Purdue Shuffles Starters in Win

Purdue Shuffles Starters in Win 

by: Steven Stremming, Excel H Sports/USBWA

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

Matt Painter, Purdue Head Coach switched up starting units against the Marshall Thundering Herd at Mackey Arena and it helped lead the Boilers to a 39 to 24 halftime lead and an eventual convincing 80 to 45 victory.

Painter added both Camden Heide and Myles Colvin and both produced.

Heide was a perfect three of three from behind the three-point line and another four of four from the free throw stripe. Heide also grabbed three boards and thirteen points.

Colvin was four of six from the field, including two of three from behind the arc and thirteen points.

Trey Kaufmann-Renn once again led the Boilers in scoring with 18 points on seven of twelve from the field.

Braden Smith did not score but assisted on nine scoring plays for Purdue.

Fletcher Loyer added six along with Burgess, Harris and Berg. Caleb Furst added eight.

No Marshall player scored in double-figures.

The following is courtesy of Purdue University Athletics

• Purdue improved to 5-1 overall with an 80-45 victory over Marshall on Saturday afternoon in Mackey Arena.
• Purdue won its 31^st straight home game against a non-conference opponent and its 22^nd straight game overall.
• Purdue recorded a 12-0 run in the second half and has now won 23 straight games when recording a run of 10-0 or larger.
• Purdue has trailed for a total of 5 minutes, 56 seconds in its five home games this season (200 minutes).
• Myles Colvin and Camden Heide earned their first career starts in the win over Marshall.
• Purdue forced 19 turnovers in the win over Marshall. Since the 2021-22 season, Purdue is 48-3 when forcing 10 or more turnovers, having won 24 straight games.
• Purdue is now 96-3 since the start of the 2017-18 season when scoring at least 80 points in a game.
• Braden Smith went scoreless for the first time since Dec. 4, 2022, but dished out nine assists with three rebounds and three steals. Smith dished out his 500^th career assist in his 80^th game, the third-fastest mark to 500 assists in Big Ten history (Mateen Cleaves, Bruce Parkinson).
• Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 18 points and has scored at least 14 points in all six games this season.
• Cam Heide scored 13 points, going 3-of-3 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. Over the last four games, Heide is 8-of-11 (.727) from 3-point range, scoring 35 points in 81 minutes.
• Purdue’s bench scored 30 points and the Boilermakers had 23 points off Marshall’s turnovers. Purdue outscored Marshall 39-11 in “extra-possession” categories (points off turnovers, second-chance points).