THE GAME
Purdue vs. Omaha
THE PARTICULARS
Date: Friday, Nov. 26, 2021
Time: 2 p.m. ET
TV: B1G+
Radio: Purdue Radio Network (96.5 WAZY locally)
ABOUT #3 PURDUE (5-0)
• Purdue's coming off a breakout showing in Connecticut where it won the Hall of Fame Tip-Off with wins over then-No. 18 North Carolina and then No. 5 Villanova.
• After UCLA got beat by Gonzaga earlier in the week, Purdue could be poised to move up to No. 1 nationally should the Zags lose to Duke on Friday.
PURDUE LINEUPS
STARTERS
C — 15 Zach Edey (7-4, 295, So.)
17.2 PPG • 73.3% FG • 8.0 REB • 19.0 MIN
F — 3 Caleb Furst (6-10, 230, Fr.)
9.6 PPG • 66.7% FG • 7.4 RPG
G —23 Jaden Ivey (6-4, 195, So.)
15.6 PPG • 7.2 REB • 4.6 AST • 7 STL
G — 55 Sasha Stefanovic (6-5, 205, Sr.)
14.8 PPG • 48.6% 3-PT • 4.1 AST
G —11 Isaiah Thompson (6-1, 160, Jr.)
6.8 PPG • 55% 3-PT • 2 TO
ROTATION
C — 50 Trevion Williams (6-10, 255, Sr.)
12.8 PPG • 66.7% FG • 7.2 REB • 2.2 AST • 7 STL
G — 5 Brandon Newman (6-5, 200, So.)
8.0 PPG • 44% 3-PT
G — 25 Ethan Morton (6-6, 215, So.)
2.4 PPG • 2.2 REB • 7 STL
G — 2 Eric Hunter (6-4, 175, Sr.)
3.4 PPG • 1.8 AST
F — 0 Mason Gillis (6-6, 230, So.)
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Freshmen Trey Kaufman-Renn and Brian Waddell will redshirt this season. Waddell will miss most of the season after tearing his ACL.
ABOUT NEBRASKA-OMAHA (1-4)
• Omaha's playing its fifth of five straight buy games in the span of 13 days, starting at Ball State, then to Kansas State, then to Montana, then to Texas Tech and now to Purdue. It started with a four-point loss at Muncie, but last time out Omaha lost by 56 at Texas Tech.
OMAHA LINEUPS
STARTERS
F - 23 Frankie Fidler (6-7, 200, Fr.)
7.4 PPG
C- 14 Dylan Brougham (6-9, 195, So.)
4.0 PPG • 61.5% FG
G - 25 Felix Lemetti (6-1, 190, Jr.)
6.8 PPG • 2.7 AST
F- 2 Darrius Hughes (6-7, 230, Jr.)
4.6 PPG • 3.6 RPG
G - 00 Sam'i Roe (6-1, 180, Sr.)
5.2 PPG
KEY RESERVE
G - 3 Kyle Luedtke (6-5, 190, Jr.)
9.6 PPG • 40% 3-PT
IN-GAME AND POST-GAME COVERAGE
Stay dialed in to GoldandBlack.com during the game for our pre-game First Thoughts analysis. During the game, follow along with our game thread and follow @brianneubert on Twitter for additional insight.
Following the game, we'll have post-game press conference video, game coverage, analysis, our Wrap Video and Final Thoughts, plus a Gold and Black Radio podcast within a few hours of the end of the game.
Stay tuned.
PREDICTION: PURDUE 99, OMAHA 60
These are the sorts of games Matt Painter generally tries to avoid, as this will be a 300-plus NET rankings team when all's said and done. But you have to fill out your schedule, especially during this busy holiday travel season. This will be a W on the record and little more.
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