- No. 16 Wisconsin defeated No. 7 Purdue 94-84 in Mackey Arena on Saturday afternoon. The loss was Purdue's second straight loss and drops the Boilermakers to 19-7 overall and 11-4 in the Big Ten standings.
- The 94 points allowed were the most allowed in Mackey Arena since Jan. 30, 2013, when No. 3 Indiana scored 97.
- Purdue's 10-point loss was its largest in Mackey Arena since Jan. 22, 2021 vs. No. 7 Michigan (L, 70-53).
- Purdue saw a 30-game winning streak end when scoring 80 or more points. The Boilermakers are now 105-4 since the start of the 2017-18 season when scoring 80 or more points.
- Purdue had just four turnovers, while Wisconsin had three. It marks the first Big Ten game since Feb. 23, 2023, that both teams had four or fewer turnovers. It's only the second time in the last 20 years that it has happened.
- Purdue fell to 75-7 when making 10 or more 3-pointers in a game since the 2017-18 season. Purdue went 10-of-22 from deep.
- The Boilermakers lost for the first time since March 3, 2004, when shooting at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 70 percent from the free throw line, a span of 65 games. Purdue shot 51.8 percent from the field, 45.5 percent from long distance and 76.2 percent from the free throw line.
- Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a career-high 30 points with five assists and four rebounds. He is the first Purdue player since Vince Edwards against Michigan (Jan. 25, 2018) to score 30 points with five assists on 75.0 percent field goal shooting.
- Kaufman-Renn surpassed 900 career points in the victory, recording his 12th 20-point game of the season. He has scored at least 22 points in five straight games and in seven of his last eight contests.
- Braden Smith tallied six points with 12 assists and five rebounds against just one turnover while playing 40 minutes – the fourth time in the last five games he played 40 minutes.
- Smith has 21 career 10-assist games, the 13th most nationally over the last 20 years.
- Smith now has 675 assists, coming in his 100th career game. His 675 assists are already the 10th most for a career in Big Ten history, and just 15 shy of Purdue's career record.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- John Tonje scored 22 of his 32 points in the second half Saturday and Max Klesmit added 17 points and six assists to help No. 16 Wisconsin beat No. 7 Purdue 94-84.
Tonje scored 10 straight points during a key second-half stretch that gave Wisconsin a lead it never relinquished.
The Badgers (20-5, 10-4) won their fourth straight despite losing backup guard Kamari McGee late in the first half when a replay review resulted in a Flagrant 2 call and an ejection after McGee's hand hit Trey Kaufman-Renn below the waist as he tried to guard Purdue's Braden Smith.
Kaufman-Renn led Purdue with a career high 30 points. Fletcher Loyer scored 15 and Smith had 12 assists C.J. for the Boilermakers (19-7, 11-4), who lost their second straight for the second time this season.
Purdue honored All-American forward Caleb Swanigan at halftime. The 2017 Big Ten Player of the Year and first-round draft pick of the Portland Trail Blazers died in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 2022 at age 25. The local coroner ruled Swanigan died from natural causes.
Takeaways
Wisconsin: After a sluggish start, the Badgers showed what they're capable of by nearly outscoring Purdue in the first half and playing much better defense in the second.
Purdue: The Boilermakers struggled to find a second scoring option in the second half when Kaufman-Renn had 21 of Purdue's 47 points. The result: A rare second home loss.
Key Moment
Tonje's four-point play with 15:47 left in the game not only gave the Badgers their first lead since 16-14, it spurred an 11-0 run that put Wisconsin in control for the rest of the game.
Key Stats
Wisconsin made 18 of 25 shots and 6 of 12 3s without turning the ball over in the second half.