Alabama Crimson Tide and the No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers square off in Toronto, Ontario

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
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Purdue Boilermakers (8-1, 1-1 Big Ten) vs. Alabama Crimson Tide (6-2)

Toronto; Saturday, 1:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers and the Alabama Crimson Tide square off in Toronto, Ontario.

The Crimson Tide have a 6-2 record in non-conference games. Alabama is fifth in the SEC in rebounding averaging 36.6 rebounds. Grant Nelson leads the Crimson Tide with 6.3 boards.

The Boilermakers have a 7-0 record against non-conference oppponents. Purdue has a 7-1 record against opponents above .500.

Alabama makes 50.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 11.3 percentage points higher than Purdue has allowed to its opponents (38.7%). Purdue scores 10.0 more points per game (84.9) than Alabama allows to opponents (74.9).

TOP PERFORMERS: Mark Sears is shooting 51.5% from beyond the arc with 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Crimson Tide, while averaging 19.8 points and 4.3 assists. Aaron Estrada is shooting 49.5% and averaging 16.1 points for Alabama.

Zach Edey is averaging 23.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.9 blocks for the Boilermakers. Braden Smith is averaging 11.7 points for Purdue.

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