@BoilerBall 89, Nebraska 74 Hammons Dominates as Purdue wins 19th game of year.
A.J. Hammons became the first Purdue player since Robbie Hummel on Jan. 12, 2010, to have 30 points and 10 rebounds in a game, when he went for 32 & 11 against Nebraska.
Hammons went 14-of-17 from the field, 4-of-4 from the free throw line and finished the game with seven dunks.
He recorded the third-highest points efficiency in school history (min. 30 points). He scored 32 of a possible 38 shots (14-17 FGs, 4-4 FTs).
- .938 -- Todd Mitchell vs. Minnesota (1-15-88)
- .850 -- John Garrett vs. Clemson (12-5-73)
- .842 -- A.J. Hammons vs. Nebraska (1-30-16)
Not distracted by Coach Miles' sweater, Hammons moved into 22nd place on the school's career points list, reaching 1,400 career points.
He now has 1,400 points, 826 rebounds and 312 career blocked shots.
More impressively, Hammons became just the second player in the last 20 years of college basketball to have at least 32 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocked shots.
- Michael Sweetney (Georgetown) vs. Notre Dame (2-9-02 ... 35 pts, 20 rebs, 6 asts, 6 blks, 49 mins.)
- A.J. Hammons (Purdue) vs. Nebraska (1-30-16 ... 32 pts, 11 rebs, 5 asts, 4 blks, 29 mins)
Rapheal Davis broke out of a mini slump with 17 points, six rebounds and two assists in 38 minutes of action. Davis was 4-of-5 from 3-point range and is now just 75 points from becoming the 49th player in school history with 1,000 career points.
P.J. Thompson finished with six points, seven assists, two rebounds and zero turnovers in 33 minutes of action.
Over the last seven games, Thompson has 22 assists against one turnover (an offensive foul vs. Iowa) in 187 minutes of action.
Thompson now boasts an obscene 6.00 assist-to-turnover ratio (66:11), leading the country in A:TO ratio.
Thompson is averaging one turnover for every 46.4 minutes played this year (11 turnovers / 510 minutes played).
Isaac Haas tallied 13 points in just 12 minutes of action, going 5-of-6 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line. He and Hammons combined for 45 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and five blocked shots in 41 minutes of action. The duo went 19-of-23 from the field and 7-of-7 from the free throw line.
"Isaac Haas is one of the best centers in America. A.J. Hammons is the best center in America." -- head coach Matt Painter
Playing on a gimpy ankle, Biggie Swanigan finished with six points, 12 rebounds and five assists.
Swanigan now has 199 rebounds on the season, needing just seven more to tie the most by a freshman in Purdue school history.
Swanigan is now averaging 9.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He is one of four freshmen in America to average 9.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG and 2.0 APG.
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Purdue coaches wore sneakers for Coaches vs. Cancer and the gold laces were in honor of #LaceUpForLacey, a tribute to Michigan State fan Lacey Holsworth -- an 8-year old girl that passed away last year from Pediatric Cancer.
Former Purdue head coach Gene Keady speaks the crowd at halftime. The 1994-95-96 Big Ten 3-Pete Championship teams were recognized today.
- Purdue's 7-3 conference record is the fourth time under coach Painter that the Boilermakers have started at least 7-3, the last time coming back in the 2010-11 season.
- Purdue's 58.9 field goal percentage was its highest against a Big Ten opponent since shooting 59.5 percent at Wisconsin on Jan. 27, 2009.
- Purdue continued their streak of outrebounding their opponent for the 23rd time this season, winning the rebound margin 38-22. This was the 11th time this season the Boilermakers have outrebounded opponents by 10 or more. Purdue won the battle of the glass by a 20-8 margin in the second half.
- Purdue's bench outscored Nebraska's 23-22, making it 22-of-23 games this season that Purdue has done so (Ohio State).
- The Boilermakers have scored 70 or more points in seven of their last 8 games, and in 17-of-23 games this season after scoring 89 points today.
- 17 of Purdue's 19 wins have been decided by at least 11 points after its 15-point win today.
- Purdue is now 9-0 when shooting over 48.0 percent from the field, shooting 58.9 percent against Nebraska.
- The Boilermakers improved to 11-0 in games where Rapheal Davis scores 10 or more points, with Davis notching 17 points today.
- Purdue also improved to 9-0 when AJ. Hammons leads the team in points.
- The Boilermakers improved to 14-0 on the season when the senior class scores over 21 points (had 51 points tonight).
- Purdue is also 12-0 this season when Isaac Haas scores in double digits; Haas had 13 points.
- Purdue set a season high in 3-point percentage at 58.3 percent (7-of-12).
- Purdue shot 88.9 percent (16-of-18) from the free throw line, the eighth time this year the team has shot over 80.0 percent from the free throw line.