No 2 Purdue MBB nips No.7 Tennessee 71-67

[2] Purdue 71, [7] Tennessee 67 (Postgame Notes) 

• No. 2-ranked Purdue improved to 5-0 with a 71-67 win over No. 7-ranked Tennessee in the 2023 Maui Invitational semifinals.
• Purdue will appear in the Maui Invitational championship game for the first time since its first appearances in 1999 (lost to No. 4 North Carolina, 90-75).
• The Boilermakers are at least 5-0 for the third straight year (8-0 in 2021-22; 13-0 in 2022-23; 5-0 in 2023-24).
• Purdue has now won 29 straight regular-season games against non-conference foes – the longest streak in the country by 12 games (UConn – 17). The streak is the third-longest streak over the last 10 years (31 by Villanova from 2015-18; 30 by Baylor from 2019-21).
• Purdue has won 19 straight games in the month of November, the second-longest streak in the country behind Arizona (26). Eight of the 19 wins have come against teams ranked in the KenPom top-30.
• Purdue has won seven straight Feast Week games, all seven against teams ranked in the KenPom top 20.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Purdue is 63-14 overall – the fourth-most wins in the country (Houston – 71; Kansas – 66, Arizona – 66). Among Big Ten teams, Iowa (48) and Wisconsin (47) are next on the list.
• The win was Purdue’s 35^th against a top-25 team since the start of the 2016-17 season, tied for the fifth-most wins nationally.
• Among teams that have played a top-50 scheduled according to KenPom, Purdue is the only undefeated team. Purdue is the only team in America with three top-30 wins and two top-10 wins.
• Purdue is now 18-4 in games played as the No. 2 team in the country, having won six straight games.
• Purdue’s 48 free throw attempts were the having 49 against TCU on Dec. 16, 1995.
• Zach Edey recorded his 43^rd career double-double with a 23-point, 10-rebound performance in just 26 foul-plagued minutes. He also notched his 56^th straight double-figure scoring game, now tied with Glenn Robinson for the third-longest streak in school history (Rick Mount – 72; Joe Barry Carroll – 57). Edey surpassed Vince Edwards for 16^th on the career scoring list (1,643 points).
• Edey is the first player since Kevin Durant (2006-07) to have at least 110 points, 50 rebounds and 15 blocks in the first five games of a season.
• Fletcher Loyer tied a career high with 27 points and set a new career best with six rebounds.