Purdue Owns Paint in win over USC

Purdue Owns Paint in Win over USC

written by: Steven Stremming, Excel H Sports/USBWA

photos by: Tony Harper, Excel H Sports/Indiana Sports Network

press conference by: Brevin Harper/Excel H Sports

On a cold night in West Lafayette, Indiana, the (Excel H Sports #11) Purdue Boilermakers were red hot in the first half of their contest with University of South Carolina (USC) as they with just over three minutes left in the half, the Boilers were 17 out 22 shot attempts (77%) and finished the first hal shooting 67% percent.

While the Trojans were without leading scorer, 6’6 Junior Desmond Claude (New Haven, Connecticut) for their second consecutive game, Redshirt, freshman, 6’4, Wesley Yates III, Beaumont, Texas lit Purdue up with a career-high 30 points, that included 22 in the first half alone.

North Hills, California 6’5 freshman Isaiah Elohim scored 11 points while 6’10, Senior, Georgetown, Indiana’s Jalen Shelley added ten for the Trojans.

The Boilermakers were led by Trey Kaufman-Renn’s 24 points and ten rebounds.

Fletcher Loyer added 14 points for Purdue while both Braden Smith and Caleb Furst scored nine points apiece. Smith’s team-high 13 assists and Furst ten rebounds were all key to the win.

Braden Smith scored nine points with 13 assists, five steals and three rebounds. He moved into second on Purdue’s single-season assists list, now with 211 (behind his 292 he had last season). He also moved into 12^th on the Big Ten’s list for career assists (656). Smith’s 656 assists are the 20^th most for a player in his first three seasons in NCAA history.

Smith recorded his 20^th career 10-assist game, the most in the Big Ten Conference over the last 20 years.

Both the Boilers and the Trojans had trouble behind the three-point arc. USC hit just four of twenty-six shots while the Boilers were six of twenty-six.

Purdue out-rebounded USC 52 to 36.

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#7 Purdue MBB Players Post-Game Press Conference After 90-72 Win Over USC

#7 Purdue MBB Coach Matt Painter Post-Game Press Conference After 90-72 Win over USC

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• Purdue won its fourth straight game and moved to 19-5 overall and 11-2 in the Big Ten Conference with a 90-72 victory over USC on Friday night.
• Purdue is 11-2 in Big Ten play through 13 games for the third straight season.
• The victory was Purdue’s 14^th combined quad-1 and quad-2 win of the season, the second most in the country behind Auburn (15).
• Purdue had eight players score at least seven points, getting 26 points off the bench, the most since the bench had 37 points against Nebraska (Jan. 12 – span of seven games).
• Purdue has now won six Big Ten games by at least 18 points, the most 18-point (or more) victories by Purdue in school history.
• This year’s senior class (consisting of Caleb Furst) set the school record for most wins in a career with 111, surpassing last year’s senior class (110).
• Purdue won its 70^th Big Ten game over the last five years. The league record for most wins in a five-year span is 71 (Indiana, 1974-78).
• Purdue has won 127 straight games when scoring 90 or more points, last losing on Nov. 26, 1987, to Iowa State – a span of 13,591 days.
• Purdue is now 105-3 since the 2017-18 season when scoring at least 80 points.
• During Purdue’s four-game win streak, the Boilermakers are averaging 88.0 points and shooting 52.5 percent from the field. The Boilermakers are shooting 52.5 percent, despite shooting just 33.0 percent from deep during that span. Purdue is 97-of-152 (.638) from inside the arc during that span.
• Purdue’s 66.7 first-half field goal percentage was the best shooting percentage in a half this season. Purdue shot 27-of-40 (.675) from inside the 3-point line against the Trojans.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn recorded his third double-double of the season with 24 points and 10 rebounds. He went 8-of-12 from the field and 8-of-9 from the free throw line. Over the last six games, he is 30-of-36 (.833) from the free throw line.
• Kaufman-Renn is now averaging 22.7 points and 7.0 rebounds per game over his last six games.