 missed 12 of 13 shots and the Boilermakers (7-2) outrebounded Arizona State 16-5. Arizona State finished the first half 1 of 11 from 3-point range, one game after matching the school record with 18 3s against UNLV. The Sun Devils were 4 for 26 for the game on 3s and 24 of 67 overall (24 of 67). Ryan Cline had 15 points for Purdue, and Basil Smotherman had 13. Carsen Edwards and Dakota Mathias scored 12 each. Cline was 5 for 7 and Vincent Edwards went 4 for 5 from 3-point range as Purdue finished 15 of 27 from long range. The Boilermakers shot 59.4 percent overall (38 of 64). Shannon Evans II led the Sun Devils with 16 points, and Torian Graham added 14. Caleb Swanigan had 10 rebounds to lead the Boilermakers, who finished with a 44-28 advantage on the glass. The 7-foot-2 Haas had seven rebounds. The win ended a three-game losing streak at Madison Square Garden for the Boilermakers, who are 13-9 in the building all-time. BIG PICTUREPurdue: The Boilermakers aren't just their big men anymore. Swanigan and Haas control inside, but Purdue can also hit the 3. Purdue outrebounds its opponents by eight and the Boilermakers shoot 43.2 percent from beyond the arc. ... Purdue's losses have been to Villanova and Louisville. ... Purdue's next game against a ranked team is Dec. 17 against No. 23 Notre Dame in Indianapolis. ... Purdue leads the all-time series with Arizona State 4-2. Arizona State: The Sun Devils are one of the most mobile college basketball teams. From Nov. 16 through Dec. 10, they will travel 12,900 miles and spend 11 of 25 nights in hotels. The trips included one to the Bahamas to face then-No. 1 Kentucky. ... In their current six-game stretch, the Sun Devils will have faced ranked teams Kentucky, Purdue and Creighton. ... Arizona State is 1-4 at Madison Square Garden. UP NEXTPurdue: The Boilermakers host Cleveland State on Saturday and a week later they face No. 23 Notre Dame. Arizona State: The Sun Devils are at San Diego State on Saturday.)
Time: 07:00 P.M. EST Arizona State continues its crisscrossing journey when it takes on No. 18 Purdue in the first game of the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. The Sun Devils (5-3) traveled 4,300 miles from Phoenix to New York on Sunday, part of a road schedule that has taken them to Orlando and the Bahamas since Nov. 17. By the time Arizona State meets San Diego State on Dec. 10, they will have flown 12,900 miles and slept in hotels 11 of 25 nights. The road warriors could be feeling the effects of the extended travel. Going into Saturday's win over UNLV, Arizona State's defensive two-point field goal percentage of 56.4 was last among the Power Five conference teams. The Sun Devils gave up 115 points in a loss to Kentucky and 100 in a 17-point win over The Citadel. Tra Holder, Torian Graham and Shannon Evans II are all averaging 17 points and at least 31 minutes for the Sun Devils, who are coached by Bobby Hurley, the 1992 Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Tournament out of Duke. Hurley's father, Bob, is the Hall of Fame coach at St. Anthony's in Jersey City." We have to have more energy," Hurley told AZ Central. "The things that I talked about early in the season -- we have to be scrappy and feisty and use our quickness. I think we allowed our inability to play efficiently on offense to affect our mood and how we defended (against Kentucky)." We have to move past that. If we miss a bad shot or if we turn the ball over, we have to be able to flip the switch and aggressively play that end of the floor at all times." Arizona State made a team-record 18 3-pointers against UNLV, but its perimeter defenders will be tested by Boilermakers shooters that have made 62 3-pointers in the last five games and ranks 13th nationally in 3-pointers per game (10.5). Purdue (6-2) is shooting 43.3 percent from long distance, good for fifth nationally and first in the Big Ten. The Boilermakers committed a season-low nine turnovers in a 90-56 win over Morehead State on Saturday and had a season-high 27 assists. Purdue ranks seventh nationally in assists per game (19.8) and has had at least 20 in five of its eight games." We got into a flow because we made shots, we moved the ball, we had good inside-outside balance," Painter told the Lafayette Journal and Courier after the Morehead State win. "But it all looks better when it goes in. I mean, it just does." Purdue is led by Caleb Swanigan, one of the premier big men in the country. The 6-foot-9 sophomore forward is 10th in the country in rebounding (11.5) and is one of two players nationally to average 17.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. (Dedric Lawson of Memphis is the other). Since 1993-94, just six players in NCAA history have averaged 17.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in a season. Purdue and Arizona State last met in Las Vegas on Dec. 21, 2002, when the Sun Devils won 70-53 in route to a 2003 NCAA Tournament appearance. The teams have met five times, with Arizona State winning twice. The other Sun Devils win was 85-80 on Dec. 21, 1968, in Tempe when the Boilermakers were ranked 12th.
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