Kaufman-Renn/Smith Stop Purdue Slide

Kaufman-Renn/Smith Stop Purdue Slide

by: Steven Stremming, Excel H Sports/USBWA

photos by: Greg Flint/Excel H Sports/Flint Photography

photos by: Tony Harper/Indiana Sports Network

press conference by: Cainan Harper/Excel H Sports/Indiana Sports Network

 

The following is courtesy of Purdue University Athletics

• Purdue snapped a four-game losing streak with a 76-66 win over UCLA at Mackey Arena on Friday night. The win improves Purdue’s record to 20-9 overall and 12-6 in the Big Ten standings.
• The win was Purdue’s eighth quad-1 win of the season and 15^th combined quad-1 and quad-2 victory, the third most in the country (Auburn – 20; Alabama – 17).
• Purdue and Michigan are the only Big Ten teams to sweep the newest members of the Big Ten (Oregon, Washington, UCLA, USC). Purdue won the four games by a combined 46 points.
• Purdue has now 71 conference games over the last five seasons, tied for the most in Big Ten history (Indiana, 1974-78).
• Purdue’s 112 wins over the last four seasons are the ninth most in Big Ten history.
• Purdue’s win was its first over UCLA in 65 seasons, last defeating the Bruins on Dec. 18, 1959. The win snapped an eight-game losing streak to UCLA, the longest-active losing streak against a single opponent.
• Purdue has now won at least 12 conference games for the 10^th time in the last 11 seasons (since 2014-15). No other Big Ten program has won than seven, 12-win seasons in that time frame.
• Purdue shot 51.9 percent from the field, the 12^th time in 18 league games that the Boilermakers have shot over 50.0 percent from the field. Purdue made 11-of-22 from long range, the fifth time in conference play that Purdue has made at least 10, 3-pointers.
• Purdue was minus-8 in rebound margin (31-23), winning for the first time since Feb. 16, 2021, vs. Michigan State when having a minus-8 rebound margin or worse.
• UCLA entered the game sixth in the country in turnover margin (+5.04), but the Boilermakers were plus-5 against UCLA, the Bruins’ lowest margin of the season.
• Purdue improved to 12-0 when holding its opponent to 69 or fewer points.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Purdue is now 40-3 when having single-digit turnovers.
• Braden Smith set the Purdue career assists record with eight more tonight, giving him 696 assists in his career. He became the first player in Big Ten history with two seasons of 250 or more assists.
• For the season, Smith now has 465 points, 251 assists, 131 rebounds and 69 steals. He joins Michigan State’s Magic Johnson (1979) as the only players in Big Ten history with a season of at least 450 points, 250 assists, 125 rebounds and 60 steals. Smith has done it in each of the last two seasons.
• Smith moved into eighth place on the Big Ten’s career assists list (696).
• Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting with three rebounds and three steals. He recorded his ninth 20-point game in the last 11 outings.
• Fletcher Loyer scored 11 points, going 3-of-5 from long range. When Loyer makes three or more 3-pointers in a game, the Boilermakers are 11-0 this season.
• Camden Heide set a new career high with nine rebounds, all coming in the second half (12 minutes).