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Published Jan 8, 2025

VIDEO: Matt Painter previews Rutgers

Israel Schuman • BoilerUpload

Staff Writer

@ischumanwrites

You can't make it long talking about Rutgers without bringing up Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper.

No. 20 Purdue (11-4, 3-1) will travel to Piscataway, New Jersey to take on Rutgers (8-7, 1-3) Thursday night. The Scarlet Knights have lost back-to-back Big Ten games, but their talented freshmen duo has helped them to a home win against Penn State and competitive games against No. 5 Alabama and No. 10 Texas A&M on neutral courts.

Bailey is coming off a 39-point game against Indiana a week ago, and elicited lofty comparisons from Purdue head coach Matt Painter.

Hear everything Painter said ahead of the Boilers' Big Ten road matchup: