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Basil Smotherman scored a career-high 13 points with six rebounds in Purdue's 67-63 win over Iowa.
#BoilerNotes
- Purdue improved to 87-73 all-time against Iowa and have won seven straight games against Iowa at Mackey Arena. Matt Painter improved to 12-5 against the Hawkeyes, having won 12 of the last 15 meetings.
- Purdue's win over Iowa, which entered the game ranked No. 25, was the Boilermakers' first over a nationally-ranked team since March 3, 2013, snapping a 13-game losing streak to ranked teams.
- Purdue recorded a season-low six turnovers (previous low had been 10). It marked the fewest turnovers in a game since Jan. 8, 2013 vs. [15] Ohio State (6).
- Purdue has now held four of its seven Big Ten opponents under 37.5 percent shooting. Big Ten foes are now shooting just 38.4 percent from the field.
- Purdue has forced 13 shot clock violations this year.
- Purdue outscored Iowa in the paint, 38-24.
- Purdue's 34 first-half points were a season high in the first half during Big Ten play. However, Purdue went just 2-of-10 from long distance in the opening 20 minutes, and is now just 7-of-52 (.135) from three-point range in the first half of league play.
- Purdue is now 77-21 under Painter when having four or more players score in double figures.
- Purdue improved to 167-26 under Painter when shooting a higher percentage from the field than its opponent.
- Over the last two games, Purdue has allowed 40 offensive rebounds. In the first five games combined, Purdue allowed 39 offensive rebounds.
- Iowa's 24 offensive rebounds were the most for an opponent since Purdue allowed 27 offensive rebounds to Miami (Fla.) on March 14, 1999.
- Purdue has been outrebounded, 89-66, over the last two games. Today's -15 (31-46) margin was the lowest since a -21 (27-48) performance against Duke on March 26, 2010.
- Purdue snapped a seven-game losing streak when being outrebounded.
- Purdue recorded 19 assists on 25 made field goals, and recorded an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.17 (19:6), the highest since Feb. 12, 2012, against Northwestern (4.00; 20:5).
- Rapheal Davis scored a career-high 24 points (8-14 FGs), including a three-pointer with 44 seconds left that gave Purdue a two-point lead. Davis made a career-high three three-pointers and went 8-of-14 from the field, adding four rebounds, an assist and a block. In addition, he held Iowa's Jarrod Uthoff to 2-of-14 shooting and just six points.
- Basil Smotherman tallied a career-high 13 points with six rebounds, one assist, two blocks and a steal. He went 5-of-6 from the field and grabbed two huge defensive rebounds in the last minute to preserve the victory.
- A.J. Hammons and Isaac Haas combined for 23 points, seven rebounds and five blocked shots while going 9-of-11 from the field. Both Hammons and Haas were in double-figures, the eighth time this year that has happened. Most importantly, the duo combined for just one turnover and two assists.
- Jon Octeus saw an eight-game streak of scoring in double-figures end today, but he did grab five rebounds with three assists.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Rapheal Davis had just enough going his way to be a nuisance for No. 25 Iowa, but he isn't looking for the credit.
Davis scored 16 of his 24 points in the first half to lead the Purdue Boilermakers to a 67-63 victory over the Hawkeyes on Saturday.
''I made some baskets,'' Davis said. ''But without Basil (Smotherman) playing the game he did, I don't think we win.''
Smotherman and A.J. Hammons each scored 13 points for the Boilermakers (12-8, 4-3 Big Ten), who have won two of three.
Smotherman made a couple of free throws with under a minute to play to help keep the Boilers ahead. And after Wednesday's 66-57 loss at Illinois, he wanted to find ways to be effective.
''The practices we had after the Illinois game, we were hustling,'' Smotherman said. ''At Illinois, we really didn't hustle. We made the hustle plays today.''
He finished with six rebounds and had no problem throwing himself after loose balls, including one that sent him into the Purdue bench and another where he landed on the scorer's table.
Mike Gesell scored 18 points and Gabriel Olaseni finished with nine points and 16 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (13-7, 4-3).
Davis made the go-ahead 3-pointer to give Purdue a 65-63 lead with less than a minute remaining and the Boilermakers held on the rest of the way.
Gesell scored to give the Hawkeyes a 63-62 lead at the 1:18 mark before Purdue took the lead for good.
The Hawkeyes played much of the game without Aaron White, who left the game with a right shoulder injury in the first half.
White said it felt like he broke his collar bone when he collided with Smotherman while going after a loose ball at the 15:48 mark.
He returned to the bench when he was knocked in the shoulder again a few minutes after returning to the game.
''I was in a lot of pain,'' he said. ''I tried to go back in after it happened, thinking that if I got back loose it would loosen up and I could help the time. But I reached for the ball and had a popping feeling and pain down my neck, but I'll be alright.''
Gesell scored 10 points in a row for Iowa late in the second half, including a shot to make it 62-61 late in the game before he scored to take the lead.
''In the second half, I was just looking to be aggressive,'' Gesell said. ''I think we did a great job down the stretch. Davis just hit a big-time shot.''
Not much has been going Iowa's way lately, starting with Tuesday's 82-50 loss at Wisconsin.
And on Saturday, Purdue took advantage.
The Boilermakers went on an 8-1 run to jump to a 30-20 lead when Smotherman scored on a breakaway dunk with 3:19 remaining in the opening half.
They led by as many as 12 in the first half and had a 34-24 halftime lead.
TIP-INS
Purdue: Kendall Stephens, who started 16 games this season, came off the bench after suffering a left pinkie injury in a 66-57 loss at Illinois on Wednesday. Stephens leads the Boilermakers in scoring and was a game-time decision. With the injury, Purdue used its sixth starting lineup of the season.
UP NEXT
Purdue will host rival Indiana on Wednesday.
BLOCKING LEADER
Purdue is No. 2 in the Big Ten with 5.3 blocks a game and A.J. Hammons leads the league with 2.6. He finished with one block against Iowa and it couldn't have come at a better time. Hammons sent the ball flying when Gesell drove to the basket late in the game with a chance to give the Hawkeyes the lead.
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