- No. 2-ranked Purdue improved to 6-0 overall with a 78-75 victory over No. 4-ranked Marquette in the championship game of the 2023 Maui Invitational.
- Appearing in its fourth Maui Invitational in school history, Purdue won its first title.
- The win gave Purdue its third straight Feast Week Championship, after winning the 2021 Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic and the 2022 Phil Knight Legacy.
- Purdue has won eight straight Feast Week games, seven of them coming against nationally-ranked opponents and an eighth over a top-20 KenPom-ranked team.
- Purdue joined UConn (March 10-12, 2011) as the only teams in the last 40 years to beat teams ranked in the top 15 of the AP poll on three consecutive days (#11 Gonzaga, #7 Tennessee, #4 Marquette). They are only team to defeat three top-11 teams.
- Purdue has now won 30 straight regular-season, non-conference games, tied for the second-longest streak nationally in the last 10 years (Villanova – 31). Purdue hosts Texas Southern on Tuesday, November 28, to try and tie the Wildcats.
- Purdue has won 20 straight games in the month of November, last losing on Nov. 26, 2020, vs. Clemson in the SpaceCoast Challenge.
- Purdue is now 12-5 (.706) against nationally-ranked teams since the start of the 2021-22 season – the second-best record nationally among teams with 10 wins over ranked teams.
- Purdue is now positioned to be ranked No. 1 in the country for the third straight season. Prior to the 2021-22 season, Purdue had never been ranked No. 1. If it were to happen, Purdue will be the first team in Big Ten history to be voted No. 1 in three straight seasons.
- Zach Edey recorded his 44th career double-double with 28 points, 15 rebounds and two blocked shots. In addition, he scored in double-figures in his 57th straight game, now behind just Rick Mount (72) on the school's consecutive double-figures games list.
- Edey was named the tournament MVP after averaging 25.3 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game. In his four Feast Week tournaments, he has been named to the 2020 Space Coast Challenge all-tournament team, the 2021 Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic all-tournament team, the 2022 Phil Knight Legacy MVP and the 2023 Maui Invitational MVP. He's averaged 21.0 points and 9.2 rebounds in 10 Feast Week games.
- Braden Smith scored 18 points with five rebounds and five assists.
- Lance Jones tallied 11 points and made what is believed to be the longest shot in school history – an 80-foot buzzer beater at the halftime horn.
HONOLULU -- Zach Edey and his Purdue teammates certainly earned a Thanksgiving feast. Forgive them if all they really want is a well-deserved break.
Edey had 28 points and 15 rebounds to carry the second-ranked Boilermakers to a 78-75 win over No. 4 Marquette in the championship game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday.
The early-season matchup of undefeated teams did not disappoint in an entertaining event featuring five programs ranked among the top 11 in the country. Purdue took home the title after three hard-fought wins in three days against No. 11 Gonzaga, No. 7 Tennessee and then Marquette.
"I don't think anyone's leaving this tournament thinking they don't have a chance to win it all," Boilermakers coach Matt Painter said. "I thought our guys were resilient and I think games like this, whether you win or lose, it obviously makes you a better team."
Edey, the reigning national player of the year, shot 11-of-19 from the field and led the Boilermakers (6-0) to their first Maui Invitational title. The 7-foot-4 senior center from Toronto was selected the tournament's most valuable player after averaging 25.3 points and 13.0 rebounds.
"He's a horse. He's a moose down there," Painter said. "He doesn't have crap that a lot of young people have that get recruited heavily -- he doesn't have that. He doesn't have a sense of entitlement. He's going to play and he wants to earn what he gets."
Purdue led by 15 early in the second half, but Marquette chipped away and pulled to 76-75 on a basket by Oso Ighodaro with less than a minute left. Edey gave his team some breathing room with a right-handed putback of Braden Smith's missed jumper for a 78-75 lead with 18 seconds remaining.
"The ball kind of came to me. I didn't try to get two hands on it, so I just tried to hit it at the rim and that worked," Edey said.
Marquette had two chances to tie it, but 3-point attempts by Tyler Kolek and Kam Jones in the closing seconds failed to drop.
"They earned the win today," said Golden Eagles coach Shaka Smart, last season's national coach of the year. "We had some misfortune at different times throughout the game, but to win games like this you have to overcome misfortune. I loved the way our guys continued to fight; they played with tremendous guts and toughness."
Marquette was attempting to become the first squad to beat the No. 1- and No. 2-ranked teams in The Associated Press poll on consecutive days since Loyola Chicago defeated No. 2 Duke and No. 1 Cincinnati in the 1963 Final Four. The Golden Eagles' win over No. 1 Kansas on Tuesday was the third in school history over a top-ranked opponent.
Smith scored 18 points and Fletcher Loyer added 10 for Purdue.
Kolek had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Jones added 17 points and five assists for the Golden Eagles (5-1).
Lance Jones sank a desperation heave from three-quarter court at the first-half buzzer to give Purdue a 45-33 lead at the break.
"I've hit a couple half-courters before, but never that far away," he said.