Purdue faces Maine following Lombard's 24-point showing

Maine Black Bears (3-5) at Purdue Boilermakers (4-3)

West Lafayette, Indiana; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Purdue hosts Maine after Destini Lombard scored 24 points in Purdue's 99-51 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks.

The Boilermakers are 4-1 on their home court. Purdue is 1-0 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 17.4 turnovers per game.

The Black Bears are 2-2 on the road. Maine is ninth in the America East with 22.1 rebounds per game led by Caroline Bornemann averaging 8.3.

Purdue's average of 5.1 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.2 fewer made shots on average than the 5.3 per game Maine allows. Maine averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 more makes per game than Purdue gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lombard averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Boilermakers, scoring 14.3 points while shooting 42.9% from beyond the arc.

Bornemann is averaging 11.8 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Black Bears.

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