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Purdue prevails in shootout in Iowa City

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Purdue's Braden Smith
Purdue's Braden Smith (Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images)

IOWA CITY — Behind the sort of three-point shooting eruption it probably felt it was due for, No. 7 Purdue didn’t beat Iowa in Iowa City Tuesday, but it simply outscored it, winning 90-81.

After the game was tied at half, Purdue made five threes and scored 22 points in the first five minutes of the second half alone, scoring 51 second-half points.

Braden Smith scored 31 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn 25.

Shaking off recent struggles, Purdue was 12-of-25 from three.

PDF: Purdue-Iowa statistics

Plagued again by foul trouble to Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue needed a last-second pull-up three to be tied at 36 at halftime. Kaufman-Renn had scored 12 of his team’s first 18 points against Iowa’s backup bigs, thrust into bigger roles without the injured Owen Freeman. Without Kaufman-Renn on the floor, Purdue lacked a focus on offense until Smith started forcing the issue and creating jumpers for himself. He scored 11 in the final five minutes of the half.

Purdue turned the ball over seven times in the first half and struggled to keep smaller and faster Iowa out of transition.

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