• The Boilermakers have scored 80 or more points in six straight Big Ten games for the first time since the 1997-98 season (7 straight games).
• Since the 2016-17 season, Purdue has won 29 games against ranked teams, the fifth-most victories in the country in that span.
• The 16-point margin was the largest win at Mackey Arena between two ranked teams since Feb. 1, 2017, when No. 23 Purdue beat No. 25 Northwestern 80-59.
• It was the largest victory margin for a Purdue ranked team against a ranked opponent since a 23-point win over No. 2 Arizona on Nov. 24, 2017 (Bahamas).
• The matchup against Illinois was the first matchup between two top-13 teams in Mackey Arena since Feb. 20, 2011, and just the fifth in the Painter era. Purdue is 16-5 under Painter at home as a ranked team, and now 4-1 when both teams are ranked in the top 13.
• Purdue is 145-12 under Painter when scoring at least 80 points, including 59-2 since the start of the 2017-18 season. The Boilermakers have won 37 straight games when scoring 80 or more points.
• Purdue moves to 183-17 under Painter when shooting 48 percent or better from the field, including a 23-game win streak. Purdue shot 50.8 percent from the field, including 64.5 percent in the second half.
• Jaden Ivey led the team in points with 26, 22 of which came in the second half. Ivey also led the team in assists with 6. During a second-half run of seven minutes, Ivey scored or assisted on 19 of Purdue’s 21 points to take a 73-56 lead.
• Over his last four games, Ivey is averaging 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. He has 19 turnovers against 9 turnovers in that span.
• Sasha Stefanovic went 1-for-3 from the 3-point line, giving him a 3-pointer in 25 consecutive games, a mark that ties Dakota Mathias and Chris Lutz for third-most consecutive games with a 3-pointer in program history.
• Purdue’s centers of Zach Edey and Trevion Williams combined for 23 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and four blocked shots.
• The Boilermakers’ bench had 20 of Purdue’s 36 first-half points.
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