[7] Purdue 90, Iowa 81 (Postgame Notes)
- No. 7 Purdue improved to 18-5 overall and 10-2 in the Big Ten with a 90-81 victory at Iowa. The win was Purdue's third straight victory and its 10th win in the last 11 games.
- Purdue is 10-2 (or better) in Big Ten play for the third straight season.
- Purdue won its third straight game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, tying the longest road win streak against Iowa in school history. Purdue is now 10-2 against Iowa in its last 12 games.
- The Boilermakers have won five straight Big Ten road games by a combined 65 points. Just one game has been decided by fewer than eight points (Oregon, 65-58). The streak marks the fifth time under Matt Painter that Purdue has won five straight Big Ten road games (school record is six).
- The victory was Purdue's seventh quad-one victory of the season, tied for the third most in the country.
- The win was the 110th victory over Caleb Furst's career (the only senior on the team), tying a school record for most victories by a senior class.
- Purdue won for the 65th straight time (dating to March 2004) when shooting at least 50.0 percent (.526) from the field, 40.0 percent (.480) from 3-point range and 70.0 percent (.783) from the free throw line.
- Purdue has won 126 straight games dating to Nov. 1987, when scoring at least 90 points in a game.
- Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn combined to 56 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists while going 21-of-33 from the field.
- Braden Smith recorded his second career 30-point game with a 31-point, 6-rebound, 4-assist, 2-steal effort, going 11-of-15 from the field and 5-of-7 from 3-point range.
- Over the last three games, Smith is averaging 26.3 points, 7.0 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game.
- Smith now has 198 assists on the season, good for fourth on the Purdue single-season list.
- Trey Kaufman-Renn surpassed 20 points for the ninth time this season, finishing one off his career high with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in just 27 minutes.
- Over his last five games, Kaufman-Renn is averaging 22.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.
- Caleb Furst narrowly missed his fifth career double-double with 10 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals.
- Fletcher Loyer moved into 15th place on the school's career 3-pointers made list with 169, after going 3-of-5 against the Hawkeyes.
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Braden Smith had 31 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 25 as No. 7 Purdue beat Iowa 90-81 on Tuesday night.
The Boilermakers (18-5, 10-2 Big Ten) won their third consecutive game, pulling away from a 36-all halftime deadlock with a 17-5 run early in the second half.
The Hawkeyes (13-9, 4-7) got within 80-77 with 2:42 left in the game, but Purdue responded with a 7-0 run to put the game away.
Iowa, which lost leading scorer and rebounder Owen Freeman to a season-ending hand injury on Monday, kept pace with Purdue in first half. The Hawkeyes led 36-31 with 1:13 to play before the Boilermakers scored the last five points of the half, with Smith hitting a 3-pointer as time ran out.
Caleb Furst added 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds for Purdue.
Josh Dix led the Hawkeyes with 27 points and Payton Sandfort had 23.
Takeaways
Purdue: The Boilermakers were the first team to reach 10 wins in conference play behind Smith and Kaufman-Renn, who got what they wanted all night against Iowa's defense.
Iowa: The Hawkeyes missed Freeman inside, although they got quality minutes from junior Riley Mulvey, making the first start of his college career. Iowa was outrebounded 33-26 against the Boilermakers, who have won 10 of the last 12 in the series.
Key moment
The game was tied at 41 when Smith and Loyer hit back-to-back 3-pointers in a 30-second span, starting the key run for the Boilermakers. Purdue made 8 of its first 9 shots in the second half, including 5 of 5 on 3-pointers.
Key stat
Smith and Kaufman-Renn were a combined 21 of 33 from the field. Purdue shot 55% for the game.