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Tip: 7:02 p.m. ET
Television: ESPN and ESPN360.com. Dave O'Brien handles play-by-play with Steve Lavin alongside as color analyst and Bart Fox producing.
The Purdue Sports Network (Flagship - WSHP, 95.7 FM). Larry "The Cliz" Clisby (play-by-play), Rob Blackman (analyst) and Ralph Taylor (analyst) call the action. Blackman also handles the pregame show, and Wes Scott engineers.
XM Radio: Channel 196.
Rankings: Purdue is ranked fourth in the Associated Press poll and sixth in the ESPN/USA Today poll. Wake Forest is not ranked in either poll.
Live Stats: GameTracker live stats are available for all Purdue home games. A link to those stats is available at purduesports.com.

THE TIP-OFF
The lone unbeaten team in the Big Ten, Purdue will take the court on Tuesday looking to move to 6-0 on the season and snap a two-game losing streak in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge ... The Boilermakers are 3-6 all-time in the Challenge, with both victories coming at Mackey Arena ... A win over the Demon Deacons would give Purdue six-straight wins to open the season, matching the second-longest winning streak in the Matt Painter Era ... A victory on Tuesday would also give Purdue its first 6-0 start to a season for the first time since the 2003-04 campaign ... The Boilers have played their way to a +6.4 average turnover margin this season, and are 61-17 under Painter when winning the turnover battle ... Purdue is also 56-8 under Painter when its shoots more free throws than its opponent.

UP NEXT
Purdue will remain at home in West Lafayette for its first-ever meeting with Buffalo, which led the Mid-American Conference in overall road wins a season ago. Buffalo is the second of three MAC teams on the Boilers' schedule, and Purdue owns a 47-15 record against the league after its victory over Central Michigan on Saturday.

BOILERMAKERS GARNER HIGHEST RANKING IN 14 YEARS
Purdue is ranked fourth in the latest Associated Press poll, its highest ranking since reaching the same position on March 5, 1996 - a span of 236 polls.

Purdue's ranking marks the 26th week in program history that it has been ranked in the top five of the Associated Press poll.

PURDUE FORCING OPPONENTS INTO LONG FIELD GOAL DROUGHTS
In five games this season, the Boilermakers have forced opponents into 13 field-goal droughts of four minutes or more, including seven basketless periods of five minutes or more.

Purdue forced Central Michigan to three field-goal droughts of more than five minutes, including a season-long 8:08 slump, in its last outing. In the championship game of the Paradise Jam, the Boilermakers held ninth-ranked Tennessee to a stretch of 7:58 without a basket from the floor in the second half to move from a three-point deficit to a five-point lead.

PURDUE HOUNDING OPPONENTS INTO EARLY-SEASON TURNOVERS
In five games this season, Purdue has induced its opponents into 98 turnovers, an average of 19.6 per contest. The havoc created by the Boilermakers' defense has also limited opposing teams to an assist-to-turnover ratio of just 0.43, and propelled the Boilers to a +6.4 turnover margin in the early stages of the campaign.

After turning over Cal State Northridge 25 times in its season opener, Purdue forced Saint Joseph's into a 23-turnover night in the semifinals of the Paradise Jam and caused 16 in each of its last two outings.

The Boilers forced double-figure turnovers in a single half from both of its first two opponents at the Paradise Jam, hassling South Dakota State 12 second-half miscues and inducing 14 turnovers from SJU in the first half of the semifinal game.

BOILERS LOOKING TO CONTINUE ONE OF LONGEST WINNING STREAKS OF PAINTER ERA
With five-straight wins to open the season, the Boilermakers have equaled the fifth-best winning streak under head coach Matt Painter, and a win over Wake Forest would move the current Purdue squad into a tie for second on that list.

The longest winning streak under Painter came during Big Ten play in 2008, when the Boilers didn't lose for more than a month en route to capturing 11-consecutive decisions.

LONGEST WINNING STREAKS IN PAINTER ERA
11 - Jan. 12-Feb. 16, 2008
6 - Nov. 21-Dec. 9, 2006
6 - Dec. 6-28, 2008
5 - Jan. 11-31, 2009
5 - Nov. 14-26, 2008
5 - March 13-21, 2009
5 - Nov. 13-Present

DEFENSE THE KEY TO WIN OVER CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Purdue turned up its defensive heat on Saturday in its win over Central Michigan, limiting the Chippewas to just 38 points to equal the fewest points allowed in just over four years under head coach Matt Painter.

The Boilermakers held CMU to just five field goals in the first half, and only 13 for the game, while Central Michigan's 14 first-half points were just two more than Purdue's modern-day record for low points allowed in a half. CMU's leading scorer on the day had only eight points, while just one Central Michigan player connected on more than two field goals.

KRAMER LOCKING DOWN ON THE DEFENSIVE END
Senior guard Chris Kramer is making good on his reputation as one of the nation's premier lockdown defenders early in the 2009-10 season. Of his five primary defensive assignments this season, four have turned the ball over at least four times, and only two have reached double figures in points.

In Purdue's most recent outing, Kramer held Central Michigan's Jordan Bitzer, who entered the game with an average of 14.0 points per game, to just three points on 1-of-9 shooting from the floor and 1-of-5 from long distance.

Kramer has hounded Saint Joseph's guard Garrett Williamson into an eight-turnover, no-assist game, while Rashuan McLemore of Cal State Northridge and Garrett Callahan of South Dakota State both turned the ball over five times under Kramer's pressure. The Huntington, Ind., native also turned Tennessee guard Scotty Hopson over four times in the Boilers' victory in St. Thomas.


 

 

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