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#5 Purdue Wins 6th Straight With Victory over Washington

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#5 Purdue 81, Washington 73 (Postgame Notes)

  • The No. 5-ranked Purdue Boilermakers topped Washington 81-73 to improve to 14-1 overall and stay unbeaten in the Big Ten with a 4-0 record.
  • Purdue led by as many as 23 points and held a double-digit lead for 27:27 of the last 28:04 of the ballgame. The Boilermakers didn’t trail and were tied for just 27 seconds.
  • Over the last six games, Purdue has trailed or been tied for just 16 minutes and nine seconds of the last 240 minutes.
  • The win enables Purdue to match the best 15-game start in school history at 14-1, done eight other times, including previously under Matt Painter in years 2023-24, 2022-23, 2010-11 and 2009-10.
  • Purdue is 4-0 in the Big Ten for just the third time under Matt Painter (12-0 in 2017-18; 4-0 in 2010-11).
  • Since the start of 2016-17, Purdue is 77-12 (.865) in Big Ten games in Mackey Arena, the second-best winning percentage among Power-5 teams (Kansas, 73-10; .880).
  • Purdue is now 205-15 under Matt Painter when scoring at least 80 points, including 119-5 since the start of the 2017-18 season.
  • Purdue shot 56.7 percent from the field (34-of-60), now shooting over 50 percent in eight of 15 games, including five times during the six-game winning streak.
  • The Boilermakers shot 67.9 percent in the first half against Washington, the highest percentage in a half this season.
  • Purdue won the rebound battle by a 37-25 margin, against a team that ranked 39th nationally in rebound margin.
  • Purdue’s bench scored 20 or more points for the ninth time in the last 10 games.
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn had 14 points, 14 rebounds and six assists for his seventh double-double in 13 games this season. Prior to this season, he had four double-doubles in 110 career games. Kaufman-Renn surpassed 1,300 career points in the victory.
  • Braden Smith led Purdue with 23 points, seven assists and three steals – his third 20-point game of the season (Oakland – 20; Alabama – 29). Smith also reached the 900-assist plateau for his career, making him the second player in NCAA history with 1,500 points, 900 assists and 500 rebounds (Ohio’s D.J. Cooper). He enters Saturday’s game with Penn State with 1,575 points, 900 assists and 593 rebounds.
  • J. Cox tallied 11 points for his third double-figure outing in his last four games. Over the last four games, Cox is averaging 10.8 points per game.
  • Purdue had six players with at least eight points, including Omer Mayer. Mayer’s eight points were the most for him since Nov. 28, vs. Eastern Illinois. Mayer went 2-of-2 from 3-point range and in the last three games, is 4-of-7 from 3-point range.
  • Jack Benter went 1-of-1 from the field and has now made 14 straight field goal attempts, spanning five games.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Braden Smith finished with 23 points and seven assists and made two late free throws to help No. 5 Purdue fend off Washington’s late rally for an 81-73 victory Wednesday night.

Trey Kaufman-Renn added 14 points and 14 rebounds as the Boilermakers won their fifth in a row and matched a school-best start at 14-1 (4-0 Big Ten) for the ninth time in program history.

It came on a night Purdue honored Smith, an Associated Press preseason All-American guard, before the national anthem by presenting the Big Ten’s new career assists leader with a framed poster. Smith broke the record Friday at Wisconsin and pushed his career total to 900 on Wednesday.

Yet, it was an odd night for Smith, who went 10 of 15 from the field with only one 3-pointer while committing six turnovers and spending nearly 8 1/2 consecutive minutes on the bench after drawing his third foul with 4:20 left in the first half.

Hannes Steinbach had 17 points to lead the Huskies (9-6, 1-3). Quimari Peterson had 15 and Zoom Diallo added 14 points. Franck Kepnang had 10 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out with 9:14 to play.

Purdue’s inability to close out the victory allowed Washington to cut a 22-point deficit into single digits several times in the final three minutes.

But it was never really close after Washington’s early turnovers helped fuel Purdue’s 9-0 run to open the game — the Huskies first at Mackey Arena. Purdue extended the lead to 31-15 midway through the first half and looked like it would pull away after opening the second half with six straight points to make it 51-28.