Scarlet Knights vs Boilermakers

Gameday · SAT JAN 2

RutgersVSPurdue

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Tip12:00 PM ET

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Mackey Arena · West Lafayette, IN

Win probability

1912 blend

3% RUTGPUR 97%

Adj. efficiency2%

98%

SRS4%

96%

Elo4%

96%

PUR +13.1

Proj. margin

150.3

Proj. total

66.8

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 0T.FrancisG · 4.0 APG15.5
• 5D.Buchanan Jr.F · 4.0 RPG7.5
• 2L.MarkG · 2.5 APG10.5
• 4D.Smith Jr.F · 5.0 RPG9.0
• 32C.GurdakC · 1.0 BPG12.0

• 0C.CoxG · 3.0 APG11.3
• 12D.JacobsenC · 0.3 BPG23.3
• 8C.PierceF · 6.0 RPG4.0
• 24G.HarrisG · 1.7 APG8.3
• 17O.MayerG · 4.0 APG4.3

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

+2.6Adj. net rating+32.8

139thAdj. net rank8th

109.9Adj. offense132.9

107.4Adj. defense100.0

70.3Pace63.2

-1.6SRS15.3

1641Elo2195

2–0Record1–2

Season per game

2026-27 · 2 games / 2026-27 · 3 games

91.0Points76.0

59.0Opp points73.3

57.9%eFG%51.5%

13.0%TO%16.0%

30.1%OREB%24.3%

.49FT rate.43

37%3PA rate41%

52%Assisted FG%67%

Last five games

Rutgers

W101-64vs NJIT

W81-54vs NHVN

L69-82@ CREI

L59-72@ UCLA

W72-67@ MINN

Purdue

W76-59vs ILST

L80-83vs VAL

L72-78vs GONZ

L64-79@ ARIZ

W79-77vs TEX

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26PUR 81 · RUTG 65Tue, 12/2

24-25RUTG 71 · PUR 100Tue, 3/4

24-25PUR 68 · RUTG 50Thu, 1/9

23-24RUTG 68 · PUR 96Thu, 2/22

23-24PUR 68 · RUTG 60Sun, 1/28

22-23RUTG 65 · PUR 70Fri, 3/10

22-23RUTG 65 · PUR 64Mon, 1/2

21-22RUTG 72 · PUR 84Sun, 2/20

21-22PUR 68 · RUTG 70Thu, 12/9

20-21PUR 76 · RUTG 81Tue, 12/29

Game information

TipSaturday, Jan 2 · 12:00 PM ET

VenueMackey Arena · West Lafayette, IN

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Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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