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Lipscomb at Purdue

Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 6:30 PM ET at Mackey Arena. Lipscomb our rank 151 · 2-2; Purdue our rank 41 · 1-2.

Who will win Lipscomb vs Purdue?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Purdue a 96% chance to beat Lipscomb, with a projected score of Purdue 86, Lipscomb 67.

To winPurdue 96%Lipscomb 4%
Projected score67–86Lipscomb, then Purdue
Margin19.0Purdue · no line posted
Total152.3no line posted
First half31–41Purdue ahead 84%
Lipscomb by 10Evenby 10by 20by 30by 40Purdue by 50Model: Purdue by 19.0Lipscomb by 10by 10by 30Purdue by 50Model: Purdue by 19.0

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 90–100% have been right 95.4% of the time in 11,767 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Purdue
JacobsenC · 30 min18.37.21.520+ 40%
CoxG · 32 min11.24.42.410+ 56%
West JrG · 24 min10.82.42.410+ 54%
HarrisG · 22 min7.42.61.45+ 68%
Lipscomb
SimpkinsG · 31 min14.23.01.515+ 44%
MartinF · 24 min12.55.91.010+ 65%
SargiunasF · 28 min10.72.81.910+ 53%
EsmeraldoG · 32 min8.93.44.210+ 40%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Daniel Jacobsen: Lipscomb 10%Purdue 90%

The white mark is the call with him: Purdue 96%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsPurdue without himChangeProjected score
Purdue
Daniel Jacobsen4.590%−669–83
C.J. Cox3.891%−569–84
Gicarri Harris2.893%−368–84
Jack Benter2.493%−368–84
Lipscomb
Takai Simpkins1.597%+166–86
Mateo Esmeraldo1.397%+166–86
Devyn Martin0.596%066–86

Change is in Purdue's win chance, in points. Scores read Lipscomb, then Purdue. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Lipscomb 2-2LLWW

    1. Nov 10W 88-75vs BelmontCovered +3.5 · Over 157.5
    2. Nov 7W 78-77vs SIUEDidn't cover −8.5 · Over 144.5
    3. Nov 3L 54-76at Iowa
    4. Nov 2L 79-86at SE Missouri
    Last 4
    2–2, scoring 74.8 and allowing 78.5
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    2 over, 0 under

    Purdue 1-2LLW

    1. Nov 9W 76-59vs Illinois StCovered −15.5 · Under 143.5
    2. Nov 6L 80-83vs ValparaisoDidn't cover −19.5 · Over 143.5
    3. Nov 2L 72-78vs Gonzaga
    Last 3
    1–2, scoring 76.0 and allowing 73.3
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    LipscombPurdue
    Points scored per 100 possessions105.3 155th118.1 22nd
    Points allowed per 100108.1 173rd101.0 71st
    Possessions a game71.9 73rd68.3 357th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)50.7% 168th50.3% 201st
    Opponents' shooting51.0% 220th51.1% 233rd
    Turnovers, share of possessions18.3% 206th17.6% 132nd
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses28.6% 333rd30.2% 271st
    Free throws per shot0.27 111th0.28 85th

    The widest gap: Purdue's offense (22nd) against Lipscomb's defense (173rd), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Lipscomb 31, Purdue 41
    First-half margin
    Purdue by 10.4
    First-half points, both teams
    71.5
    Projected second half
    Lipscomb 36, Purdue 45
    Second-half points, both teams
    80.8
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Lipscomb, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 4 · 39.2 scored, 36.2 allowed
    Purdue, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 3 · 33.7 scored, 28.0 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Lipscomb

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Mateo EsmeraldoG328.93.44.21.3
    10+ pts 40% · 4+ reb 42% · 4+ ast 58%
    Takai SimpkinsG3114.23.01.51.6
    15+ pts 44% · 3+ reb 54% · 2+ ast 43%
    Titas SargiunasF2810.72.81.92.0
    10+ pts 53% · 3+ reb 49% · 2+ ast 55%
    Devyn MartinF2412.55.91.00.3
    10+ pts 65% · 6+ reb 52% · 1+ threes 26%
    Hugo TidareG195.31.70.90.7
    5+ pts 49% · 2+ reb 46% · 1+ threes 49%
    Kennedy OkparaF187.83.10.40.6
    10+ pts 32% · 3+ reb 56% · 1+ threes 43%
    Truman ByrneF162.93.51.20.7
    5+ pts 24% · 4+ reb 45% · 1+ threes 49%
    Josh ScottF142.72.40.50.3
    5+ pts 22% · 3+ reb 42% · 1+ threes 23%

    Purdue

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    C.J. CoxG3211.24.42.41.4
    10+ pts 56% · 5+ reb 43% · 3+ ast 42%
    Daniel JacobsenC3018.37.21.50.3
    20+ pts 40% · 7+ reb 55% · 2+ ast 44%
    Caden PierceF286.86.32.50.8
    5+ pts 63% · 6+ reb 56% · 1+ threes 50%
    Antione West JrG2410.82.42.41.5
    10+ pts 54% · 3+ reb 41% · 2+ threes 42%
    Gicarri HarrisG227.42.61.40.8
    5+ pts 68% · 3+ reb 46% · 1+ threes 53%
    Jack BenterG217.23.41.31.2
    5+ pts 66% · 4+ reb 42% · 2+ ast 38%
    Omer MayerG206.01.82.61.1
    5+ pts 56% · 2+ reb 49% · 3+ ast 46%
    Luke ErtelG144.02.11.00.7
    5+ pts 36% · 2+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 47%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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