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12/09 03:42 CST Minnesota faces No. 6 Purdue for conference matchup
Minnesota faces No. 6 Purdue for conference matchup
By The Associated Press
Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-4, 1-0 Big Ten) at Purdue Boilermakers (8-1, 1-0
Big Ten)
West Lafayette, Indiana; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Cade Tyson and Minnesota take on Braden Smith and No. 6 Purdue on
Wednesday.
The Boilermakers have gone 4-1 in home games. Purdue is seventh in the Big Ten
with 25.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Trey Kaufman-Renn averaging 6.1.
The Golden Gophers have gone 1-0 against Big Ten opponents. Minnesota averages
11.9 turnovers per game and is 2-0 when turning the ball over less than
opponents.
Purdue makes 49.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.2
percentage points higher than Minnesota has allowed to its opponents (42.7%).
Minnesota averages 6.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.3 fewer made
shots on average than the 9.0 per game Purdue allows.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Fletcher Loyer is scoring 14.4 points per game and averaging
2.1 rebounds for the Boilermakers. Smith is averaging 13.1 points and 3.7
rebounds while shooting 40.0%.
Tyson is averaging 21.8 points for the Golden Gophers. Jaylen Crocker-Johnson
is averaging 12.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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