Game Day Essentials: Game #26 vs Purdue

Purdue Info

Head Coach: Matt Painter

Location: West Lafayette, IN

Conference: B1G 10

Nickname: Boilermakers

Mascots: Boilermaker Special, Purdue Pete

Last time out: Lost to Michigan St

Typical Rotation Depth: Everyone with a jersey

Line: Huskers by 5.5

Offense: Everything in the paint

Tempo: Run and Gun

Fun Fact: Purdue gets 41.2% of their minutes off the bench, 10th highest % in Div I

Possible Starters

Huskers

0 Tai Webster 6-4 194 Fr

5 Terran Petteway 6-6 209 Jr

31 Shavon Shields 6-7 219 So

2 David Rivers 6-7 198 Jr

35 Walter Pitchford 6-10 234 So

Boilermakers

3 Ronnie Johnson 6-0 178 So

0 Terone Johnson 6-4 198 Sr

35 Rapheal Davis 6-5 211 So

5 Basil Smotherman 6-5 222 Fr

20 A.J. Hammons 7-0 251 So

Keys to the Game for the Huskers

• Slowing down Purdue's Transition Game
  
• Containing A.J. Hammons
  
• Keeping Purdue off the offensive glass
  

Last time vs Purdue

Nebraska had a 58-55 lead with 6:43 to go in the second half while scoring 6 points the rest of the way. AJ Hammons put up 18 points but the 10 extra FT attempts were the biggest difference between winning and losing the game.

The skinny

Purdue is a young, inconsistent team that constantly rotates players in and out of the lineup with AJ Hammons and the Johnson brothers playing the most minutes.

A big part of what Nebraska does on defense is limit transition offense at the expense of offensive rebounds...a big part of what Purdue wants to do.

This is yet another game where the Huskers are favored to win against a team that has struggled to score on the road in the B1G. Nebraska needs to keep playing team defense and this should be another Husker victory.

Prediction: Nebraska 74 - Purdue 65 with a 92% chance of Runzas