Purdue hosts No. 7 Maryland after Bass' 20-point game

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Maryland Terrapins (9-0) at Purdue Boilermakers (5-3)

West Lafayette, Indiana; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Purdue hosts No. 7 Maryland after Reagan Bass scored 20 points in Purdue's 60-51 win against the Maine Black Bears.

The Boilermakers are 5-1 in home games. Purdue averages 17.0 turnovers per game and is 1-0 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.

The Terrapins have gone 2-0 away from home. Maryland ranks seventh in college basketball with 41.2 rebounds per game. Saylor Poffenbarger leads the Terrapins with 8.3.

Purdue's average of 5.1 made 3-pointers per game is 1.2 fewer made shots on average than the 6.3 per game Maryland allows. Maryland has shot at a 51.1% rate from the field this season, 12.1 percentage points higher than the 39.0% shooting opponents of Purdue have averaged.

The Boilermakers and Terrapins match up Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Destini Lombard is shooting 36.4% from beyond the arc with 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Boilermakers, while averaging 14 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.4 steals.

Kaylene Smikle is averaging 17.9 points for the Terrapins.

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