Purduebasketball starts hot and stifles Northwestern in a 79-61 Big Ten victory. Braden Smith scores 22 points, with 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Trey Kaufman-Renn adds 12 points and 6 rebounds.
Braden Smith had 22 points and seven assists to lead No. 20 Purdue to a 79-61 rout of Northwestern. Smith, who scored 17 of his points in the first half, hit 8 of 16 shots for the Boilermakers.
Purdue led by 16 right before halftime in this one and it looked like it was going to be another easy win for the scorching hot Boilermakers. Ohio State orchestrated a furious comeback in the second ...
No. 21 Michigan visits the No. 11 Purdue Boilermakers after Vladislav Goldin scored 31 points in the Wolverines' 80-76 overtime victory over the Northwestern Wildcats.