Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Purdue Boilermakers

Dec 29, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
KENT	27	33	60
PUR	51	50	101

Game Recap

Kent State Golden Flashes vs Purdue Boilermakers game highlights

Benter's career-high 20 points lead No. 5 Purdue to a 101-60 rout of Kent State. Freshman Jack Benter came off the bench to hit six 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 20 points, and Fletcher Loyer added 19 points to lead No. 5 Purdue to a 101-60 rout of Kent State on Monday night.

Player Stats

KENT STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2Rob Whaley Jr.	27	1-6	0-2	4-5	3	3	1	1	3	4	6
23Delrecco Gillespie	27	3-7	1-3	2-2	4	1	3	1	3	3	9
54Omer Hamama	12	1-4	0-1	2-2	3	1	0	0	2	2	4
25Jahari Williamson	29	3-7	2-5	2-3	4	1	1	0	1	0	10
8Morgan Safford	32	4-11	2-5	0-0	2	1	0	0	3	3	10
11Dezmon Briscoe	7	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	1	1	5	3
7Landon Vanderwarker	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
21Deandre Jones	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
14Magnus Entenmann	13	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
0Rayvon Griffith	17	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
6Quinn Woidke	25	4-13	1-8	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	1	9
5Brenden Moss	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3

TOTAL	-	21-6134.4%	7-2725.9%	11-1478.6%	27	13	5	4	14	21	60

PURDUE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	PTS
4Trey Kaufman-Renn	21	7-11	1-2	0-1	12	2	1	0	1	15
45Oscar Cluff	18	2-2	0-0	2-3	3	2	0	1	0	6
0C.J. Cox	16	2-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	4
3Braden Smith	27	6-9	0-2	0-0	4	8	2	2	2	12
2Fletcher Loyer	23	7-15	3-10	2-2	1	2	2	0	1	19
5Liam Murphy	11	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
12Daniel Jacobsen	22	2-3	0-0	7-7	4	1	0	0	3	11
17Omer Mayer	16	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	5	0	4	1	3
9Jack Lusk	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
6Aaron Fine	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
32Jace Rayl	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Jack Benter	16	7-7	6-6	0-0	5	1	1	0	4	20
24Gicarri Harris	21	1-4	1-4	6-6	5	2	3	1	1	9
TOTAL	-	36-6456.3%	12-3138.7%	17-1989.5%	39	25	10	8	14	101

Play-by-Play

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1st halfKENTPUR

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Kent State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Purdue.
(19:41) Delrecco Gillespie misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(19:38) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
(19:29) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 9-foot hook shot.
(19:27) Trey Kaufman-Renn Offensive Rebound.
(19:21) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 8-foot hook shot.
(19:19) Delrecco Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
(19:02) Morgan Safford misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(18:59) C.J. Cox Defensive Rebound.
(18:50) Fletcher Loyer misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:47) Rob Whaley Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(18:27) Rob Whaley Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:23) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:16) Braden Smith makes 14-foot step back jumpshot.
02
(17:58) Foul on Fletcher Loyer.
(17:58) Jahari Williamson misses free throw 1 of 3.
(17:58) Kent State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (17:58) Jahari Williamson makes free throw 2 of 3.
12
+1 (17:58) Jahari Williamson makes free throw 3 of 3.
22
+2 (17:41) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 15-foot jumper (Braden Smith assists).
24
(17:30) Foul on Omer Hamama.
(17:30) Omer Hamama turnover.
+2 (17:19) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 13-foot jumper (Braden Smith assists).
26
(16:59) Delrecco Gillespie bad pass turnover.
(16:59) Fletcher Loyer Steal.
+3 (16:55) Fletcher Loyer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
29
+2 (16:38) Jahari Williamson makes 18-foot step back jumpshot.
49
(16:18) Foul on Delrecco Gillespie.
(16:04) Braden Smith traveling turnover.
(15:55) Foul on Braden Smith.
+3 (15:48) Quinn Woidke makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jahari Williamson assists).
79
(15:21) Fletcher Loyer misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:17) Quinn Woidke Defensive Rebound.
(15:13) Quinn Woidke misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:10) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:50) Braden Smith makes 17-foot turnaround jump shot.
711
+2 (14:32) Quinn Woidke makes 15-foot floating jump shot.
911
+2 (14:14) Braden Smith makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
913
(13:55) Quinn Woidke misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:51) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:46) Fletcher Loyer makes layup (Braden Smith assists).
915
+3 (13:25) Delrecco Gillespie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rayvon Griffith assists).
1215
(13:02) Fletcher Loyer misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(12:58) Braden Smith Offensive Rebound.
(12:55) Foul on Dezmon Briscoe.
+3 (12:50) Fletcher Loyer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gicarri Harris assists).
1218
(12:27) Rob Whaley Jr. bad pass turnover.
(12:27) Trey Kaufman-Renn Steal.
(12:27) Foul on Rob Whaley Jr..
+2 (12:16) Fletcher Loyer makes driving layup (Braden Smith assists).
1220
(12:02) Dezmon Briscoe misses 17-foot jumper.
(12:00) Braden Smith Defensive Rebound.
(11:55) Braden Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(11:49) Rob Whaley Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(11:34) Rob Whaley Jr. misses 11-foot jumper.
(11:32) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:22) Gicarri Harris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
1223
+2 (11:04) Rob Whaley Jr. makes layup (Rayvon Griffith assists).
1423
(11:04) Foul on Daniel Jacobsen.
(11:04) Rob Whaley Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1.
(11:04) Jack Benter Defensive Rebound.
(10:45) Fletcher Loyer misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:41) Jahari Williamson Defensive Rebound.
(10:41) Foul on Jack Benter.
(10:28) Jahari Williamson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:25) Gicarri Harris Defensive Rebound.
(10:10) Oscar Cluff bad pass turnover.
(10:10) Jahari Williamson Steal.
+2 (10:05) Rayvon Griffith makes layup (Rob Whaley Jr. assists).
1623
(9:45) Gicarri Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:42) Morgan Safford Defensive Rebound.
(9:39) Morgan Safford bad pass turnover.
(9:39) Gicarri Harris Steal.
(9:25) Foul on Delrecco Gillespie.
+1 (9:25) Gicarri Harris makes free throw 1 of 2.
1624
+1 (9:25) Gicarri Harris makes free throw 2 of 2.
1625
(9:04) Omer Hamama misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:01) Purdue Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:44) Oscar Cluff makes 3-foot dunk (Omer Mayer assists).
1627
(8:33) Morgan Safford misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:29) Jack Benter Defensive Rebound.
(8:16) Foul on Omer Hamama.
(8:10) Omer Mayer misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:05) Jahari Williamson Defensive Rebound.
(8:02) Quinn Woidke misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:59) Omer Mayer Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:53) Jack Benter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Omer Mayer assists).
1630
(7:26) Rob Whaley Jr. bad pass turnover.
(7:26) Braden Smith Steal.
+3 (7:17) Jack Benter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Omer Mayer assists).
1633
(7:05) Foul on Morgan Safford.
(7:05) Morgan Safford turnover.
+2 (6:51) Oscar Cluff makes layup (Omer Mayer assists).
1635
(6:40) Jahari Williamson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:36) Kent State Deadball Team Rebound.
(6:36) Foul on Jack Benter.
(6:32) Quinn Woidke misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:29) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:21) Braden Smith makes 8-foot step back jumpshot.
1637
+2 (6:07) Dezmon Briscoe makes 4-foot jumper (Quinn Woidke assists).
1837
(5:42) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 15-foot jumper.
(5:40) Delrecco Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
(5:27) Quinn Woidke misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:21) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(5:13) Foul on Dezmon Briscoe.
(5:13) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses free throw 1 of 1.
(5:12) Oscar Cluff Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:59) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 14-foot pullup jump shot.
1839
(4:42) Jahari Williamson misses 12-foot pullup jump shot.
(4:40) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
(4:18) Braden Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:16) Purdue Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:16) Foul on Delrecco Gillespie.
(4:16) Oscar Cluff misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:15) Jahari Williamson Defensive Rebound.
(3:58) Morgan Safford misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:55) C.J. Cox Defensive Rebound.
(3:47) Foul on Rob Whaley Jr..
+1 (3:47) Oscar Cluff makes free throw 1 of 2.
1840
+1 (3:47) Oscar Cluff makes free throw 2 of 2.
1841
+3 (3:30) Morgan Safford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Magnus Entenmann assists).
2141
+3 (3:06) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 23-foot three point jumper (C.J. Cox assists).
2144
(2:46) Foul on Daniel Jacobsen.
+1 (2:46) Rob Whaley Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
2244
+1 (2:46) Rob Whaley Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
2344
+2 (2:32) Daniel Jacobsen makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
2346
(2:32) Foul on Morgan Safford.
+1 (2:32) Daniel Jacobsen makes free throw 1 of 1.
2347
(2:21) Magnus Entenmann misses 4-foot jumper.
(2:18) Gicarri Harris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:14) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 3-foot dunk (Gicarri Harris assists).
2349
(1:56) Magnus Entenmann misses 9-foot jumper.
(1:54) Magnus Entenmann Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:53) Magnus Entenmann makes 5-foot jumper.
2549
(1:29) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:24) Kent State Defensive Rebound.
(1:08) Landon Vanderwarker misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:06) Braden Smith Defensive Rebound.
(0:59) Gicarri Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:55) Quinn Woidke Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:51) Quinn Woidke makes driving layup.
2749
(0:35) Foul on Landon Vanderwarker.
+1 (0:35) Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 1 of 2.
2750
+1 (0:35) Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 2 of 2.
2751
(0:20) Rayvon Griffith misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(0:17) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

KENT

PUR

60Points101

21-61(34.4%)Field Goal(%)36-64(56.3%)

7-27(25.9%)3-Point(%)12-31(38.7%)

11-14(78.6%)Free Throw(%)17-19(89.5%)

28(6)Rebounds(Offensive)40(6)

13Assists25

5Steals10

4Blocks0

15Turnovers8

21(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

0Largest Lead48

Game Details

Monday, December 29, 2025 · 7:00 PM

Mackey Arena · West Lafayette, IN

attendance: 14,876 (100.5%)

spread: PUR -24.5

over/under: 155.5