No. 12 Purdue basketball posts an 80-77 overtime win over No. 8 Nebraska despite squandering a 22-point second-half lead. Purdue led 14-1 in the opening minutes and 46-24 with 18:56 remaining.
Purdue scores the final 5 points of the game after Nebraska takes its first lead with 1:12 left in overtime.
Fletcher Loyer scores 18 points, and Braden Smith has 13 with 10 assists and 8 rebounds. However, they combine for 6 points after each hits a 3-pointer in the opening minute of the second half.
Trey Kaufman-Renn (6, 19) and Oscar Cluff (12, 14) combine for 18 points and 33 rebounds. Purdue makes 11-of-20 free throws.
Boilermakers coach Matt Painter hits the 20-win mark for the 16th time in his 21 seasons.
Rienk Mast scores 18 points before fouling out in overtime, Jamarques Lawrence adds 16 and Pryce Sandfort 15 for the Cornhuskers, who trail Purdue 54-37 in rebounding.
Purdue (20-4, 10-3 Big Ten) visits No. 25 Iowa on Saturday.
Nebraska basketball takes first lead vs. Purdue
Nebraska 77, Purdue 75, 1:18 left OT: Pryce Sandfort’s layup gives the Huskers their first lead of the game as they score 7 straight points.
Purdue basketball squanders huge lead vs. Nebraska
Purdue 68, Nebraska 68, end regulation: The Boilermakers can’t hold a 14-point lead in the closing minutes as Reink Mast scores with 12 seconds to go. He missed a go-ahead free throw.
Braden Smith misses a jumper at the buzzer.
Purdue basketball score tonight vs. Nebraska
Purdue 65, Nebraska 53, 3:40 left 2H: 3-pointers by Jack Benter and C.J. Cox (2 of them) help Purdue extend the lead after Nebraska cuts it to 4.
Nebraska basketball score tonight vs. Purdue
Purdue 54, Nebraska 49, 7:17 left 2H: Pryce Sandfort, scoreless in the first half, has 10 as Nebraska scores 12 straight and cuts its deficit to single digits. Reink Mast has 11 points. Timeout, Purdue.
Purdue basketball score tonight vs. Nebraska
Purdue 52, Nebraska 36, 11:55 left 2H: No Cornhuskers have reached double-figure scoring. Purdue’s rebounding edge is 35-19.
Purdue basketball score tonight vs. Nebraska
Purdue 48, Nebraska 29, 15:15 left 2H: Trey Kaufman-Renn takes his first shot at the 15:52 mark, and it goes in. He has 12 rebounds.
Pryce Sandfort — Nebraska’s leading scorer — gets his first points of the game on a 3 with 17:16 remaining.
Purdue starts the second half the way it did the first, with 3-pointers by Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith, pushing its lead to 22.
Purdue basketball leads big over Nebraska
Purdue 40, Nebraska 24, halftime: Fletcher Loyer has 11 points, and Braden Smith 10 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Oscar Cluff has 8 points and 7 rebounds. Trey Kaufman-Renn hasn’t looked at the basket but has 9 rebounds.
Purdue leads rebounding 25-14.
Reink Mast has 8 points for Nebraska, which is shooting 32% from the field and 25% on 3-pointers.
Purdue basketball score tonight vs. Nebraska
Purdue 36, Nebraska 21, 3:25 left 1H: Both teams struggle for a few minutes. Nebraska’s deficit reaches a season-high 17 points. The Cornhuskers also uses another timeout, leaving them with 1 for the rest of the game.
Purdue basketball extends lead vs. Nebraska
Purdue 34, Nebraska 19, 6:38 left 1H: Nebraska had cut into its deficit before Purdue scores 7 straight points. Another Nebraska timeout.
Purdue basketball leads rebounding battle vs. Nebraska
Purdue 23, Nebraska 14, 11:56 left 1H: Fletcher Loyer has 9 points, Braden Smith 8 for Purdue. Nebraska’s Reink Mast hits 3 3-pointers and has 9 points. Purdue is leading the rebounding battle 12-3, and Trey Kaufman-Renn has 6.
Purdue basketball score tonight vs. Nebraska
Purdue 14, Nebraska 1, 16:44 left 1H: Purdue gets a pair of 3-pointers each by Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer. Timeout, Nebraska.
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