Gillespie and Maryland host No. 8 Purdue

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Maryland Terrapins (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten) at Purdue Boilermakers (7-2, 0-1 Big Ten)

West Lafayette, Indiana; Sunday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland plays No. 8 Purdue after Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored 23 points in Maryland’s 83-59 win against the Ohio State Buckeyes.

The Boilermakers are 5-0 on their home court. Purdue is 1-0 in one-possession games.

The Terrapins play their first true road game after going 8-1 to begin the season. Maryland is 7-0 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 9.4 turnovers per game.

Purdue averages 77.8 points, 19.1 more per game than the 58.7 Maryland gives up. Maryland averages 16.7 more points per game (86.3) than Purdue allows (69.6).

The Boilermakers and Terrapins meet Sunday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Trey Kaufman-Renn is shooting 60.6% and averaging 18.7 points for the Boilermakers.

Derik Queen is averaging 16.6 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Terrapins.

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