- No. 3-ranked Purdue defeated Wisconsin 78-70 to improve to 28-3 overall and finish the Big Ten regular season with a 17-3 mark. The win was Purdue's first season sweep of Wisconsin since the 2015-16 season.
- The Purdue senior class ended their careers with 59 victories in Big Ten play, tied for the most for any class in Big Ten history (tied with Indiana 1977, 1978).
- Purdue's 28 wins are the most in a regular season in school history.
- The 17 Big Ten wins are the most in school history and tied for the third most in Big Ten history (18 by Indiana in 1975 and 1976).
- Purdue went 16-0 at Mackey Arena, marking its fourth unbeaten home season (1968-69, 2010-11, 2018-19, 2023-24) in Mackey Arena history. Purdue's 17-game home winning streak is the sixth-longest streak in the country.
- With its 10-0 Big Ten home record, Purdue has now recorded the league's best home record in five of the last eight seasons (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024).
- The victory was Purdue's 10th win of the season against teams ranked in the NCAA NET rankings top 25.
- The win was Purdue's 11th quad-1 win of the season and 18th in the first two quads.
- Purdue will become the first team since Indiana (1975, 1976) to win the Big Ten by at least three games in consecutive seasons.
- Zach Edey scored 25 points to finish the season by averaging 25.4 points per game in league play. He will likely become the first player to lead the league in scoring, be a Big Ten champion and win Big Ten Player of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons.
- Purdue is 32-8 in Big Ten play over the last two seasons. Entering tonight's game with Iowa, Illinois has the league's next best record at 24-15.
- Purdue's 104 wins since the start of the 2020-21 season are the third most for a class in school history. The Boilermakers are 104-27 (.794) in that span.
- Purdue went 9-of-18 (.500) from long distance and is now shooting 41.1 percent from long distance on the season. Over the last three games, Purdue is 28-of-54 (.519) from 3-point range.
- Purdue has won 23 games in a row when shooting 48 percent or better from the field.
- Edey scored 25 points with 14 rebounds, three assists and three blocks for his 22nd double-double of the season and 61st of his career.
- Edey moved into seventh place on the school's single-season scoring list with 749 points.
- Edey now needs just 41 points to surpass Rick Mount (2,323 points) as the school's all-time leading scorer, currently with 2,282 points.
- Edey's 2,282 career points rank eighth in Big Ten history.
- Edey moved into third on Purdue's single-season rebounds list with 364. Edey owns the school record from a year ago (438).
- Edey joined Navy's David Robinson as the only players in NCAA history with 2,200 career points, 1,200 career rebounds, 200 career blocks and to shoot at least 60.0 percent from the field.
- Edey recorded his 37th career 20-10 game, the most by 12 games over the next-closest player in the Big Ten in the last 15 years (Luka Garza – 25).
- Fletcher Loyer scored 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the field, 2-of-2 from 3-point range and 3-of-3 from the free throw line. His 15 points on 100 percent efficiency are the 11th-most points on 100 percent efficiency in school history.
- Over the last three games, Loyer is averaging 15.3 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 16-of-26 (.615) from the field and 8-of-11 (.727) from deep. Purdue is now 25-1 in his career when he dishes out three or more assists.
- Braden Smith recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 10 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds and one steal. His seven games of 10 or more assists are the most in a season in school history.
- Smith becomes the first Boilermaker since 1990 (Tony Jones) to lead the Big Ten (league games only) in assists per game (7.6 per game). Smith averaged 12.5 points, 7.6 assists and 6.4 rebounds in Big Ten games.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Zach Edey had a banner day.
The 7-foot-4 Purdue senior withstood a physical onslaught from Wisconsin in his home finale, persevered and received a surprise reward: seeing his jersey number, 15, added to the Mackey Arena rafters.
Edey played through an injured left leg, finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds, became the first Big Ten player with 2,200 points and 1,200 rebounds in a career, and led No. 3 Purdue past Wisconsin 78-70 on Sunday. And then the Boilermakers surprised him by retiring his jersey.
"It's real cool," Edey said before addressing the emotions of the day. "I had all my friends here from Toronto for like the first time. It's my last game in Mackey."
And there was plenty to celebrate for Edey and Purdue (28-3, 17-3), winners of five straight.
Afterward, Edey stood arm-in-arm with his mother before addressing the crowd.
Before the game, coach Matt Painter presented point guard Braden Smith with a ceremonial ball for breaking Purdue's single-season assists record, which stood for nearly 50 years. Moments later, Purdue's pep band played "O Canada" as a senior day tribute to Edey, who is from Toronto.
"I've been trying to get them to do that for four years," Edey joked.
Edey needed less than five minutes to grab the three rebounds needed to reach 1,200. It took a little longer for the Boilermakers' six-player senior class to match Indiana's record for conference wins, 59, over a four-year period. Indiana did it from 1972 to '76.
Fletcher Loyer added 15 points and Smith had 10 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds for the Boilermakers, who won a second consecutive Big Ten title by at least three games.
John Blackwell scored 18 points for the Badgers (19-12, 11-9). Tyler Wahl had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and AJ Storr also scored 17.
"I thought we did a lot of good things offensively," Badgers coach Greg Gard said. "That's a tough team. I would say you can't get a consistent diet of things in the paint just because of his presence."
Purdue certainly tried to fight off Edey near the basket, fouling him 11 times. And it looked like Edey's presence might be short-lived when he limped gingerly to the bench with an apparent left leg injury and Purdue leading 17-9. He finished the half on the bench because of foul trouble.
And after Loyer's four-point play helped stake Purdue to a 40-26 lead, Smith appeared to hurt his right ankle on a non-contact play. He went to the locker room but returned 75 seconds later as the Boilermakers made it 44-33 at the half.
Edey and Loyer remained on the floor without apparent difficulty in the second half as the Badgers twice cut the deficit to four. But the Boilermakers answered with 3-pointers each time, first by Smith and then by Caleb Furst.
"You can tell he loves the game, you can tell he respects the game," forward Mason Gillis said when asked about Edey. "The people around know what he does. He looks out for everybody. He's a good guy in the gym. I don't think we could ask for a better national player of the year."