LINCOLN, Neb. — The No. 4-ranked Purdue basketball team is on the road Saturday for a matchup against Nebraska, looking to reach 10-0 for just the fourth time in the last 85 years and the third under head coach Matt Painter.
The game is scheduled to tip off at 2:15 p.m. ET at Pinnacle Bank Arena, and it will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.
The Boilermakers, who are 9-0 and 1-0 in Big Ten play so far in the 2022-23 season, face their second road game of the season after taking down Florida State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30. Purdue hasn’t started 2-0 on the road since the 2017-18 season.
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4:30 p.m. ET, FINAL — Purdue survives overtime on the road against Nebraska, coming out with a 65-62 win.
4:27 p.m. ET — Nebraska calls timeout with 21.4 seconds left in overtime. Purdue leads 63-60 after Braden Smith knocks down a pair of free throws. Keisei Tominaga going to check in for the Cornhuskers.
4:26 p.m. ET — Fletcher Loyer and Derrick Walker going back and forth for these two teams in overtime. Purdue leads 61-60 with 27.6 seconds to play.
4:22 p.m. ET — Zach Edey not his usual self on the offensive end with just 11 points, but he has seven blocks for Purdue.
4:17 p.m. ET — Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer get the look they wanted for a corner 3-pointer before the buzzer, but Loyer’s shot doesn’t fall. Purdue and Nebraska are headed to overtime.
4:15 p.m. ET — Keisei Tominaga has 17 points off the bench for Nebraska after tying the game at 56-56 with a 3-pointer with eight seconds left.
4:11 p.m. ET — Purdue has three turnovers in the last 2:40 and also hasn’t scored in that same span. The Boilermakers have a one-point lead with 1:08 left to play.
4:07 p.m. ET — With under two minutes left to play, Purdue hasn’t made a field goal in almost four minutes.
3:55 p.m. ET, UNDER 4 — Purdue clinging to a 53-50 lead over Nebraska with 3:48 left in the game. The Boilermakers are just 7-of-21 from the floor in the second half, which includes two made shots in their last nine attempts. Fletcher Loyer with 17 points.
3:54 p.m. ET — Ethan Morton goes 1-for-2 from the foul line, and Purdue is 4-of-10 on its free throw tries so far.
3:51 p.m. ET — Fletcher Loyer rounds the corner and barrels down the lane to put down a dunk. He leads all scorers with 17 points as Purdue tries to hold on to a narrow advantage.
3:44 p.m. ET, UNDER 8 — Zach Edey now has 10 points and 11 rebounds for Purdue, which leads 49-46 on the road against Nebraska with 7:47 left to play. The Boilermakers led by as many as 14 points in the second half.
3:37 p.m. ET, UNDER 12 — A pretty step-back jumper falls for Fletcher Loyer, and he leads all scorers with 15 points. Purdue ahead of Nebraska 47-41 with 10:53 left to play as we hit the under-12 media timeout.
3:32 p.m. ET — Keisei Tominaga buries a 3-pointer in transition for Nebraska, and a 10-0 run cuts Purdue’s lead to just four points. It’s 45-41 with 12:03 to play.
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3:28 p.m. ET — Keisei Tominaga drills a 3-pointer for Nebraska, and Fletcher Loyer is called for a foul on the perimeter. The Cornhuskers get a 4-point play to cut into a double-digit deficit.
3:23 p.m. ET, UNDER 16 — Purdue leads Nebraska 43-31 with 15:30 left in the second half. Fletcher Loyer with 13 points after burying his second 3-pointer of the game. The Boilermakers have made three of their first five shots after the break.
3:18 p.m. ET — Both teams with three points to start the second half. Nebraska gets a trio of free throws after a foul call on Ethan Morton, but he knocks down a deep shot attempt to answer back.
2:57 p.m. ET, HALFTIME — Zach Edey is 4-for-4 from the floor with eight points to go along with a team-high eight rebounds so far. Purdue leads Nebraska 34-24 at the break. Fletcher Loyer leads all scorers with 10 points.
2:49 p.m. ET — Trey Kaufman-Renn finds Zach Edey down low, who makes his third shot of the first half. Purdue on a 7-0 run and leads Nebraska 26-19 with just over four minutes left before halftime.
2:47 p.m. ET — Fletcher Loyer with five straight points for Purdue after Nebraska tied the game 19-19. The freshman guard has a team-high 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting.
2:44 p.m. ET — Braden Smith throws the ball out of bounds for his first turnover of the game. He was looking to swing the ball to Caleb Furst on the perimeter, who turned away from the ball to set a screen.
2:39 p.m. ET, UNDER 8 — Purdue with a small lead over Nebraska, 19-16, with 7:22 to play before halftime. The Cornhuskers are neutralizing Zach Edey so far, as the big man has just two shot attempts in 10 minutes on the floor.
2:37 p.m. ET — Jenkins is now 2-for-2 from the floor to open the game with five points. He was held scoreless in Purdue’s win over Hofstra.
2:32 p.m. ET — David Jenkins Jr. buries a contested 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down. It looked like a poor offensive possession for Purdue but ends in points to break an even scoreline.
2:29 p.m. ET, UNDER 12 — Neither team has been able to find a rhythm offensively, as Purdue and Nebraska remain tied 9-9 with 11:51 left before halftime. The Boilermakers and Cornhuskers are a combined 8-of-27 from the floor.
2:26 p.m. ET — Purdue moving the ball around the perimeter, and Brandon Newman gets near the lane for a tough floater.
2:24 p.m. ET — Trey Kaufman-Renn and Brandon Newman into the game for Purdue after the media timeout. The Boilermakers haven’t scored in more than two minutes.
2:20 p.m. ET, UNDER 16 — Purdue and Nebraska tied up 7-7 with 15:59 to play in the first half. The Cornhuskers are on a 5-0 run, and Emmanuel Bandoumel leads all scorers with five points.
2:18 p.m. ET — Shot clock winding down for Purdue, but Braden Smith tosses a lob to Zach Edey, who puts down a two-handed dunk.
Tipoff — Zach Edey wins the tip for Purdue, and Fletcher Loyer gets a 3-pointer to fall on the team’s opener possession. Nebraska can’t get anything to do on its first possession, and Edey gets a put-back attempt on the next trip down the floor.
The Boilermakers have an early 5-0 lead.
Purdue starters: Mason Gillis (back) will miss his third straight game for the Boilermakers.
- Freshman guard Braden Smith
- Freshman guard Fletcher Loyer
- Junior guard Ethan Morton
- Sophomore forward Caleb Furst
- Junior center Zach Edey
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