[2] Purdue 97, Akron 79 (Postgame Notes)
• No. 2 Purdue improved to 4-0 on the season with a 97-79 win over Akron on Sunday night in Mackey Arena. Purdue is now 4-0 (or better) for the fifth consecutive season.
• Head coach Matt Painter won his 500th career game in his 22nd season as a head coach (25 wins at Southern Illinois; 475 at Purdue). He becomes the 16th active head coach with 500 wins, coming in the seventh-fewest games (Few, Calipari, Self, Pitino, Izzo, Bennett).
• The win was Purdue’s 35th straight non-conference win in Mackey Arena.
• Purdue is now a nation’s-best 32-1 (.970) in the month of November since the start of the 2021-22 season.
• Purdue won its 120th game since the start of the 2021-22 season, becoming the third team to reach that mark (Houston – 136; Duke – 124).
• Purdue was playing its second straight opponent to average over 95.0 points per game. Purdue held Alabama to 80 points and Akron to 79 points.
• Purdue was 26-of-44 (.591) from inside the 3-point line.
• Purdue has won 129 straight games when scoring 90 points, dating to Nov. 24, 1987, vs. Iowa State.
• Purdue had three players record double-doubles (Oscar Cluff, Trey Kaufman-Renn, Braden Smith) for the first time since Dec. 17, 2022, vs. Davidson (Zach Edey, Caleb Furst, Smith).
• Purdue had two players record at least 14 rebounds in the same game (Cluff, Kaufman-Renn) for the first time in at least the last 20 years.
• Purdue had five players with at least 14 points for the first time in at least 20 years.
• Purdue is now +43 (+24 vs. Alabama; +19 vs. Akron) on the glass in the last two games. Oscar Cluff and Trey Kaufman-Renn combined for 29 rebounds while Akron had 26.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn has grabbed at least 15 rebounds in three of his last four games dating to last year (15 vs. McNeese, 15 vs. Alabama, 15 vs. Akron).
• The center position of Oscar Cluff and Daniel Jacobsen combined for 23 points, 16 rebounds and four blocked shots. For the season, the duo is averaging a combined 19.3 points, 15.3 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 2.5 assists per game.
• Braden Smith recorded his 19th career double-double (18-1 record) with 16 points and 10 assists.
• Smith now needs eight assists for 800 in his career, moving to 56th on the NCAA career assists list (792). The 10 assists against Akron marked his 25th career 10-assist game, and he is now averaging 17.8 points, 8.5 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game.
• Oscar Cluff recorded his 24th double-double since the start of last season and his first with Purdue with 14 points and 14 rebounds in just 21 minutes.
• Trey Kaufman-Renn notched his second straight double-double and sixth of his career with 17 points and a career-high tying 15 rebounds in just 27 minutes.
• Omer Mayer tallied 14 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals in just 23 minutes.
• Fletcher Loyer scored 16 points and Purdue improved to 28-2 during his career when he makes at least three 3-pointers in a game.
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