[4] Purdue 85, Hofstra 66 (Postgame Notes)

• Purdue improved to 9-0 with an 85-66 decision over Hofstra in front of Mackey Arena's 46^th straight sellout crowd.
• Purdue is now 9-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 squad started 11-0. It marks the third time in the Painter era that Purdue has started at least 9-0 (14-0 in 2009-10; 11-0 in 2015-16).
• The win was Purdue's nation's-longest, 20^th straight in non-conference, regular-season games. Purdue has gone two calendar years without losing a non-conference, regular-season game.
• The victory was Purdue's 18^th straight non-conference home win, the fifth-longest streak in facility history.
• Purdue is 32-2 at Mackey Arena since the start of the 2020-21 season, winning its 13^th straight home game with the win over Hofstra.
• Purdue is now 66-2 since the start of the 2017-18 season when scoring 80 or more points, having won 44 straight games when reaching 80 points.
• Purdue is 53-5 since the start of the 2017-18 season when making 10 or more 3-pointers in a game, including vs. Hofstra. The Boilermakers have won 23 straight games when reaching that mark.
• Purdue had five players score in double-figures for the second straight game.
• Purdue had 15 assists to one turnover in the first half, and finished with 20 assists against nine turnovers. Over the last two games, Purdue has 42 assists against 16 turnovers.
• Matt Painter won his 393^rd game at Purdue, now needing seven wins to become the fifth Big Ten coach in league history to win 400 games at a Big Ten school.
• Zach Edey recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 23 points, 18 rebounds and 3 assists. Purdue is now 17-2 during his career when he records a double-double.
• Edey notched a 20-point game for the eighth straight game, now tied with Andrew Bogut for the longest 20-point streak for a player that stands at least 7-feet tall in the last 25 years.
• His eight-game, 20-point streak is the second-longest for a Purdue player in the last 50 years (Glenn Robinson – 19).
• Over the last two games, Edey has 54 points and 40 rebounds in 61 minutes, averaging 35.4 points and 26.2 rebounds / 40 minutes in that span. He has the same number of rebounds (40) as opponents do (40) in the last two games.
• Edey is now averaging 23.2 points and 13.3 rebounds per game.
• Braden Smith had 13 points with five rebounds and two assists.
• Caleb Furst had 12 points with six rebounds and two assists. Furst has 22 points, eight rebounds and three assists in 47 minutes over the last two games.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a career-high 13 points, while connecting on two 3-pointers.
• Fletcher Loyer scored in double-figures for the fifth straight game with 10 points and five assists. Over the last three games, he is averaging 13.7 PPG and 5.7 APG, having 17 assists against one turnover.

 

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Zach Edey keeps putting up big numbers — and No. 4 Purdue just keeps winning.

The 7-foot-4 center had a double-double in the first half and finished with 23 points and 18 rebounds to help the Boilermakers rout Hofstra 85-66 Wednesday night.

Edey has now scored 20 or more points in eight straight games, the longest streak during coach Matt Painter's 18-year tenure.

This is the first time the Boilermakers (9-0) have won their first nine since the 2015-16 team started 11-0.

"We're big and physical and I think that shows up in the rebounds on the stat sheet," Edey said after Hofstra finished with just one offensive rebound.

Edey has accounted for 54 points and 40 rebounds in his last two games, including a win over Minnesota.

Hofstra faced an even more daunting challenge because leading scorer Aaron Estrada missed the game with an injured ankle. Redshirt freshman Amar'e Marshall responded by scoring a season-high 24 points, including half of Hofstra's 34 first-half points.

The combination of defending Edey and losing Estrada available left the Pride (6-4) with little chance. Still, coach Speedy Claxton liked what he saw.

"What it says is we're more than a one-man team," he said. "We really run a lot through Aaron and rightly so because he's a great player. But we've got other players and that showed tonight."

Hofstra dug itself a deep, early hole.

Claxton called timeout after Purdue scored the first nine points. The Boilermakers then used the combination of Edey's inside dominance and a flurry of 3-pointers, to make it 20-2 less than six minutes into the game.

Marshall's surprise scoring binge helped Hofstra stay within 12 — until Purdue ended the first half on an 11-3 spurt to take a 54-34 lead. The Boilermakers closed it out with a 10-2 run early in the second half.

"The first 10 minutes, we dominated that," Painter said, noting Edey's role in the fast start. "Then the rest of the game was just a regular basketball game. That's a good team. That's an NCAA Tournament team when they get Estrada back in there."

BIG PICTURE

Hofstra: Claxton's team has shown promise this season and it would have at least been interesting to see how it would have fared with Estrada (21.7 points). Instead, the Pride was overmatched against a far superior team.

Purdue: The Boilermakers proved their mettle during a 10-day stretch by sweeping West Virginia, Gonzaga and Duke on neutral courts, winning at Florida State and beating Minnesota at home. Purdue didn't have to do anything so impressive Wednesday but showed no letdown.

GIGANTIC MISMATCH

Edey is a matchup problem for pretty much anybody. But when an opponent has nobody taller than 6-10, Edey is nearly impossible to guard — as Hofstra found out. The Canadian was 9 of 15 from the field just three days after he established new career highs with 31 points and 22 rebounds in a victory over the Golden Gophers.

STAT PACK

Hofstra: The Pride had a two-game winning streak snapped. ... Hofstra is 0-2 all-time against Purdue. ... Dstone Dubar had 14 points while Tyler Thomas had 10 points and five rebounds. ... Jaquan Carlos had six assists. ... Marshall also had four rebounds and four assists.