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Champaign, Illinois; Friday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 18 Purdue plays Illinois after Braden Smith
scored 23 points in Purdue's 100-71 win against the Rutgers
Scarlet Knights.
The Fighting Illini have gone 12-4 at home. Illinois averages
11.2 turnovers per game and is 8-0 when it turns the ball over
less than its opponents.
The Boilermakers are 13-6 against Big Ten opponents. Purdue is
eighth in the Big Ten scoring 78.2 points per game and is
shooting 49.6%.
Illinois scores 83.6 points, 13.6 more per game than the 70.0
Purdue gives up. Purdue has shot at a 49.6% rate from the field
this season, 8.1 percentage points higher than the 41.5%
shooting opponents of Illinois have averaged.
The matchup Friday is the first meeting of the season between
the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kasparas Jakucionis is averaging 15.4 points,
5.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists for the Fighting Illini. Will Riley
is averaging 15.4 points over the last 10 games.
Trey Kaufman-Renn is averaging 19.4 points and 6.1 rebounds for
the Boilermakers. Fletcher Loyer is averaging 2.9 made
3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Fighting Illini: 5-5, averaging 79.2 points, 36.2
rebounds, 13.6 assists, 4.0 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while
shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged
81.1 points per game.
Boilermakers: 6-4, averaging 80.9 points, 28.8 rebounds, 14.4
assists, 7.7 steals and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 50.8%
from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.7 points.
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