Purduebasketball starts hot and stifles Northwestern in a 79-61 Big Ten victory. Braden Smith scores 22 points, with 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Trey Kaufman-Renn adds 12 points and 6 rebounds.
Braden Smith had 22 points and seven assists to lead No. 20 Purdue to a 79-61 rout of Northwestern. Smith, who scored 17 of his points in the first half, hit 8 of 16 shots for the Boilermakers.
No. 21 Michigan visits the No. 11 Purdue Boilermakers after Vladislav Goldin scored 31 points in the Wolverines' 80-76 overtime victory over the Northwestern Wildcats.