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No. 6 Purdue takes on Marquette in non-conference action
Marquette Golden Eagles (5-5) at Purdue Boilermakers (9-1, 2-0 Big Ten)
West Lafayette, Indiana; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 Purdue and Marquette square off in non-conference action.
The Boilermakers have gone 5-1 in home games. Purdue ranks fifth in college basketball with 20.4 assists per game. Braden Smith leads the Boilermakers averaging 9.0.
The Golden Eagles are 0-1 on the road. Marquette has a 1-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
Purdue averages 85.2 points, 8.8 more per game than the 76.4 Marquette gives up. Marquette averages 13.0 more points per game (80.9) than Purdue gives up (67.9).
TOP PERFORMERS: Fletcher Loyer is shooting 45.9% from beyond the arc with 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Boilermakers, while averaging 14 points. Smith is shooting 41.3% and averaging 13.3 points.
Chase Ross is scoring 19.5 points per game and averaging 4.3 rebounds for the Golden Eagles. Nigel James Jr. is averaging 12.2 points and 2.6 rebounds.
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