Indiana vs. Purdue: Full Game Preview

(3) Indiana

(18-2, 5-0 away)

Purdue

(11-9, 9-5 home)

Venue: Mackey Arena

8:30PM ET / 5:30PM PT, January 30, 2013

Team Leaders

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Indiana	C Zeller 16.0	C Zeller 8.1	K Ferrell 4.6
Purdue	T Johnson 13.5	A Hammons 6.3	R Johnson 3.6

On Wednesday, No. 3 Indiana heads to Mackey Arena to take on Purdue. The game tips off at 8:30 EST and you can catch it on Big Ten Network. The Hoosiers are 2-5 against the Boilermakers over the last four years. The last time they met (3/4/2012) they won 85-74.

Purdue is in 6th place in the conference and Indiana is in 1st place.

The 21 points and 7 rebounds by Victor Oladipo helped the Hoosiers to a 75-70 victory over Michigan State on January 27th. He is averaging 13.9 points per game while also contributing a team-high 2.5 steals per game. For the Boilermakers, Terone Johnson finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds in the 65-62 win over Iowa on January 27th. His 13.5 points per game is the highest mark on the team.

In terms of team stats, Indiana has an advantage in a single key area, scoring, where the Hoosiers have an edge over the Boilermakers, 83 points per game to 66 points per game.

Purdue StatSmack

The Indiana scoring leader (Cody Zeller) has more points than the Purdue scoring leader (Terone Johnson).
Diaper Dandies love us. Indiana has recruited more McDonald's All-Americans out of high school than Purdue (19 vs 5).
Be afraid. Indiana has blown out more teams than Purdue this season (12 blowouts vs 4).
Indiana is a better shooting team (50.0% vs 42.0%) than Purdue this season.
Indiana players are more experienced than Purdue players (15,819 minutes played vs 9,300 minutes played).
Kids want to come here. Since 1998 Indiana has recruited more Top 50 high school players than Purdue (11 vs 3).
Indiana is a better three-point shooting team (41.9% vs 31.4%) than Purdue this season.
Indiana has a much better NCSA Athletic Ranking than Purdue (#43 vs #54).
The Indiana steals leader (Victor Oladipo) has more steals than the Purdue steals leader (Ronnie Johnson).
Victor Oladipo is ranked 14th nationally in steals.
How does our back look? Indiana is ranked higher than Purdue in the Big Ten (#1 vs #6).

IU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Cody Zeller	29	16	8	1	1	1	2
A-	Victor Oladipo	27	14	6	2	2	1	2
B+	C. Watford	27	13	7	1	1	0	1
B	Jordan Hulls	28	11	3	3	1	0	1
B	Kevin Ferrell	28	7	3	5	1	0	2
B-	Will Sheehey	22	10	4	1	1	0	2
C	Remy Abell	15	5	2	1	0	0	1
C	J. Hollowell	11	4	2	0	0	0	1
C-	Derek Elston	7	1	1	0	0	0	0
C-	Maurice Creek	11	3	1	1	0	0	1
C-	A. Etherington	7	2	2	0	0	0	1
D+	H. Mosquera-Perea	7	1	2	0	0	0	1
D+	Taylor Wayer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D+	Jeff Howard	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
D+	Raphael Smith	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
D+	Peter Jurkin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

PUR Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Terone Johnson	32	14	5	3	0	0	2
C+	D.J. Byrd	31	10	4	3	1	0	2
C+	A.J. Hammons	23	10	6	1	0	2	2
C+	Ronnie Johnson	29	9	4	4	1	0	2
C-	Rapheal Davis	16	6	3	1	0	0	1
C-	Anthony Johnson	21	6	3	1	0	0	1
C-	Donnie Hale	15	4	3	0	0	0	1
D+	Jacob Lawson	14	3	3	0	1	1	1
D	Travis Carroll	10	2	2	0	0	1	0
D	Sandi Marcius	7	2	2	0	0	0	1
D	Jay Simpson	8	3	2	0	0	1	1
D	Stephen Toyra	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Dru Anthrop	8	1	1	1	1	0	1
D	Neal Beshears	2	1	0	0	0	0	1