- Purdue improved to 7-0 with a 93-65 win over Florida State in the Big Ten / ACC Challenge held in front of 14,804 fans at Mackey Arena.
- The win was Purdue's first in five tries ever against Florida State. The 0-4 previous record marked the most games against a single opponent without a Purdue victory.
- Purdue improved to a Big Ten-best 12-9 in the Big Ten / ACC Challenge. Purdue has won seven straight home games in the Challenge by a combined 114 points (16.3 PPG).
- Purdue is 7-0 for just the seventh time since 1940, and the first since the 2015-16 season.
- Purdue is 3-0 against teams ranked in the KenPom Top 50.
- Purdue has won 10 straight games at Mackey Arena and 12 straight against non-conference opponents. The 12 wins have come by an average of 32.1 points per game.
- Over its last 100 games at Mackey Arena, Purdue is now 90-10.
- Since 2015-16, Purdue became the 13th team to win 150 games.
- Purdue has trailed for a total of 22 minutes, 53 seconds in seven games this season.
- Purdue has had five players in double figures in four of seven games this season. Seven players scored at least eight points in the win over Florida State.
- The Boilermakers' 28-point margin of victory was the 9th-largest margin in Big Ten / ACC Challenge history, while the 59.3 field goal percentage was the fifth-best percentage in Challenge history.
- Purdue shot 59.3 percent from the field while scoring 93 points. Purdue is the only team in the last decade (at any point of the season) to score 80 or more points on 50+ percent field goal percentage and 35+ percent 3-point percentage in seven straight games. Just three teams in the last 20 seasons have done that (2009-10 Syracuse; 2004-05 North Carolina).
- Purdue's 59.3 field goal percentage was a season high and Purdue has scored 90+ points in six of seven games this season.
- Purdue's seven straight games of shooting 50 percent or better is the second-longest streak in school history (eight straight in Feb. 1987).
- For the season, Purdue is now shooting 54.5 percent from the field, 44.2 percent from 3-point range and 76.3 percent from the free throw line. The Boilermakers are also the current leader in offensive efficiency by KenPom.com.
- Purdue's centers of Zach Edey and Trevion Williams scored a season-low 20 combined points.
- Sasha Stefanovic tied P.J. Thompson for 15th place on the school's career 3-pointers made list (161). He added a career-high eight assists. Over the last four games, Stefanovic is averaging 12.3 points and 6.8 assists per game.
- Jaden Ivey tied a career high with four made 3-pointers. Over the last four games, Ivey is 10-of-18 from 3-point range and is now at 13-of-30 (.433) from long distance.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- One day after matching the highest ranking in school history, No. 2 Purdue wanted to show it's second to none.
Jaden Ivey scored 18 points and matched his career high with four 3-pointers, Brandon Newman added 13 points, and Purdue overwhelmed Florida State 93-65 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night.
"I give coach (Matt) Painter a lot of credit for assembling the most complete team I've played against in a long time," Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton said. "Sometimes, you've got to call it like it is — this team has Final Four written all over it."
Perhaps this will be the squad that ends Purdue's 41-year Final Four drought. It's certainly been a different kind of start.
Purdue improved to 7-0 for the first time since 2015-16 and the seventh time since 1940. The Boilermakers have shot 50% or better in all seven games this season, their longest streak since an eight-game span in February and March 1987. And with a little help, they just might ascend to the first No. 1 ranking in school history.
"I thought our ability to make some shots and then blend in some post-ups was big," Painter said. "Any time we can have that complement of good decision-making, making 3s and using our size, we're going to put people in some binds."
Losing starting guard RayQuan Evans and starting center Tanor Ngom didn't help Florida State. Ngom sat out with a right knee injury and Evans was in Montana to attend the funeral for his brother, Tye Oldelk Lafranier, who died Nov. 20 from a rare and aggressive form of leukemia.
But Hamilton didn't think it would have made any difference Tuesday.
Florida State (5-2) was led by Caleb Mills with 22 points and John Butler with 10 as its four-game winning streak ended.
It didn't take Purdue long to take control on the way to its seventh straight home win in the annual clash between the Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Boilermakers started pulling away with an early 6-0 run, later scored eight straight to make it 27-14 midway through the first half and headed to the locker room with a 48-32 advantage.
Florida State slashed the deficit to 59-51 with 11:43 left, but the Boilermakers answered with 12 straight points to make it 71-51 and continued pulling away over the final 8 1/2 minutes.
"I think it just comes from all the hard work we put in in practice and buying in to what the coaches tell us," Ivey said. "Then when the game comes, it's executing perfectly. I think it we do that we can be a really good team. We already are."
BIG PICTURE
Florida State: Hamilton's young team couldn't match the Boilermakers' size, talent or maturity. But he's optimistic the Seminoles will improve. For now, the goal is to get sharper before they open Atlantic Coast Conference play on Saturday.
Purdue: The Boilermakers haven't played the toughest schedule in America. But they've topped the 90-point mark six times, have five wins by 24 or more points and victories over North Carolina, Villanova and now Florida State — with more chances to improve an already strong resume.
WALKING THE HALL
Hours before Purdue took the court, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame announced Boilermakers coach Matt Painter would be part of next year's induction class. The ceremony is scheduled for March 23.
In 17 seasons with the Boilermakers, Painter has won 356 games, taken Purdue to 12 NCAA Tournaments and reached the Sweet 16 five times. He's also won three Big Ten regular-season crowns and one league tournament title.
STAT PACK
Florida State: The Seminoles lost for the first time in the five-game series and in their first trip to Mackey Arena. ... Florida State was outrebounded 36-25, outscored 38-26 in the paint and only attempted six free throws. ... The Seminoles haven't beaten top-five team since the 2019 ACC Tournament semifinals against then-No. 2 Virginia, which went on to win that year's national title.
Purdue: Sasha Stefanovic made three 3s and finished with 11 points and eight assists. ... Zach Edey and Isaiah Thompson each scored 12 points. ... Purdue is 14-4 all-time when ranked No. 2 and a Big Ten-best 12-9 in the Challenge.