NCAAB

Purdue Boilermakers at Iowa Hawkeyes

· NCAA Men's Basketball
18-5, 5-2 Away
Final
90 - 81
13-9, 11-3 Home

Smith, Kaufman-Renn lead No. 7 Purdue over Iowa, 90-81

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 the Boilermakers held them off.

Iowa, which 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.

Up next Purdue: Hosts USC on Friday night.

Iowa: Hosts No. 21 Wisconsin on Saturday.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 90 - 81
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 90 - 81
2nd 0:11 C.J. Cox Defensive Rebound. 90 - 81
2nd 0:14 Ladji Dembele missed Three Point Jumper. 90 - 81
2nd 0:17 Payton Sandfort Offensive Rebound. 90 - 81

Statistics

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30-57 FG 30-58
52.6 Field Goal % 51.7
12-25 3PT 11-30
48.0 Three Point % 36.7
18-23 FT 10-16
78.3 Free Throw % 62.5
33 Rebounds 26
10 Offensive Rebounds 7
23 Defensive Rebounds 19
13 Assists 19
9 Steals 5
1 Blocks 4
11 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
21 Points Off Turnovers 17
5 Fast Break Points 9
32 Points in Paint 32
13 Fouls 18
12 Largest Lead 7

Game Information

Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Location: Iowa City, IA
Attendance: 8,445 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Michigan State 17-3 - 30-7
Maryland 14-6 3 27-9
Michigan 14-6 3 27-10
Wisconsin 13-7 4 27-10
UCLA 13-7 4 23-11
Purdue 13-7 4 24-12
Oregon 12-8 5 25-10
Illinois 12-8 5 22-13
Indiana 10-10 7 19-13
Ohio State 9-11 8 17-15
Rutgers 8-12 9 15-17
Nebraska 7-13 10 19-14
Northwestern 7-13 10 17-16
Iowa 7-13 10 17-16
USC 7-13 10 17-17
Minnesota 7-13 10 15-17
Penn State 6-14 11 16-15
Washington 4-16 13 13-18
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