Washington Huskies vs. Purdue Boilermakers

Jan 7, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
WASH	28	45	73
PUR	45	36	81

Game Recap

Braden Smith overcomes foul trouble by scoring 23 and leading No. 5 Purdue past Washington 81-73. Braden Smith finished with 23 points and seven assists and made two late free throws to help No. 5 Purdue fend off Washington's late rally for an 81-73 victory Wednesday night.

Player Stats

WASHINGTON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	PTS
6Hannes Steinbach	29	7-11	1-3	2-4	4	0	3	2	3	17
11Franck Kepnang	27	4-6	0-0	2-3	10	0	2	2	5	10
1Desmond Claude	25	3-6	1-1	2-2	1	1	1	1	1	9
5Zoom Diallo	28	5-9	1-1	3-3	1	8	0	5	5	14
0Quimari Peterson	35	5-14	5-12	0-0	0	3	1	2	0	15
33Nikola Dzepina	10	0-5	0-5	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0
8Bryson Tucker	24	3-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	2	0	1	6
30Courtland Muldrew	9	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23JJ Mandaquit	13	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	4	0	1	2	2
TOTAL	-	28-6344.4%	8-2630.8%	9-1275.0%	22	18	9	13	18	73

PURDUE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Trey Kaufman-Renn	33	6-11	0-1	2-3	14	6	0	0	6	0	14
45Oscar Cluff	27	4-7	0-0	0-2	7	0	1	2	0	4	8
0C.J. Cox	28	3-8	2-6	3-3	3	3	0	0	0	1	11
3Braden Smith	28	10-15	1-2	2-3	1	7	3	0	6	3	23
2Fletcher Loyer	30	2-8	0-4	1-1	4	1	2	0	1	1	5
12Daniel Jacobsen	13	5-6	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	3	10
17Omer Mayer	16	3-4	2-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	1	8
14Jack Benter	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
24Gicarri Harris	18	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	34-6056.7%	5-1533.3%	8-1266.7%	34	19	6	4	14	15	81

Play-by-Play

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1st halfWASHPUR

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Washington.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Purdue.
(19:37) Desmond Claude bad pass turnover.
(19:37) Fletcher Loyer Steal.
+2 (19:33) Braden Smith makes layup (C.J. Cox assists).
02
(19:20) Hannes Steinbach misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:16) Fletcher Loyer Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:08) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes driving layup.
04
(18:52) Hannes Steinbach traveling turnover.
+3 (18:38) C.J. Cox makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
07
(18:15) Zoom Diallo bad pass turnover.
(18:15) Braden Smith Steal.
+2 (18:11) Braden Smith makes layup (C.J. Cox assists).
09
+3 (17:51) Desmond Claude makes 25-foot three pointer.
39
(17:22) Oscar Cluff misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(17:20) Franck Kepnang Defensive Rebound.
(17:10) Franck Kepnang misses 5-foot jumper.
(17:07) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
(16:59) Braden Smith bad pass turnover.
(16:32) Zoom Diallo misses driving layup.
(16:28) Franck Kepnang Offensive Rebound.
(16:27) Foul on Braden Smith.
+3 (16:22) Quimari Peterson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Zoom Diallo assists).
69
+2 (16:02) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes layup (Braden Smith assists).
611
(15:52) Franck Kepnang traveling turnover.
+2 (15:34) Daniel Jacobsen makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
613
(15:17) Foul on Gicarri Harris.
+1 (15:17) Franck Kepnang makes free throw 1 of 2.
713
+1 (15:17) Franck Kepnang makes free throw 2 of 2.
813
+2 (14:56) Braden Smith makes 15-foot step back jumpshot.
815
(14:48) Zoom Diallo bad pass turnover.
(14:30) Fletcher Loyer misses driving layup.
(14:27) Zoom Diallo Defensive Rebound.
(14:16) Desmond Claude misses 9-foot jumper.
(14:14) Franck Kepnang Offensive Rebound.
(14:13) Franck Kepnang misses dunk.
(14:13) Nikola Dzepina Offensive Rebound.
(14:13) Daniel Jacobsen Block.
(14:05) Nikola Dzepina misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:01) Gicarri Harris Defensive Rebound.
(13:53) Braden Smith misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(13:49) Franck Kepnang Defensive Rebound.
(13:44) Zoom Diallo bad pass turnover.
(13:44) Fletcher Loyer Steal.
(13:39) Fletcher Loyer misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:35) Purdue Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:22) Braden Smith makes 15-foot step back jumpshot.
817
(13:03) Hannes Steinbach misses 4-foot jumper.
(13:02) Daniel Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.
(13:02) Foul on Hannes Steinbach.
(12:52) Foul on Nikola Dzepina.
+2 (12:44) Daniel Jacobsen makes 5-foot alley oop dunk (Braden Smith assists).
819
+2 (12:14) Hannes Steinbach makes layup (Nikola Dzepina assists).
1019
(12:14) Foul on Fletcher Loyer.
+1 (12:14) Hannes Steinbach makes free throw 1 of 1.
1119
(12:02) Braden Smith misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(11:59) Bryson Tucker Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:48) Bryson Tucker makes 20-foot jumper (Nikola Dzepina assists).
1319
+2 (11:27) Daniel Jacobsen makes layup (Braden Smith assists).
1321
(11:00) Nikola Dzepina misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:58) Washington Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:58) Foul on Daniel Jacobsen.
(10:52) Courtland Muldrew misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:49) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(10:43) Fletcher Loyer misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(10:40) Jack Benter Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:39) Jack Benter makes layup.
1323
(10:17) Nikola Dzepina misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(10:14) Fletcher Loyer Defensive Rebound.
(10:02) Braden Smith bad pass turnover.
(9:54) Hannes Steinbach traveling turnover.
(9:29) Foul on Franck Kepnang.
(9:25) Foul on Braden Smith.
(9:25) Braden Smith turnover.
(9:03) Desmond Claude misses 3-foot jumper.
(9:01) Washington Offensive Rebound.
(8:47) Quimari Peterson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:43) Franck Kepnang Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:42) Franck Kepnang makes layup.
1523
(8:23) Fletcher Loyer misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(8:19) Desmond Claude Defensive Rebound.
(8:14) Courtland Muldrew misses 12-foot pullup jump shot.
(8:11) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
(8:06) Foul on Desmond Claude.
+1 (8:04) C.J. Cox makes free throw 1 of 2.
1524
+1 (8:04) C.J. Cox makes free throw 2 of 2.
1525
(7:52) Quimari Peterson traveling turnover.
+2 (7:35) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 6-foot hook shot.
1527
(7:23) Zoom Diallo misses 16-foot jumper.
(7:20) C.J. Cox Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:09) C.J. Cox makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
1530
(7:08) Foul on Zoom Diallo.
+1 (7:08) C.J. Cox makes free throw 1 of 1.
1531
(6:59) Foul on Omer Mayer.
(6:53) Foul on Daniel Jacobsen.
+1 (6:53) Zoom Diallo makes free throw 1 of 2.
1631
+1 (6:53) Zoom Diallo makes free throw 2 of 2.
1731
(6:38) Trey Kaufman-Renn bad pass turnover.
(6:38) Bryson Tucker Steal.
+2 (6:20) Zoom Diallo makes 10-foot floating jump shot.
1931
+2 (6:00) Fletcher Loyer makes layup (Daniel Jacobsen assists).
1933
(6:00) Foul on Hannes Steinbach.
+1 (6:00) Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 1 of 1.
1934
(5:48) Bryson Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:44) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:38) Oscar Cluff makes 4-foot hook shot (Braden Smith assists).
1936
+3 (5:13) Zoom Diallo makes 23-foot three point jumper (Quimari Peterson assists).
2236
(4:51) Fletcher Loyer misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:48) Franck Kepnang Defensive Rebound.
(4:36) Nikola Dzepina misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:32) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(4:21) Braden Smith bad pass turnover.
(4:21) Franck Kepnang Steal.
(4:20) Foul on Braden Smith.
(4:20) Franck Kepnang misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:20) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:04) Oscar Cluff makes layup (Omer Mayer assists).
2238
(3:45) Foul on C.J. Cox.
+1 (3:45) Desmond Claude makes free throw 1 of 2.
2338
+1 (3:45) Desmond Claude makes free throw 2 of 2.
2438
+3 (3:24) Omer Mayer makes 28-foot three point jumper (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
2441
(2:41) Zoom Diallo bad pass turnover.
(2:41) Oscar Cluff Steal.
(2:40) Omer Mayer bad pass turnover.
(2:40) Desmond Claude Steal.
+2 (2:35) Zoom Diallo makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
2641
(2:19) Foul on Zoom Diallo.
(2:19) Oscar Cluff misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:19) Purdue Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:19) Oscar Cluff misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:19) Franck Kepnang Defensive Rebound.
(2:09) Foul on Franck Kepnang.
(2:09) Franck Kepnang turnover.
(1:46) Trey Kaufman-Renn bad pass turnover.
+2 (1:32) Bryson Tucker makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Desmond Claude assists).
2841
(1:17) C.J. Cox misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:15) Trey Kaufman-Renn Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:14) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes layup.
2843
(0:58) Quimari Peterson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:55) C.J. Cox Defensive Rebound.
(0:40) Trey Kaufman-Renn bad pass turnover.
(0:40) Hannes Steinbach Steal.
(0:28) Hannes Steinbach misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:24) Omer Mayer Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:00) Omer Mayer makes 14-foot step back jumpshot.
2845

2nd half

Team Stats

WASH

PUR

73Points81

28-63(44.4%)Field Goal(%)34-60(56.7%)

8-26(30.8%)3-Point(%)5-15(33.3%)

9-12(75.0%)Free Throw(%)8-12(66.7%)

25(9)Rebounds(Offensive)37(11)

18Assists19

9Steals6

0Blocks4

13Turnovers14

18(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

0Largest Lead23

Game Details

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 · 8:30 PM

Mackey Arena · West Lafayette, IN

attendance: 14,876 (100.5%)

tv: BTN

spread: PUR -16.5

over/under: 154.5