#12 Purdue @ #24 Maryland

Purdue heads on the road to face its final challenge of the season.

#24 Maryland v #12 Purdue 

Maryland is averaging 74 PPG on offense. Their top scorers are Anthony Cowan (16 PPG), Bruno Fernando (15 PPG), and Jalen Smith (12 PPG). Maryland is a good shooting team from the floor as they average 46% with Fernando (66%) and Smith (50%) being to go to guys in the paint. Their decent from deep, averaging 37%. But their only deep threat is Eric Ayala at 48%. On defense, they hold teams to 65 PPG, and they force 10 turnovers a game while committing 13.

Purdue is averaging 79 PPG on offense. Our top scorers are Carsen Edwards (25 PPG), and Ryan Cline (13 PPG). we are on par with the Terrapins shooting wise from the floor (46%), but have Matt Haarms (64%), and Trevion Williams (59%), and Grady Eifert (52%). who can muscle their way to the basket and score. Purdue is slightly better than Maryland from the three, averaging 38%. But have Cline (44%), Eifert (43%), and Edwards (37%) who can just light it up on any given night. On defense, the Boilermakers hold teams to 68 PPG, while forcing 14 turnovers a game and committing just 11.

Just like Minnesota and Nebraska, These two teams are very similar. But these are two completely different teams than the ones that met at Mackey in December. Purdue has more fire power from the perimeter, and has the interior presence of Haarms and Williams. But Purdue recently have been notorious for getting into slow starts, So the concern is Purdue starting slow, and can't catch up. This Boilermaker teams is light years from where that December team was, And this will be a close one as the last 5 meeting have been decided by single digits. But Purdue will eke out a victory here in College Park. Purdue