The Purdue Boilermakers gave the impression to be headed for a fifth straight loss as they trailed the UCLA Bruins by one with slightly below 8:30 left, however they rallied behind a late barrage of 3-pointers to get again within the win column with a 76-66 victory.
Purdue went on a 12-0 run, powered by a trio of 3s from Camden Heide, Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith. Smith additionally scored seven factors during the last 2:54. He hit a pull-up 3 from the highest of the important thing that pushed the Boilermakers result in 73-60 and felt like a dagger.
Braden Smith drains pull-up 3 pointer, extending Purdue’s lead over UCLA
Braden Smith drained a pull-up 3 pointer to increase the Purdue Boilermakers’ lead over the UCLA Bruins.
Purdue was 11-of-21 from deep for the sport and 8-of-14 within the second half. Ahead Trey Kaufman-Renn, who led the Boilermakers with 29 factors on 11-of-15 from the sector, pressured the Bruins to ship extra consideration to him within the paint opening up pictures for the guards.
Smith scored 23 factors on 6-of-10 from 3-point vary, and had eight assists. Within the first half, he broke Purdue’s all-time document for assists (now 693) on a dish to Myles Colvin for a pull-up bounce shot. He broke Bruce Parkinson’s document of 690, which stood for 48 years.
Braden Smith finds Myles Colvin for the help, changing into Purdue’s all-time chief in assists
UCLA trailed 29-19 with 5:59 remaining within the first half. The Bruins reduce it to 37-35 by halftime and captured the lead early within the second half. Eric Dailey Jr. punctuated their run with a poster dunk over Colvin.
UCLA’s Eric Dailey Jr. throws down one-handed poster in transition vs. Purdue
Dailey ended with 9 factors, whereas ahead Tyler Bilodeau led UCLA with 15 factors and 7 rebounds. The Bruins held a 31-23 rebounding edge.
No. 20 Purdue (20-9 total, 12-6 Huge Ten) and UCLA (20-9, 11-5) went into Friday tied for fourth place and the ultimate double-bye within the Huge Ten and, with the win, the Boilermakers earned sole possession of that.
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Purdue will host Rutgers (14-15, 7-11) on Tuesday at 4 p.m. UCLA performs at Northwestern (15-13, 6-11) on Monday at 6 p.m.
The Related Press contributed to this report
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