Purdue Boilermakers at Nebraska Cornhuskers
· Big Ten Tournament - Quarterfinal
Loyer scores 19 points as No. 18 Purdue beats No. 11 Nebraska 74-58 in Big Ten tourney
C.J. Cox and Oscar Cluff each had 12 points for the Boilermakers, and Trey Kaufman-Renn finished with 10 points and nine rebounds.
Smith set a Big Ten Tournament record and matched a career high with 16 assists in an 81-68 victory over Northwestern on Thursday. The senior guard needs 22 more assists to break Bobby Hurley's NCAA record of 1,076 in 140 games for Duke from 1989-93.
Purdue (25-8) advanced to the Big Ten semifinals for the fourth time in the last five years, bouncing back nicely after closing the regular season with four losses in six games. It will play UCLA on Saturday after the surprising Bruins held off No. 8 Michigan State for an 88-84 win.
Pryce Sandford scored 15 points for Nebraska, which dropped to 6-14 all-time in the Big Ten tourney. Rienk Mast finished with 11.
Nebraska (26-6) went 10 for 31 from 3-point range and 12 for 25 from inside the arc.
The Cornhuskers trailed 48-30 with 17 minutes left, but they trimmed the deficit to 58-50 on Cale Jacobsen’s driving layup with 6:53 remaining.
The Boilermakers responded with a 14-2 run, capped by Loyer’s 3 and a dunk by Cluff with 3:26 to go. Cox also connected from long range during the decisive stretch.
Purdue beat Nebraska 80-77 in overtime in their regular-season meeting on Feb. 10. Kaufman-Renn grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds in the victory, helping the Boilermakers to a 54-37 advantage on the glass.
Purdue enjoyed a 37-29 rebounding advantage this time around, and outscored Nebraska 26-18 in the paint.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 74 - 58 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 74 - 58 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound. | 74 - 58 |
| 2nd 0:12 | Braden Frager misses 25-foot three point jumper | 74 - 58 |
| 2nd 0:21 | Jared Garcia Defensive Rebound. | 74 - 58 |
Statistics
 PUR |
 NEB |
|
|---|---|---|
| 26-58 | FG | 22-56 |
| 45 | Field Goal % | 39 |
| 10-31 | 3PT | 10-31 |
| 32 | Three Point % | 32 |
| 12-14 | FT | 4-9 |
| 86 | Free Throw % | 44 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 13 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Defensive Rebounds | 19 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 17 | Points Off Turnovers | 5 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 3 |
| 26 | Points in Paint | 18 |
| 12 | Fouls | 12 |
| 20 | Largest Lead | 0 |
| 0 | Lead Changes | 0 |
| 99 | Percent Led | 0 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 18,988 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 19-1 | - | 31-2 |
| Nebraska | 15-5 | 4 | 26-6 |
| Michigan State | 15-5 | 4 | 25-7 |
| Illinois | 15-5 | 4 | 24-8 |
| Wisconsin | 14-6 | 5 | 24-10 |
| 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 |