Purdue Boilermakers vs. UCLA Bruins

Mar 14, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
PUR	34	39	73
UCLA	27	39	66

Game Recap

Cluff scores 17, comes up big down stretch as No. 18 Purdue beats UCLA to reach Big Ten title game. Oscar Cluff had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 18 Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game.

Player Stats

PURDUE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Trey Kaufman-Renn	27	5-7	0-0	2-2	10	1	0	0	0	1	12
45Oscar Cluff	28	6-11	0-0	5-7	14	2	1	1	1	3	17
0C.J. Cox	28	2-5	1-4	0-0	1	4	0	0	1	1	5
3Braden Smith	32	1-7	1-5	2-4	1	9	0	0	5	0	5
2Fletcher Loyer	27	4-11	4-10	2-4	2	4	2	1	0	0	14
12Daniel Jacobsen	9	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4
17Omer Mayer	16	1-5	1-4	2-2	0	1	0	0	2	0	5
14Jack Benter	15	3-3	2-2	0-0	6	0	1	0	1	2	8
24Gicarri Harris	18	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	-	25-5446.3%	10-2835.7%	13-1968.4%	35	21	5	3	10	10	73

UCLA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1Xavier Booker	27	5-10	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	3	12
2Donovan Dent	10	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
55Skyy Clark	31	4-11	1-5	1-2	2	3	4	0	1	2	10
0Trent Perry	40	4-12	1-4	6-6	3	9	1	0	3	1	15
3Eric Dailey Jr.	34	5-12	1-3	0-0	10	3	1	0	1	1	11
24Steven Jamerson II	13	2-2	0-0	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
4Jamar Brown	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5Brandon Williams	20	1-2	0-1	1-2	1	0	0	1	0	4	3
8Eric Freeny	23	3-4	2-3	0-0	5	2	0	0	0	1	8
TOTAL	-	25-5743.9%	7-2035.0%	9-1181.8%	23	18	8	1	6	14	66

Play-by-Play

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1st halfPURUCLA

(20:00) Start game.
(19:56) Jump Ball won by UCLA.
(19:56) Jump Ball lost by Purdue.
+2 (19:44) Skyy Clark makes 22-foot jumper (Donovan Dent assists).
02
(19:18) Oscar Cluff bad pass turnover.
(19:18) Eric Dailey Jr. Steal.
(19:07) Xavier Booker misses 18-foot jumper.
(19:04) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:56) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 12-foot floating jump shot (Braden Smith assists).
22
(18:33) Skyy Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:30) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:18) Fletcher Loyer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
52
(17:48) Xavier Booker misses layup.
(17:48) Oscar Cluff Block.
(17:45) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(17:37) Braden Smith bad pass turnover.
(17:37) Skyy Clark Steal.
(17:30) Eric Dailey Jr. misses driving layup.
(17:27) Fletcher Loyer Defensive Rebound.
(17:13) Fletcher Loyer misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:10) C.J. Cox Offensive Rebound.
+3 (17:08) C.J. Cox makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
82
(16:38) Donovan Dent misses driving layup.
(16:38) Fletcher Loyer Block.
(16:33) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(16:32) Foul on Trent Perry.
+1 (16:32) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes free throw 1 of 2.
92
+1 (16:32) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes free throw 2 of 2.
102
(16:17) Trent Perry turnover.
(16:17) Technical Foul on UCLA.
+1 (16:17) Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 1 of 2.
112
+1 (16:17) Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 2 of 2.
122
+3 (16:07) Fletcher Loyer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
152
+2 (15:45) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Trent Perry assists).
154
(15:22) Fletcher Loyer misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:19) Trent Perry Defensive Rebound.
(15:06) Skyy Clark misses 14-foot pullup jump shot.
(15:03) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
(14:46) Oscar Cluff misses 6-foot hook shot.
(14:42) Skyy Clark Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:36) Trent Perry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skyy Clark assists).
157
(14:05) Oscar Cluff misses 10-foot jumper.
(14:05) UCLA Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:05) Foul on Trey Kaufman-Renn.
(13:54) Trent Perry misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(13:50) Jack Benter Defensive Rebound.
(13:25) Braden Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:21) Jack Benter Offensive Rebound.
(13:14) Oscar Cluff misses layup.
(13:10) Brandon Williams Defensive Rebound.
(12:59) Donovan Dent misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(12:56) Jack Benter Defensive Rebound.
(12:39) Braden Smith misses driving layup.
(12:36) Oscar Cluff Offensive Rebound.
(12:35) Fletcher Loyer misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:33) Skyy Clark Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:28) Donovan Dent makes layup (Skyy Clark assists).
159
(12:05) Braden Smith bad pass turnover.
(12:05) Skyy Clark Steal.
(12:05) Skyy Clark bad pass turnover.
(12:05) Jack Benter Steal.
(11:47) Braden Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:44) Trent Perry Defensive Rebound.
(11:30) Brandon Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:27) Eric Freeny Offensive Rebound.
(11:16) Trent Perry misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(11:11) Eric Freeny Offensive Rebound.
(10:56) Donovan Dent misses 21-foot jumper.
(10:52) Gicarri Harris Defensive Rebound.
(10:27) Gicarri Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:23) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(10:02) Trent Perry misses 13-foot floating jump shot.
(10:02) Purdue Defensive Rebound.
(9:46) Foul on Steven Jamerson II.
+2 (9:38) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 14-foot jumper (Braden Smith assists).
179
+2 (9:10) Xavier Booker makes 2-foot dunk (Trent Perry assists).
1711
(8:45) Gicarri Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:41) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(8:17) Xavier Booker misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(8:12) Eric Dailey Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(8:12) Eric Dailey Jr. misses tip in layup.
(8:11) Braden Smith Defensive Rebound.
(8:06) Omer Mayer misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:03) Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:48) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Skyy Clark assists).
1714
(7:21) Braden Smith bad pass turnover.
(7:21) Trent Perry Steal.
+3 (7:06) Xavier Booker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trent Perry assists).
1717
+2 (6:39) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 16-foot floating jump shot (Braden Smith assists).
1917
(6:13) Trent Perry bad pass turnover.
(6:13) Gicarri Harris Steal.
(6:10) Foul on Eric Dailey Jr..
+1 (6:10) Omer Mayer makes free throw 1 of 2.
2017
+1 (6:10) Omer Mayer makes free throw 2 of 2.
2117
(5:53) Xavier Booker bad pass turnover.
(5:53) Oscar Cluff Steal.
+2 (5:39) Oscar Cluff makes layup (C.J. Cox assists).
2317
(5:20) Trent Perry misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(5:15) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
(4:57) C.J. Cox misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:56) Oscar Cluff Offensive Rebound.
(4:56) Foul on Jamar Brown.
(4:56) Fletcher Loyer misses free throw 1 of 2.
(4:56) Purdue Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:52) Fletcher Loyer misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:51) Oscar Cluff Offensive Rebound.
(4:51) Oscar Cluff misses tip in layup.
(4:50) Oscar Cluff Offensive Rebound.
(4:31) Omer Mayer misses 9-foot jumper.
(4:28) Eric Freeny Defensive Rebound.
(4:20) Xavier Booker misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:17) Jack Benter Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:55) Omer Mayer makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
2617
(3:35) Foul on Oscar Cluff.
+1 (3:35) Brandon Williams makes free throw 1 of 2.
2618
(3:34) Brandon Williams misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:33) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(3:14) Fletcher Loyer misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:10) Jack Benter Offensive Rebound.
(3:01) Foul on Jack Benter.
(3:01) Jack Benter turnover.
(2:48) UCLA Coach's Challenge (Overturned) UCLA retains its timeout.
+2 (2:34) Eric Freeny makes driving layup.
2620
(2:16) Foul on Brandon Williams.
+2 (2:03) Oscar Cluff makes layup (C.J. Cox assists).
2820
+2 (1:49) Eric Dailey Jr. makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Trent Perry assists).
2822
+3 (1:30) Jack Benter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Oscar Cluff assists).
3122
+2 (1:13) Trent Perry makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Eric Dailey Jr. assists).
3124
(0:57) Omer Mayer misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:54) UCLA Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:34) Eric Freeny makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trent Perry assists).
3127
+3 (0:00) Jack Benter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
3427

2nd half

Team Stats

PUR

UCLA

73Points66

25-54(46.3%)Field Goal(%)25-57(43.9%)

10-28(35.7%)3-Point(%)7-20(35.0%)

13-19(68.4%)Free Throw(%)9-11(81.8%)

37(13)Rebounds(Offensive)26(9)

21Assists18

5Steals8

3Blocks1

10Turnovers6

10(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

13Largest Lead2

Game Details

Saturday, March 14, 2026 · 3:30 PM

Pauley Pavilion · Los Angeles, CA

attendance: 17,923 (129.9%)

tv: CBS

spread: PUR -7.5

over/under: 143.5