3/22/2024 Purdue v. Grambling State Game Preview
March 22, 2024
at 7:25 PM ET
NCAA Tournament
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
NCAA Tournament
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Purdue vs. Grambling Prediction: Odds, Spread & Insights - NCAA Tournament First Round
A first-round NCAA Tournament matchup will see the 16th-seeded Grambling Tigers (21-14) take the court against the No. 1 seed Purdue Boilermakers (29-4) on Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The contest starts at 7:25 PM ET.
The matchup on Friday between the Boilermakers and the Tigers sees the Boilermakers as a gigantic, 27.5-point favorite. The game's over/under has been set at 138.5 by sportsbooks.
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Purdue vs. Grambling game info
- Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
- Time: 7:25 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TBS
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- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Venue: Gainbridge Fieldhouse
- Spread: Purdue -27.5
- Moneylines: Purdue -10000, Grambling +2500
- Total: 138.5
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Prediction: Who will win the Purdue vs. Grambling game?
- Prediction: Purdue 85, Grambling 60
- Pick ATS: Grambling (+27.5)
- Pick OU: Over (138.5)
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Purdue vs. Grambling betting insights
- Purdue has put together a 16-15-0 record against the spread this season.
- The Boilermakers are 3-1 ATS this season when playing as at least 27.5-point favorites.
- Grambling is 17-14-0 ATS this season.
- The Tigers have not covered the spread this season (0-1 ATS) when playing as at least 27.5-point underdogs.
- In 25 of 31 games this season, Purdue and its opponents have scored more than 138.5 points.
- The Tigers have combined with their opponent to score more than 138.5 points in 16 of 31 games this season.
- These two teams score a combined 151.6 points per game, 13.1 more points than this matchup's total.
March Madness History
- 13 Over 4 Seed March Madness Upset History
- 15 Over 2 Seed March Madness Upset History
- 12 Over 5 Seed March Madness Upset History
- 14 Over 3 Seed March Madness Upset History
- 10 Over 7 Seed March Madness Upset History
- 11 Over 6 Seed March Madness Upset History
- 16 Over 1 Seed March Madness Upset History
- Most Points in a Recent March Madness Game
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Purdue vs. Grambling stat comparison
| Purdue Rank | Purdue AVG | Grambling AVG | Grambling Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152nd | 72.7 | Points Scored | 69 | 248th |
| 21st | 62.7 | Points Allowed | 62.2 | 15th |
| 20th | 38.7 | Rebounds | 34.3 | 217th |
| 16th | 11 | Off. Rebounds | 8.6 | 178th |
| 237th | 6.8 | 3pt Made | 5 | 349th |
| 29th | 15.5 | Assists | 11.7 | 289th |
| 51st | 10.6 | Turnovers | 13.4 | 316th |
Purdue top performers
- Zach Edey: 24.4 PTS, 11.7 REB, 2.2 BLK, 61.9 FG%
- Braden Smith: 12.5 PTS, 7.3 AST, 1.6 STL, 45.5 FG%, 44.8 3PT% (47-for-105)
- Lance Jones: 12.2 PTS, 1.4 STL, 41.3 FG%, 35.4 3PT% (69-for-195)
- Fletcher Loyer: 10.4 PTS, 41.6 FG%, 43.9 3PT% (54-for-123)
- Mason Gillis: 7.1 PTS, 50.3 FG%, 48.1 3PT% (52-for-108)
Grambling top performers
- Tra'Michael Moton: 11.6 PTS, 1.7 STL, 39.8 FG%, 37.1 3PT% (43-for-116)
- Kintavious Dozier: 12.9 PTS, 45.1 FG%, 32.5 3PT% (37-for-114)
- Jourdan Smith: 10.0 PTS, 1.1 BLK, 41.5 FG%, 33.3 3PT% (15-for-45)
- Antwan Barnett: 10.4 PTS, 46.3 FG%, 36.6 3PT% (26-for-71)
- Jalen Johnson: 7.5 PTS, 48.9 FG%, 25.0 3PT% (2-for-8)
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2023-2024 Team Stats
| GP | MPG | PPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | PF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grambling State | 36 | 40.4 | 67.7 | 23.9 | 54.3 | .440 | 5.1 | 15.2 | .338 | 14.8 | 20.8 | .708 | 8.5 | 21.2 | 29.7 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 12.4 | 16.0 |
| Purdue | 39 | 40.4 | 82.3 | 28.4 | 58.3 | .488 | 8.2 | 20.2 | .404 | 17.3 | 24.1 | .720 | 11.2 | 27.2 | 38.3 | 18.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 10.9 | 13.7 |
| GRAMB Opponents | 36 | 40.4 | 69.6 | 24.8 | 56.7 | .436 | 6.7 | 19.5 | .344 | 13.4 | 18.4 | .726 | 9.5 | 21.6 | 31.1 | 13.8 | 7.1 | 2.9 | 12.4 | 16.3 |
| PURD Opponents | 39 | 40.2 | 68.9 | 25.9 | 62.1 | .417 | 7.2 | 22.9 | .315 | 9.9 | 13.7 | .723 | 8.2 | 18.8 | 27.1 | 14.2 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 9.2 | 20.3 |
Head to Head Since 2002-2003
| Date | Away Team | Home Team | Score | Winner | Game Type | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2014 |  |
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30 - 82 | |
Non-Conference Regular Season | Mackey Arena |
2023-2024 Grambling State Tigers Depth Chart
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | T. Moton | K. Dozier | A. Barnett | J. Smith | J. Aku |
| Rotation | M. Stevenson | J. Cofer | J. Johnson | M. Lamin | |
| Lim PT | Z. Munford | T. Lewis | E. Nnaji | ||
| Lim PT | Q. Murrell | W. Reynolds | |||
| Lim PT | P. Parrish |
2023-2024 Purdue Boilermakers Depth Chart
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | B. Smith | L. Jones | F. Loyer | T. Kaufman-Renn | Z. Edey |
| Rotation | C. Heide | M. Gillis | |||
| Lim PT | C. Martin | M. Colvin | J. Furst | B. Waddell | W. Berg |
| Lim PT | E. Morton | C. Furst | |||
| Lim PT | C. Barrett | S. King | |||
| Lim PT | J. Rayl |
Grambling State Tigers Player Stats
| # | Player | Pos | GP | MPG | PPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Jonathan Aku | C | 36 | 22.4 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 3.2 | .583 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.7 | .450 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| 4 | Antwan Barnett | GF | 26 | 33.0 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 7.3 | .455 | 1.0 | 2.8 | .361 | 2.3 | 3.3 | .706 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Jimel Cofer | G | 25 | 10.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2.4 | .459 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .333 | 0.9 | 1.2 | .759 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 00 | Kintavious Dozier | G | 36 | 26.5 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 10.0 | .446 | 1.0 | 3.2 | .322 | 3.0 | 4.0 | .762 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| 10 | Jalen Johnson | F | 36 | 21.1 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 6.3 | .478 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .222 | 1.2 | 2.1 | .587 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 32 | Malik Lamin | C | 19 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .417 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .333 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 24 | Terrence Lewis | SF | 24 | 17.0 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 5.5 | .534 | 1.2 | 2.7 | .462 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .667 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 5 | Tra'Michael Moton | G | 36 | 29.4 | 11.9 | 4.0 | 9.9 | .401 | 1.3 | 3.4 | .371 | 2.6 | 3.3 | .805 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | Zahad Munford | G | 32 | 9.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.3 | .270 | 0.1 | 1.0 | .129 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .500 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| 23 | Quintin Murrell | G | 20 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | .321 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .100 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .650 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 20 | Chilaydrien Newton | G | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | Elvis Nnaji | PF | 3 | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Payton Parrish | G | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | William Reynolds | GF | 5 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | .286 | 0.4 | 1.0 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 11 | Jourdan Smith | SF | 32 | 28.1 | 9.8 | 3.1 | 7.4 | .418 | 0.5 | 1.4 | .333 | 3.1 | 4.0 | .773 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
| 3 | Mikale Stevenson | G | 36 | 17.8 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 4.2 | .395 | 0.4 | 1.4 | .308 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .792 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
Purdue Boilermakers Player Stats
| # | Player | Pos | GP | MPG | PPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Carson Barrett | G | 13 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .500 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 44 | Will Berg | C | 14 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .750 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.5 | 1.1 | .467 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 5 | Myles Colvin | SG | 32 | 8.3 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | .440 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .414 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .500 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| 15 | Zach Edey | C | 39 | 32.0 | 25.2 | 8.6 | 13.8 | .623 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .500 | 7.9 | 11.2 | .711 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 12.2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | Caleb Furst | PF | 36 | 9.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.7 | .433 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .273 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .676 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| 20 | Josh Furst | F | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 0 | Mason Gillis | PF | 39 | 21.1 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 4.2 | .479 | 1.5 | 3.2 | .468 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .860 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 23 | Camden Heide | F | 39 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | .576 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .450 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .733 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 55 | Lance Jones | G | 39 | 28.7 | 11.7 | 3.9 | 9.6 | .413 | 2.1 | 5.7 | .357 | 1.8 | 2.4 | .742 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 4 | Trey Kaufman-Renn | F | 39 | 17.0 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 4.8 | .511 | 0.2 | 0.6 | .333 | 1.3 | 2.3 | .557 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 24 | Sam King | F | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .667 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Fletcher Loyer | GF | 39 | 27.8 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 7.8 | .416 | 1.6 | 3.6 | .444 | 2.2 | 2.6 | .861 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 22 | Chase Martin | G | 13 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .125 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 25 | Ethan Morton | SG | 36 | 10.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .235 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .211 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .571 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 32 | Jace Rayl | G | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Braden Smith | PG | 39 | 33.9 | 12.0 | 4.4 | 10.0 | .442 | 1.4 | 3.3 | .431 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .795 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| 11 | Brian Waddell | F | 14 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | .429 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .167 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .429 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |