The Purdue Boilermakers were able to improve their conference to 4-1 and take the top spot of the conference standings after an impressive 76-63 victory against Penn State at the Palestra which also moved their overall record to 15-1. The Nebraska Cornhuskers are currently 9-8 and just 2-4 in conference play after falling in their last game to Illinois 50-76.
Let’s take a look at the important matchups ahead of the matchup at Mackey Arena in front of the first crowd with students in 2023:
1 | Zach Edey vs. Nebraska’s Low Side Double Team
Nebraska did as good of a job defending Edey as any other team on the schedule by limiting him to just 7 shot attempts (low was 5 against Florida A&M) but Edey still was able to make 5 of those attempts but scored a season low 11 points.