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#BoilerNotes
- Purdue improved to 16-14 overall and 9-10 in the Big Ten with a 77-68 win over No. 18 Iowa … the win over the Hawkeyes was the fourth in a row against Iowa, coming by a combined 84 points.
- Purdue has scored at least 77 points in six straight games against Iowa.
- Matt Painter won his 337th game in the Big Ten Conference, tying Ohio State's Thad Matta for eighth place on the all-time Big Ten wins list.
- The win was Purdue's fifth over a nationally-ranked team this year, good for the fourth most nationally … Purdue has won at least five games against ranked teams in three of the last four years.
- The win was Purdue's first on the road against a nationally-ranked team since a 73-72 win over No. 17-ranked Maryland on Feb. 4, 2017.
- Iowa's loss was its only loss at home in Big Ten play … the Hawkeyes entered the game with a 9-0 record in Big Ten play.
- Purdue improved to 10-2 this year when scoring at least 70 points.
- Trevion Williams grabbed four offensive rebounds to give him 102 on the season, good for the second most in school history (112 by Mike Robinson in 2000).
- Evan Boudreaux recorded his second double-double of the season and 26th of his career with a 14-point, 14-rebound effort … over the last three games, Boudreaux has 34 rebounds.
- Eric Hunter Jr., scored a career-high 19 points … over the last two games, Hunter Jr., is averaging 18.0 points per game.
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Eric Hunter Jr., scored a career-high 19 points, and Evan Boudreaux had 14 points and 14 rebounds to help Purdue beat No. 18 Iowa 77-68 on Tuesday night.
The Boilermakers (16-14, 9-10 Big Ten) swept the two games against the Hawkeyes this season.
Purdue had already handed Iowa its worst loss of the season, a 104-68 defeat on Feb. 5 on a night when the Boilermakers made a season-high 19 3-pointers and shot 63.1% from the field.
This game was won on the inside, with Purdue scoring 30 points in the paint. The Boilermakers also had an 47-33 edge in rebounding, including 21 offensive rebounds.
Purdue led by as many as 21 points in the first half.
Luka Garza led Iowa (20-10, 11-8) with 26 points and 12 rebounds, his 15th double-double of the season. It was the 15th consecutive Big Ten game of 20 or more points for Garza, the longest streak by a player in the conference in 20 years.
But Garza, the Big Ten's scoring leader, had little offensive help. Joe Wieskamp had 10 points, the only other Iowa player in double figures.
Jahaad Proctor added 12 points for Purdue.
Iowa had its 13-game home winning streak snapped, becoming the last Big Ten team to lose at home this season.