PURDUE vs. HOWARD

PURDUE vs. HOWARD No. 11-ranked Purdue continued its winning ways, stretching its start to 10-0 with a 93-55 win over howard.

"When you watch a few games from the bench you get that fire in your stomach again, and it felt good to be out there." -- Rapheal Davis

Rapheal Davis returned after missing four games with a knee injury and responded by scoring 10 points with three rebounds and two assists in 18 minutes. He went 4-of-8 from the field and 2-of-4 from 3-point range.

Davis and the Purdue defense held Howard to 33.9 percent shooting and has now held five straight opponents to 59 points or less. When Purdue does that in the Matt Painter era, the Boilermakers own a 110-4 record.

Caleb Swanigan recorded his second straight double-double and fourth of the season with a career-high 19 points, 12 rebounds and three assists.

Over the last two games, Biggie is avg. 15.0 points, 13.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in just 25.5 minutes. He is 10-of-15 from the field and 3-of-6 from 3-point range.

Perhaps more importantly, Swanigan has just three turnovers in that span. The 6-9 freshman forward is starting to see the game slow down for him.

Swanigan's four double-doubles are tied for the third most by a freshman in school history and are the most for a Purdue freshman in the last 35 years.

Russell Cross - 7 (1980-81)
Joe Barry Carroll - 6 (1976-77)
Caleb Swanigan - 4 (2015-16)

Swanigan's four double-doubles are tied for the third most by a freshman in the country.

Ben Simmons (LSU) - 6
James Thompson IV (Eastern Michigan) - 5
Caleb Swanigan (Purdue) - 4
Henry Ellenson (Marquette) - 4
Ethan Happ (Wisconsin) - 4

"I just take good shots and do things like that and it'll come. I really don't predicate my game off of it. It's just off rebounding and trying to learn the defense so I'm not looking as out of sync as I have been on that end. Offensively, I know it'll come, so I'm not really worried about it." - Caleb Swanigan

Kendall Stephens scored 14 points with three rebounds and one assist in just 16 minutes. He connected on four 3-pointers and now has 29 career games with three or more trifectas. Over the last two games, Stephens is averaging 13.5 points in just 17.5 minutes and has made 7-of-15 (.467) of his 3-point attempts.

Isaac Haas tallied nine points, three rebounds and one assist in the win over Howard.

A.J. Hammons scored seven points with nine rebounds and one block in the victory over Howard.

The center position of Hammons and Haas recorded 16 points with 12 rebounds against Howard.

The pair is averaging 23.4 points, 11.4 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game combined this year and is shooting 88-of-139 (.633) from the floor and 55-of-74 (.743) from the free throw line this year.

P.J. Thompson had just two points, but added a career-high nine assists with four rebounds and two steals in just 20 minutes. He had only one turnover. As a team, Purdue had zero turnovers in the first half and just six for the game while recording 28 assists on 34 made field goals. The 28 assists were the most in a game since December 2010.

Johnny Hill had five points, one assist and two steals. For the season, Hill is shooting an incredible 75.0 percent (21-of-28) from the floor and over the last six games, Hill has connected on a white-hot 15-of-18 shots (.833).

Once again, Purdue's bench was its typical impressive self. The bench players tallied a season-high 46 points with 18 rebounds against just one turnover in 102 minutes of action. For the season, the group is averaging 37.1 points per game and has played 43.9 percent of the minutes, the fifth-highest percentage for a bench in the country

Vince Edwards tallied seven points, four assists, two rebounds and one block in a typical statsheet-stuffing game. All that production came in just 18 minutes.

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PURDUE vs. HOWARD No. 11-ranked Purdue continued its winning ways, stretching its start to 10-0 with a 93-55 win over howard.

Saturday (Dec. 12) against Youngstown State provides the final home game before a 10-game break from Mackey Arena. It is also Star Wars Day, where donating a canned food item gets you this snazzy poster.

THE 11TH-RANKED BOILERMAKERS WANT TO SEE YOU AT MACKEY ON SATURDAY AT 2 PM!

#RememberTheName

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