Marquette Golden Eagles at Purdue Boilermakers
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Oscar Cluff scores 22, Braden Smith reaches new milestone as No. 6 Purdue beats Marquette 79-59
It took Smith only 12 seconds to find Fletcher Loyer for a 3-pointer to become the second Division I men's basketball player to join the 1,500-point, 850-assist, 550-rebound club. D.J. Cooper was the first to do it during his career at Ohio from 2009-13.
Smith had seven points and five rebounds to increase his career numbers to 1,515 points, 859 assists and 759 rebounds. Cluff had 11 rebounds for his second straight double-double. Loyer scored 15 points.
The Boilermakers (10-1, 2-0 Big Ten) have won two straight since an embarrassing 23-point home loss to then-No. 10 Iowa State last weekend.
Royce Parham had 19 points to lead Marquette (5-6), which lost for the second straight Saturday by 20 points. Chase Ross added 10 points for the Golden Eagles, who shot only 8% from the field and were a dismal 8 of 31 from 3-point range.
The Boilermakers took control with a 12-0 run that gave them a 21-8 lead midway through the first half and then pulled away late in the half by scoring nine straight points to open up a 37-19 lead.
Cluff helped put it away when he scored 13 consecutive points for Purdue early in the second half, a stretch then ended with the Boilermakers leading 53-29.
Purdue: Has a week-long break before welcoming No. 21 Auburn to Indianapolis next Saturday.
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Statistics
 MARQ |
 PUR |
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|---|---|---|
| 20-61 | FG | 30-56 |
| 33 | Field Goal % | 54 |
| 8-31 | 3PT | 7-23 |
| 26 | Three Point % | 30 |
| 11-15 | FT | 12-15 |
| 73 | Free Throw % | 80 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
| 14 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 19 | Points Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| 22 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 17 | Fouls | 17 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 30 |
| 0 | Lead Changes | 0 |
| 0 | Percent Led | 99 |
Game Information
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Attendance: 14,876 | Capacity:
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's | 18-2 | - | 27-6 |
| UConn | 17-3 | 1 | 29-4 |
| Villanova | 15-5 | 3 | 24-8 |
| Seton Hall | 10-10 | 8 | 21-12 |
| Creighton | 9-11 | 9 | 15-17 |
| DePaul | 8-12 | 10 | 16-16 |
| Butler | 7-13 | 11 | 16-16 |
| Providence | 7-13 | 11 | 15-18 |
| Marquette | 7-13 | 11 | 12-20 |
| Georgetown | 6-14 | 12 | 16-18 |
| Xavier | 6-14 | 12 | 15-18 |
2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 19-1 | - | 30-2 |
| Nebraska | 15-5 | 4 | 26-6 |
| Michigan State | 15-5 | 4 | 25-7 |
| Illinois | 15-5 | 4 | 24-8 |
| Wisconsin | 14-6 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Purdue | 13-7 | 6 | 25-8 |
| UCLA | 13-7 | 6 | 23-10 |
| Ohio State | 12-8 | 7 | 21-12 |
| Iowa | 10-10 | 9 | 21-12 |
| Indiana | 9-11 | 10 | 18-14 |
| Minnesota | 8-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
| USC | 7-13 | 12 | 18-14 |
| Washington | 7-13 | 12 | 16-17 |
| Rutgers | 6-14 | 13 | 14-19 |
| Northwestern | 5-15 | 14 | 15-19 |
| Oregon | 5-15 | 14 | 12-20 |
| Maryland | 4-16 | 15 | 12-21 |
| Penn State | 3-17 | 16 | 12-20 |