No. Purdue MBB outlast Washington

by | Jan 16, 2025 | Basketball, Headlines | 0 comments

[17] Purdue 69, Washington 58 (Postgame Notes)

  • 17-ranked Purdue improved to 14-4 overall and 6-1 in the Big Ten Conference with a 69-58 win over Washington in Seattle.
  • The win was Purdue’s sixth in a row overall and sixth in a row in Big Ten play. The Boilermakers have won at least six straight games in Big Ten play in four straight years.
  • Purdue is 6-1 in the Big Ten for the fifth time under Matt Painter (2025, 2023, 2018, 2011, 2008).
  • All six of Purdue’s wins during its current streak have come by double-digits, as well as five straight wins by double-digits in Big Ten play. The last time Purdue won five straight Big Ten games by 10 or more points came from Feb. 21 to March 5, 1988.
  • Purdue is now 21-2 in the month of January since the 2022-23 season, winning 11 straight games in the month.
  • Purdue has won 30 straight games when holding opponents to 59 or fewer points.
  • Over the last five games, opponent’s starting lineup is averaging just 37.2 points per game after the Huskies’ starting five scored just 43 points.
  • Purdue outscored Washington, 47-28, in the second half, shooting 15-of-25 from the field and 14-of-16 from the free throw line. Purdue trailed by 10 in the first half (30-20). After having seven turnovers in the first half, Purdue had just four turnovers in the second half.
  • Purdue made just three 3-pointers in the win over Washington. However, Purdue is 6-3 since the start of the 2022-23 season when making three or fewer 3-pointers.
  • In the last 20 years, just one Purdue player has had at least 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals in the same game – Braden Smith, who has done it twice this season (Yale, Washington). It has only happened 11 times in the last 20 years in Big Ten play.
  • Caleb Furst scored a career-high 15 points with six rebounds and four steals.
  • When Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer combine for 25 points during their careers, the Boilermakers are 31-2. The duo combined for 29 points in the win over Washington.
  • When the trio of Smith, Kaufman-Renn and Loyer combine to score at least 41 points, the Boilermakers are 13-0. The trio combined to score 48 points in the win,

 

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