2025-2026 Season
Record: 5-4
Previous 3 Games
12/3: W – 73-64 vs Indiana @ Home
11/28: L – 75 – 86 vs Santa Clara @ Acrisure Invitational (Thousand Palms, CA)
11/27: L – 65 – 77 vs San Francisco @ Acrisure Invitational (Thousand Palms, CA)
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Minnesota Personnel
Starters
|
Position |
# |
Player |
Class |
Height |
Weight |
Min |
Pts |
Reb |
Ast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Point Guard |
6 |
Langston Reynolds |
Sr. |
6’4″ |
215 |
27.3 |
10.6 |
4.2 |
2.9 |
|
Shooting Guard |
1 |
Isaac Asuma |
So. |
6’3″ |
205 |
31.6 |
9.9 |
3 |
4.3 |
|
Small Forward |
10 |
Cade Tyson |
Sr. |
6’7″ |
195 |
35.2 |
21.8 |
4.7 |
1.9 |
|
Power Forward |
3 |
Bobby Durkin |
Jr. |
6’7″ |
220 |
21.8 |
6.8 |
2.7 |
1.4 |
|
Center |
5 |
Jaylen Crocker-Johnson |
Jr. |
6’8″ |
240 |
30.4 |
12.2 |
8.9 |
1.2 |
Bench
|
Position |
# |
Player |
Class |
Height |
Weight |
Min |
Pts |
Reb |
Ast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Forward/Center |
2 |
Grayson Grove |
Fr |
6’9″ |
220 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
0.5 |
|
|
Center |
4 |
Nehemiah Turner |
So |
6’10” |
270 |
0.8 |
2 |
0.3 |
|
|
Wing |
9 |
Kai Shinholster |
Fr |
6’5″ |
175 |
2.9 |
1.4 |
1 |
Key Analytics
(Per KenPom.com – National Rank in ())
KenPom Ranking – 111
Offense
Adjusted Efficiency: 110.4 (122)
Adjusted Tempo: 64.4 (355)
Average Possession Length: 17.7 (230)
Effective Field Goal%: 52.5 (128)
Offensive Rebound%: 36.2 (56)
Three Point%: 31.7 (233)
Two Point %: 55.7 (82)
Defense
Adjusted Efficiency: 104.3 (106)
Adjusted Tempo: 64.4 (355)
Average Possession Length: 17.7 (230)
Effective Field Goal%: 50 (143)
Offensive Rebound%: 24.9 (26)
Three Point%: 37.2 (309)
Two Point %: 46.3 (86)
Purdue Advantages
Adjusted Efficiency
Purdue Offense: 127.5 (1)
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Minnesota Defense: 104.3 (106)
Effective Field Goal %
Purdue Offense: 57.7 (26)
Minnesota Defense: 50 (143)
Three Point Shooting %
Purdue Offense: 40.2(13)
Iowa State Defense: 37.2 (309)
Minnesota Advantages
Offensive Rebounding %
Minnesota Offense: 36.2 (56)
Purdue Defense: 28.7 (108)
Two Point Shooting %
Minnesota Offense: 55.7 (82)
Purdue Defense: 49.5 (121)
Brief Thoughts
Casey has the in-depth preview here.
I don’t have much, honestly. This is a “get right” game for Purdue, and the Boilermakers need to get right. Purdue should overwhelm the smaller Gophers in the paint and then punish them from outside once the defense starts to collapse. It wouldn’t shock me for Fletcher Loyer to go off in this one; he doesn’t usually play two bad games in a row. I’d like to see Braden and TKR work on the pick-and-roll, because for the first time in a long time, it got totally shut down by Iowa State.
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Everything Purdue does is built on Braden and TKR being the best P&R combo in college basketball. The Cyclones decided to focus on shutting down TKR on the pick-and-roll and challenged Braden to beat them by scoring. Instead of scoring, Braden tried to beat Iowa State by passing to his role players, and we all saw what happened. I need to see the most unguardable play in college basketball back up and running at full capacity tonight.
Predictions
KenPom
Purdue: 79
Minnesota: 61
Drew
Purdue: 87
Minnesota: 65
It’s a “wrong time, wrong place” type of situation for the Gophers. I guarantee Matt Painter had the Boilermakers’ full attention in practice this week. Fletch goes off early, the pick-and-roll dominates the game throughout, and the Boilermakers cruise to victory in the second half.
