Purdue Boilermakers vs. Michigan Wolverines

Mar 15, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
PUR	38	42	80
MICH	38	34	72

Game Recap

Cluff and Kaufman-Renn power No. 18 Purdue past No. 3 Michigan 80-72 in Big Ten final. Purdue closed the regular season with four losses in six games. It won four games in four days at the Big Ten Tournament.

Player Stats

PURDUE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Trey Kaufman-Renn	28	10-15	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	3	20
45Oscar Cluff	25	7-11	0-0	7-11	5	1	0	1	0	4	21
0C.J. Cox	27	2-4	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	2	0	0	4
3Braden Smith	38	6-12	0-3	2-2	5	11	3	1	0	1	14
2Fletcher Loyer	33	4-7	3-4	3-5	4	5	0	0	1	0	14
12Daniel Jacobsen	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
17Omer Mayer	11	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Jack Benter	24	1-3	1-2	4-4	2	2	0	0	0	4	7
24Gicarri Harris	11	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	30-5752.6%	4-1428.6%	16-2272.7%	25	21	4	5	2	13	80

MICHIGAN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Yaxel Lendeborg	35	8-14	4-7	0-0	5	1	0	0	2	3	20
21Morez Johnson Jr.	24	3-5	0-1	2-2	4	0	0	0	0	2	8
15Aday Mara	27	7-9	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	2	2	3	14
3Elliot Cadeau	38	4-12	1-5	1-2	1	10	0	1	2	2	10
4Nimari Burnett	28	5-9	2-5	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	3	12
42Will Tschetter	13	0-3	0-3	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
11Roddy Gayle Jr.	12	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
1Trey McKenney	23	2-8	0-2	2-2	6	3	0	0	0	3	6

TOTAL	-	30-6446.9%	7-2429.2%	5-683.3%	31	15	2	3	7	18	72

Play-by-Play

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1st halfPURMICH

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Michigan.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Purdue.
(19:44) Aday Mara misses 7-foot hook shot.
(19:40) Morez Johnson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+3 (19:30) Nimari Burnett makes 24-foot three point jumper (Elliot Cadeau assists).
03
+2 (19:01) C.J. Cox makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Oscar Cluff assists).
23
(18:48) Elliot Cadeau bad pass turnover.
+3 (18:17) Fletcher Loyer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
53
(17:52) Aday Mara bad pass turnover.
(17:52) Braden Smith Steal.
+2 (17:45) Oscar Cluff makes 1-foot dunk (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
73
+3 (17:25) Nimari Burnett makes 23-foot three point jumper (Elliot Cadeau assists).
76
(16:56) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 12-foot step back jumpshot.
(16:53) C.J. Cox Offensive Rebound.
(16:51) C.J. Cox misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:48) Nimari Burnett Defensive Rebound.
(16:38) Roddy Gayle Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:35) Fletcher Loyer Defensive Rebound.
(16:29) Foul on Morez Johnson Jr..
+1 (16:29) Oscar Cluff makes free throw 1 of 2.
86
+1 (16:29) Oscar Cluff makes free throw 2 of 2.
96
+2 (16:10) Roddy Gayle Jr. makes 12-foot floating jump shot (Elliot Cadeau assists).
98
+2 (15:53) Oscar Cluff makes layup (Braden Smith assists).
118
+2 (15:45) Yaxel Lendeborg makes layup (Elliot Cadeau assists).
1110
(15:14) Oscar Cluff misses 5-foot hook shot.
(15:10) Nimari Burnett Defensive Rebound.
(15:02) Aday Mara misses 18-foot jumper.
(14:59) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(14:49) Braden Smith misses 20-foot jumper.
(14:44) Yaxel Lendeborg Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:37) Yaxel Lendeborg makes 24-foot three point jumper (Elliot Cadeau assists).
1113
+2 (14:08) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes driving layup (Braden Smith assists).
1313
(13:46) Aday Mara bad pass turnover.
(13:46) Trey Kaufman-Renn Steal.
(13:37) Fletcher Loyer misses driving layup.
(13:34) Aday Mara Defensive Rebound.
(13:19) Roddy Gayle Jr. misses 14-foot jumper.
(13:19) Purdue Defensive Rebound.
(12:57) Braden Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:54) Gicarri Harris Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:43) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes layup.
1513
(12:23) Nimari Burnett misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:22) Michigan Deadball Team Rebound.
(12:22) Foul on Jack Benter.
(12:16) Elliot Cadeau misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:16) Will Tschetter Offensive Rebound.
(12:16) Foul on Trey Kaufman-Renn.
(12:06) Trey McKenney misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:06) Purdue Defensive Rebound.
(12:06) Foul on Will Tschetter.
(11:48) Gicarri Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:48) Elliot Cadeau Block.
(11:43) Braden Smith Offensive Rebound.
(11:37) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 10-foot jumper.
(11:33) Elliot Cadeau Defensive Rebound.
(11:28) Will Tschetter misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:25) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(11:08) Braden Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:06) Will Tschetter Defensive Rebound.
(11:06) Foul on Trey Kaufman-Renn.
(10:52) Yaxel Lendeborg misses driving layup.
(10:48) Morez Johnson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:48) Morez Johnson Jr. makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1515
(10:23) Oscar Cluff misses layup.
(10:20) Trey McKenney Defensive Rebound.
(10:10) Foul on Oscar Cluff.
+2 (9:55) Trey McKenney makes 12-foot floating jump shot.
1517
(9:27) Jack Benter misses 17-foot jumper.
(9:23) Will Tschetter Defensive Rebound.
(9:15) Yaxel Lendeborg misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:11) Jack Benter Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:47) Braden Smith makes 17-foot pullup jump shot.
1717
(8:29) Elliot Cadeau misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:26) Purdue Defensive Rebound.
(8:15) Braden Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:15) Michigan Deadball Team Rebound.
(8:15) Foul on Oscar Cluff.
(7:52) Yaxel Lendeborg misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:51) Daniel Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.
(7:51) Foul on Aday Mara.
(7:34) Omer Mayer misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:30) Aday Mara Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:19) Elliot Cadeau makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
1720
(7:02) Braden Smith misses 20-foot jumper.
(6:58) Yaxel Lendeborg Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:48) Aday Mara makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Elliot Cadeau assists).
1722
+3 (6:27) Fletcher Loyer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Daniel Jacobsen assists).
2022
(6:27) Foul on Yaxel Lendeborg.
+1 (6:27) Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 1 of 1.
2122
+2 (6:08) Yaxel Lendeborg makes 1-foot alley oop dunk.
2124
(5:54) Foul on Yaxel Lendeborg.
(5:54) Oscar Cluff misses free throw 1 of 2.
(5:54) Purdue Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (5:54) Oscar Cluff makes free throw 2 of 2.
2224
+2 (5:39) Morez Johnson Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Trey McKenney assists).
2226
+2 (5:18) Oscar Cluff makes layup (Fletcher Loyer assists).
2426
(5:18) Foul on Elliot Cadeau.
(5:17) Oscar Cluff misses free throw 1 of 1.
(5:15) Aday Mara Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:06) Nimari Burnett makes layup (Elliot Cadeau assists).
2428
+2 (4:37) Fletcher Loyer makes driving layup.
2628
(4:22) Trey McKenney misses layup.
(4:22) C.J. Cox Block.
(4:16) Trey McKenney Offensive Rebound.
(4:16) Trey McKenney misses tip in layup.
(4:16) Oscar Cluff Block.
(4:16) Jack Benter Defensive Rebound.
(4:11) Oscar Cluff misses layup.
(4:11) Aday Mara Defensive Rebound.
(4:11) Foul on Jack Benter.
(3:43) Trey McKenney misses 18-foot jumper.
(3:43) C.J. Cox Block.
(3:40) Trey McKenney Offensive Rebound.
(3:38) Trey McKenney misses 16-foot jumper.
(3:34) Nimari Burnett Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:34) Nimari Burnett makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2630
(3:17) Fletcher Loyer bad pass turnover.
(3:17) Roddy Gayle Jr. Steal.
(3:14) Roddy Gayle Jr. misses layup.
(3:14) Morez Johnson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(3:14) Foul on Oscar Cluff.
+1 (3:14) Morez Johnson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
2631
+1 (3:14) Morez Johnson Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
2632
+2 (2:54) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes driving layup (Braden Smith assists).
2832
(2:43) Roddy Gayle Jr. bad pass turnover.
(2:43) Braden Smith Steal.
+3 (2:34) Jack Benter makes 23-foot three point jumper (Fletcher Loyer assists).
3132
(2:11) Elliot Cadeau misses driving layup.
(2:10) Fletcher Loyer Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:54) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Braden Smith assists).
3332
(1:41) Morez Johnson Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:38) Braden Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:26) Braden Smith makes 18-foot pullup jump shot.
3532
+2 (1:10) Elliot Cadeau makes driving layup.
3534
+2 (0:53) Braden Smith makes driving layup.
3734
(0:53) Foul on Morez Johnson Jr..
+1 (0:53) Braden Smith makes free throw 1 of 1.
3834
+2 (0:43) Aday Mara makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Elliot Cadeau assists).
3836
(0:18) C.J. Cox misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:14) Aday Mara Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:01) Elliot Cadeau makes driving layup.
3838

2nd half

Team Stats

PUR

MICH

80Points72

30-57(52.6%)Field Goal(%)30-64(46.9%)

4-14(28.6%)3-Point(%)7-24(29.2%)

16-22(72.7%)Free Throw(%)5-6(83.3%)

29(7)Rebounds(Offensive)33(11)

21Assists15

4Steals2

5Blocks3

2Turnovers7

13(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

14Largest Lead6

Game Details

Sunday, March 15, 2026 · 3:30 PM

Crisler Center · Ann Arbor, MI

attendance: 16,807 (132.3%)

tv: CBS

spread: MICH -4.5

over/under: 149.5