West Lafayette – This collective Expire by MacKey Arena on Friday evening was the sound of relief coming from Purdue Basketball fans.
After four consecutive losses, the Boileroniers classified the 19th Finally found their way in the column of victories.
Braden Smith buried two 3 points in a space of 46 seconds in the last minutes, closing the door during a 76-66 victory against the UCLA.
Two weeks ago, the boilermakers (20-9) met at the top of the Big Ten ranking before losing a two-point sorrow in Michigan.
It started a descent slide which, according to the Purdue players, turned too much into a snowball to overcome last Sunday in a defeat at the Indiana Rival.
The Bruins almost succeeded in another return before the end of the Purdue game resolution.
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Maintaining two -digit tracks was difficult for driver drivers during their recent funk.
For the fifth time in the last 10 Purdue games, the boilermakers have seen a team erase a two -digit deficit.
After having increased by 10 when the Trey Kaufman-Renn basket put the boilers in advance 29-19 with 5:56 To go in the first half, the UCLA responded with three consecutive on the way to outdo Purdue 16-8 the rest of the first half and the fence in the 37-35.
This time, however, Purdue had something reserved for the final race.
Kaufman-renn scored six consecutive points, triggering a 12-0 purdue race which culminated with 3s consecutive Cam Heide and Fletcher Rent, putting the boilermakers 67-56 with 3:38 to do.
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Myles Colvin was the recipient of the second and third assists by Braden Smith on Friday evening. A 3-point Colvin pointer equaled Smith with Bruce Parkinson (1972-77) for the career file for assistance drivers. The next penny of Smith, leading to the basic rider of Colvin with 11:55 am to do in the first half, was the 691st of his career, passing by Parkinson.
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TREY KAUFMAN-RENN, PURDUE: On Sunday, the Junior Center Redshirt had the responsibility for loss at Indiana. With another potential loss approaching, Kaufman-Renn took matters into hand. He finished with 29 out of 11 points from the 15 shots after nine seasonal points against the Hoosiers.
Braden Smith, Purdue: Smith’s five assists raised it above all passers-by in the history of Purdue, but the junior leader also marked. The 10 Smith points in the first half helped trigger the 10-point lead. His flight with 10 seconds to go was his first match to add to 23 points and eight assists.
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA: The junior striker made a blow after another, rising above his defender to coupled purdue with a series of short horsemen. Bilodeau collected 15 points and seven rebounds.
Sam King covers sports for the newspaper & Courier. Send him an email at soking@jconline.com and follow it on X and Instagram @Samueltking.
This article originally appeared in Lafayette Journal & Courier: Purdue basketball uses late race to eliminate UCLA
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