Maryland 68, [3] Purdue 54 (Postgame Notes)
- No. 3-ranked Purdue suffered its second straight loss, this time a 68-54 setback at Maryland, to fall to 23-4 on the season and 12-4 in the Big Ten Conference.
- Purdue is averaging just 56.0 points per game in its last two contests.
- Purdue had just seven turnovers, five of which came in the first seven minutes of the game.
- Purdue was -12 on the glass (35-23), its worst margin since being outrebounded by 16 (34-18) by Illinois on Jan. 21, 2020.
- Purdue's three offensive rebounds were its fewest since having two against Ohio State on Feb. 7, 2018.
- Purdue lost for the second straight game when leading at halftime (led by 7 vs. Northwestern). The Boilermakers are now 20-2 this season when leading at halftime.
- Maryland's 12 fouls were the fewest called for an opponent this season. In the previous meeting, Maryland was whistled for 18 fouls.
- Purdue has scored just 47 points in the second halves of the last two games, shooting 15-of-44 (.341) from the field in that span. Purdue is 2-of-16 (.125) from 3-point range in the second half of the last two games.
- Zach Edey scored 18 points with 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. He moved into 11th place on the Purdue career rebounds list (742) and into fourth on the Purdue single-season rebounds list (333).
- Braden Smith scored 18 points with three rebounds, three assists, two steals and a blocked shot. He is now averaging 10.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists – on pace to become the third Purdue player in school history (Bruce Parkinson 2X, Troy Lewis) to average 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game. He'd be the first Boilermaker in almost 35 years to do so.