[12] Purdue 68, Oregon 64 (Postgame Notes)
- 12-ranked Purdue improved to 19-4 overall and 9-3 in the Big Ten Conference with a 68-64 win over Oregon in Mackey Arena on Saturday afternoon.
- The win was Purdue’s second straight win after a three-game losing streak.
- Purdue improved to 12-1 in its annual T-shirt game, winning 12 straight contests.
- Since the arrival of the West Coast Big Ten teams, Purdue is now 8-1 against those four schools during the two-year stint.
- Purdue won for just the second time this season when scoring under 70 points (69 points vs. USC; Jan. 17, 2026).
- Purdue trailed 61-58 with 4:38 to play, but used a 10-3 run to end the game. Oregon missed its last seven shots from the field, scoring only from the free throw line during that span.
- Purdue had 14 turnovers, its most in a game since having 14 against Washington on
7, 2026. - With Purdue down one at 63-62, Fletcher Loyer made a deep 3-pointer with 51 seconds left to give Purdue a lead it would not relinquish.
- Purdue’s 35.0 percent (7-of-20) shooting in the second half was a season low for a half.
- Oregon started the game 3-of-5 from deep, but made just 2 of its last 20 from long range.
- Purdue started 3-of-15 from long range, but made two of its last three from 3-point range.
- Purdue tied a season high with 25 free throw attempts, which came in its last game against Maryland.
- Fletcher Loyer scored 18 points with four rebounds and two assists, going 3-of-4 from long range. Since the start of February, Loyer is now 10-of-14 (.714) from deep.
- Loyer moved into second place on the Mackey Arena career 3-pointers made list with 134. David Teague is the record-holder with 146.
- Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 12 points with eight rebounds and four assists. In the last five games, Kaufman-Renn has 16 assists against two turnovers.
- Braden Smith became the first player in Big Ten history to have at least 1,000 points and 500 assists in league games only. He is believed to be the first player in NCAA history to reach 1,000 points and 500 assists in league games only in only four seasons.
- J. Cox saw his streak of games without a turnover end against Oregon. He had gone 15 games without a turnover, last committing one against Eastern Illinois on Nov. 28.
- Daniel Jacobsen recorded perfect efficiency, scoring nine points on 3-of-3 shooting from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line. Jacobsen is now shooting 69-of-104 (.663) from the field this season.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Fletcher Loyer scored 18 points and made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 51 seconds left Saturday to lead No. 12 Purdue past pesky Oregon 68-64. He closed it out by making three of four free throws in the waning seconds.
Braden Smith finished with 13 points, four rebounds and four assists as the Boilermakers (19-4, 9-3 Big Ten) won their second straight since breaking a three-game losing streak. Purdue has played only two home games since Jan. 14 and in this one, Smith reached yet another milestone by becoming the first Big Ten player with 1,000 points and 500 assists in conference games only.
Trey Kaufman-Renn added 12 points for the Boilermakers.
Nate Bittle had 23 points to lead the Ducks (8-15, 1-11), who took a 59-56 lead with 5:15 to go. Takai Simpkins added 14, but Oregon came up just short of snapping a losing streak that has now reached nine. The Ducks also have lost four straight road games and are just 1-9 since Jan. 2.
Purdue looked like it would roll when it scored five consecutive points to take an early 21-14 lead and then extended the margin to 36-28 late in the first half.
Loyer’s 3 with 50.3 seconds left gave Purdue a 65-63 lead and after he made one of two free throws with 19.4 seconds to go, the Ducks still had a chance. But Wei Lin missed a potentially tying 3 from the outside the top of the key and Kwame Evans Jr. missed the second of two free throws after grabbing the rebound.
Loyer made the last two free throws to seal it.