No.2 Purdue MBB outlast Minnesota 84-76

[2] Purdue 84, Minnesota 76 (Postgame Notes)

• No. 2-ranked Purdue improved to 23-2 overall and 12-2 in the Big Ten Conference with an 84-76 win over Minnesota.
• The win was Purdue’s ninth straight victory, now tied for the fifth-longest winning streak in the country. It was also Purdue’s 14 straight home win as Purdue improved to 13-0 in Mackey Arena.
• The nine-game win streak in Big Ten play is tied for the fourth-longest conference winning streak of the Matt Painter era.
• Purdue has now reached 12 conference wins in nine of the last 10 seasons. No other Big Ten team has more than six years of 12-plus victories.
• Purdue has won six straight games over Minnesota at Mackey Arena.
• Purdue has won 16 of its last 17 games.
• The Boilermakers’ 23-2 start through 25 games is the best in school history (also in 2022-23, 2017-18, 1987-88).
• Purdue is now 20-0 when holding teams to 79 or fewer points. Meanwhile, Purdue is 86-3 since the start of the 2017-18 season when scoring 80 points.
• Purdue trailed by 10 early in the second half. It marked Purdue’s second comeback win of at least 10 points this season (Alabama – 12).
• Points per possession for Purdue (1^st half – 1.13; 2^nd half – 1.53).
• Points per possession for Minnesota (1^st half – 1.39; 2^nd half – 1.10).
• Purdue shot 47.4 percent (9-of-19) from 3-point range and during Purdue’s nine-game winning streak, is now shooting 42.0 percent from 3-point range in that span. In Big Ten home games, Purdue is shooting 46.0 percent from long range.
• Purdue is now 81-16 over the last three seasons. The school record for wins in a 3-year span is 83 (2017, 2018, 2019).
• Purdue is just 106-of-159 (.667) from the free throw line in the last five games.
• Zach Edey recorded his ninth straight double-double with 24 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists. It marked his 57^th career double-double and 18^th of the season. It marked his 33^rd career 20-10 game, the most for a Big Ten player since the 2010-11 season by eight games (Luka Garza – 25).
• Edey now has 2,115 points and 1,143 rebounds in his career. He needs six rebounds to break the school record for career rebounds (Joe Barry Carroll – 1,148). He moved into a tie for fifth on the Big Ten’s all-time rebounds list.
• Edey is the fourth player in Big Ten history with 2,100 points and 1,100 rebounds (Trayce Jackson-Davis, Ethan Happ, Joe Barry Carroll).
• Braden Smith tallied 16 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and four steals in the victory. He is the second player nationally this season to reach those marks in a game (Tulane’s Kevin Cross vs. Furman; 25 pts, 12 asts, 12 rebs, 6 stls). Smith attempted just seven shots in the victory.
• Smith moved into a tie for sixth on Purdue’s single-season assist list with 180.
• Smith now has 10 games of at least 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists – tied for the third most in America.
• Smith is the first player in school history to have at least 320 points, 180 assists and 140 rebounds in a season. He is already one of just 13 players in Big Ten history to reach those marks.
• Smith is averaging 12.8 points, 7.2 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game.
• Mason Gillis tallied 14 points, four rebounds and three assists and is now shooting 37-of-76 (.487) from 3-point range on the season. Purdue is 36-4 during his career when he makes at least two 3-pointers in a game.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn tied a career high with eight rebounds, coming in just 19 minutes of action.