Smith was 10 of 17 from the sector and had just one turnover in 37 minutes to almost be part of Joe Barry Carroll as the one Purdue gamers with a triple-double. Carroll had 16 factors, 16 rebounds and 11 blocks towards Arizona in December 1977.
Fletcher Loyer added 18 factors and Trey Kaufman-Renn had 15 because the Boilermakers (16-5, 8-2 Massive Ten) rebounded from their first dwelling lack of the season Tuesday evening towards Ohio State with a powerful celebration within the five hundredth Massive Ten sport at Mackey Area.
Vladislav Goldin scored 14 factors for Michigan (14-5, 6-2) in its second straight loss. Tre Donaldson, Nimari Burnett and Roddy Gayle Jr. every had 11 factors.
However a motivated Smith made certain this game was never close.
Purdue opened with a 13-2 run and led 36-13 halfway via the primary half. The Boilermakers led by 29 earlier than settling for his or her largest halftime lead this season at 51-26.
Takeaways
Michigan: Coach Dusty Could’s group has performed effectively this season, but it surely wasn’t prepared for Purdue. The Wolverines had 5 turnovers within the first 3 1/2 minutes.
Purdue: The Boilermakers had one thing to show after the loss to the Buckeyes on Tuesday. They dominated from begin to end.
Key second
Purdue set the tone shortly with Smith’s steal on the opening possession. C.J. Cox adopted that by forcing a bounce ball, one other turnover, on Michigan’s second possession.
Key stat
Michigan had 22 turnovers and shot 6 of 29 on 3-pointers.
Up subsequent
Michigan hosts Penn State on Monday evening. Purdue hosts Indiana on Friday evening.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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