No. 3 Purdue Boilermakers play the No. 1 Arizona Wildcats

Arizona Wildcats (8-0) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (9-1, 1-1 Big Ten)

Indianapolis; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The No. 3 Purdue Boilermakers face the No. 1 Arizona Wildcats at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Boilermakers are 8-0 in non-conference play. Purdue is second in the Big Ten in rebounding averaging 42.0 rebounds. Zach Edey leads the Boilermakers with 10.8 boards.

The Wildcats are 8-0 in non-conference play. Arizona leads the Pac-12 with 21.6 assists. Kylan Boswell paces the Wildcats with 4.8.

Purdue makes 49.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 10.2 percentage points higher than Arizona has allowed to its opponents (38.9%). Arizona averages 24.9 more points per game (94.0) than Purdue gives up to opponents (69.1).

TOP PERFORMERS: Edey is scoring 24.8 points per game and averaging 10.8 rebounds for the Boilermakers. Braden Smith is averaging 13.2 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 48.1% for Purdue.

Caleb Love is averaging 14.1 points, 4.5 assists and 1.6 steals for the Wildcats. Keshad Johnson is averaging 12.6 points and 6.9 rebounds for Arizona.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.