Braden Smith raises Purchand Basketball at a 3-point barrier in victory at Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa – Purdue Basketball Has fire in the second half, then had to hold on because Iowa did the same.

At the end, the seventh row Boilermaker prevalence 90-81 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena thanks to an effort of 12 of the 3-point range.

It took late heroic and a wave of second half to overcome a tenacious Hawkeye team.

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Purdue (18-5, 10-2) led 80-77 when Payton Sandfort and Josh Dix, the two stars of Iowa on Tuesday evening, missed 3s who would have equalized the match.

At the other end, Trey Kaufman-Renn made two free throws. The flight of Gicarri Harris with 1 minute and 36 seconds to do while Purdue led by five led to the three-point game of Kaufman-Renn which finally put the Hawkeyes.

The Hawkeyes put purpuded in a first half link with defensive pressure, forcing seven reversals of boilermakers. The Iowa also went 6 out of 12 in the first half and led by six before Purdue struck three consecutive shots to finish half-time.

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Purdue surmounted him to follow the pace of Michigan State in his attempt to win a third consecutive title Big Ten.

Purchain swing point

Josh Ten missed a 3 seconds to play in the first half, enough time for Purdue to take a final blow.

Deep 3 by Braden Smith of Straight We entered, equaling the score at 36 in a match that the boiler rooms have already dragged by seven.

As Purdue has done it several times this season, a late basket just before half of half for a solid start in the second half.

Smith made three others 3 in the 4:47 of the second half, a wave in which Fletcher rent and CJ Cox also struck 3S to put Putch at 58-46.

The Caleb Furst flight sequence

Tuesday scored the ninth consecutive match, Caleb Furst, senior, recorded at least one flight. Furst opened the season by spending 10 consecutive games without registering a flight and succeeded two to 14 games.

During his sequence of nine games, Furst has 17 interceptions, including three at Iowa where he also succeeded 10 points and 9 rebounds.

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3 stars

Braden Smith, Purdue: This one has become an obvious choice every night, but this explosion of notation was a show to see. All that Iowa has done offensively was countered because Smith was in an area to match. Smith finished with 31 points on 11 shots out of 15 to go with six rebounds, four assists and two interceptions.

TREY KAUFMAN-RENN, PURDUE: The Junior Center Redshirt had six of the first seven goals on the field of Purdue. Again, his first half was hampered when he pulled a second fault and had to look at a majority of the bench. The Iowa could not stop it and when this is the case, Kaufman-Renn has always obtained 25 points with four assists.

Payton Sandfort, Iowa: The sniper struck 3 tough people and obtained a friendly roll that bounced on the rim twice and fell. He finished with 23 points, six rebounds and five assists.

Sam King covers sports for the newspaper & Courier. Send him an email at soking@jconline.com and follow it on X and Instagram @Samueltking.

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