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#4 Purdue Drops Second Straight Game, Falling to #11 Illinois#4 Purdue Drops Second Straight Game, Falling to #11 Illinois

#4 Purdue Drops Second Straight Game, Falling to #11 Illinois

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[11] Illinois 88, [4] Purdue 82 (Postgame Notes)

  • No. 4 Purdue lost its second straight game and fell to 17-3 overall and 7-2 in the Big Ten Conference with an 88-82 loss to No. 11 Illinois at Mackey Arena on Saturday.
  • Purdue held a five-point lead (73-68) on a Braden Smith jumper with 4:36 to play, but was outscored 20-9 the rest of the way for its second straight setback. Purdue held a 6-point lead with under two minutes to play in Tuesday’s loss at UCLA.
  • Purdue became the first team in the Stathead database (20 years) to shoot over 56.0 percent from the field, score 80 or more points and have three or fewer turnovers and lose.
  • The difference came on the offensive glass. Illinois had 13 offensive rebounds for 18 second-chance points. Purdue had three offensive rebounds for two second-chance points.
  • Purdue’s minus-14 rebound margin (33-19) was its lowest since Illinois outrebounded the Boilermakers 37-19 on Jan. 21, 2020.
  • Purdue’s three turnovers tied a school record for fewest turnovers in a game. Purdue is averaging just 6.2 turnovers over the last five games.
  • Over the last 10 seasons, Purdue is now 137-7 (.951) when scoring 80 points in a game.
  • Purdue fell to 129-6 (.956) when shooting at least 50 percent from the field during the Matt Painter era.
  • Braden Smith scored 27 points with 12 assists, three rebounds and one steal against one turnover, going 11-of-16 from the field.
  • Smith now has 1,678 career points, 943 assists and 608 rebounds for his career, moving into 12th place on the NCAA career assists list (943). He needs seven assists to move into the top 10.
  • The 12 assists marked his 16th career game of 12 or more assists, the most in the Big Ten over the last 20 years by 11 games (Cassius Winston, Zavier Simpson -- 5).
  • His 33, 10-assist games are tied for the fourth most in a career in NCAA history.
  • The double-double marked his 24th career double-double and 23rd point-assist double-double.
  • Smith now has six career 20-point, 10-assist games. In Purdue history, there have been eight total 20-point, 10-assist games.
  • Omer Mayer scored 11 points with two assists, going 3-of-6 from 3-point range. The 11 points were his most since Nov. 21, vs. Texas Tech (11 points).
  • Over his last seven games, Mayer is 9-of-16 (.563) from 3-point range.
  • Oscar Cluff surpassed 1,000 points in his career, now with 1,005 in his career. Cluff had 244 points at Washington State, 528 at South Dakota State and now has 233 at Purdue.