PURDUE

MINN

No. 20 Purdue cruises past Minnesota 81-61 with sharp 2nd half shooting by Loyer and Smith

AP
Jan 02, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Fletcher Loyer scored 24 points on 8-for-10 shooting and Braden Smith had 20 points, 10 assists and six rebounds as No. 20 Purdue Boilermakers pulled away from Minnesota Golden Gophers for an 81-61 victory Thursday night.

Trey Kaufman-Renn added 17 points for the Boilermakers (10-4, 2-1 Big Ten), who notched their first road win of the season after losing at Marquette and Penn State. Purdue, the two-time defending regular-season Big Ten champion, has the best cumulative road record in conference play over the last three seasons at 15-7.

Dawson Garcia scored 20 points for the Gophers (8-6, 0-3), who had a one-point lead early in the second half before the Boilermakers got hot. Loyer and Smith each hit four 3-pointers after halftime.

Minnesota, last in the Big Ten in 3-point shooting, went 4 for 17 from deep.

Purdue: Coach Matt Painter gave freshman guard C.J. Cox and senior center Caleb Furst their first starts of the season and brought Myles Colvin and Camden Heide off the bench. Furst had 11 points and six rebounds in 30 minutes.

Minnesota: Coach Ben Johnson has not beaten a ranked team in four seasons, falling to 0-16 against AP Top 25 opponents. The Gophers have lost 18 games in a row to ranked foes since beating No. 24 Purdue 71-68 at home on Feb. 11, 2021, under coach Richard Pitino.

Heide, who helped lead Wayzata to a Minnesota Class 4A state championship in 2021, hit a 3-pointer with 14:49 left for a 40-35 lead after a Gophers turnover.

Smith became the first Big Ten player with at least 1,000 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds in a career before the end of his junior season.

Purdue hosts Northwestern on Sunday. Minnesota hosts Ohio State on Monday.

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1st Half
PUR
Boilermakers
28
MINN
Golden Gophers
27

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Caleb Furst vs. Dawson Garcia (Golden Gophers gains possession)
19:40		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses two point jump shot
19:38		Braden Smith defensive rebound
19:20		Trey Kaufman-Renn misses two point hook shot
19:18		Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound
19:06	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point jump shot (Parker Fox assists)	0-2
18:43		Trey Kaufman-Renn misses two point hook shot
18:41		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
18:20	+2	Parker Fox makes two point layup (Mike Mitchell Jr. assists)	0-4
17:52		Parker Fox blocks Trey Kaufman-Renn's two point jump shot
17:50		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
17:27		Mike Mitchell Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Braden Smith steals)
17:21		Braden Smith misses three point jump shot
17:19		Trey Kaufman-Renn offensive rebound
17:15	+2	Trey Kaufman-Renn makes two point layup	2-4
16:49		Dawson Garcia misses two point layup
16:47		Caleb Furst defensive rebound
16:37	+2	Fletcher Loyer makes two point jump shot (Braden Smith assists)	4-4
16:08		Lu'Cye Patterson misses two point jump shot
16:06		Braden Smith defensive rebound
15:54	+2	Caleb Furst makes two point layup (Braden Smith assists)	6-4
15:30		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
15:28		C.J. Cox defensive rebound
15:15	+2	Trey Kaufman-Renn makes two point layup	8-4
14:55	+2	Femi Odukale makes two point layup	8-6
14:23		Braden Smith misses two point jump shot
14:21		Boilermakers offensive rebound
14:21		Boilermakers turnover (shot clock violation)
14:21		TV timeout
13:52		Femi Odukale misses three point jump shot
13:50		Braden Smith defensive rebound
13:29	+2	Fletcher Loyer makes two point layup (Raleigh Burgess assists)	10-6
13:02	+2	Mike Mitchell Jr. makes two point jump shot	10-8
12:32		Myles Colvin misses three point jump shot
12:30		Trey Edmonds defensive rebound
12:14		Myles Colvin personal foul
12:12	+2	Isaac Asuma makes two point layup (Femi Odukale assists)	10-10
11:54		Femi Odukale shooting foul (Raleigh Burgess draws the foul)
11:54		TV timeout
11:54	+1	Raleigh Burgess makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-10
11:54		Raleigh Burgess misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:54		Trey Edmonds defensive rebound
11:29		Lu'Cye Patterson misses two point jump shot
11:27		Braden Smith defensive rebound
11:17		Camden Heide misses three point jump shot
11:15		Trey Edmonds defensive rebound
11:07		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:05		Boilermakers defensive rebound
10:45		Kadyn Betts blocks Camden Heide's two point layup
10:43		Isaac Asuma defensive rebound
10:40		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:39		Kadyn Betts offensive rebound
10:39		Trey Kaufman-Renn personal foul
10:36	+2	Lu'Cye Patterson makes two point layup (Isaac Asuma assists)	11-12
10:15		Braden Smith misses three point jump shot
10:13		Myles Colvin offensive rebound
10:12		Mike Mitchell Jr. personal foul
10:09		Braden Smith misses two point jump shot
10:07		Isaac Asuma defensive rebound
9:47		Frank Mitchell misses two point layup
9:45		Boilermakers defensive rebound
9:18	+3	Braden Smith makes three point jump shot (Gicarri Harris assists)	14-12
8:40		Golden Gophers turnover (shot clock violation)
8:26	+3	Gicarri Harris makes three point jump shot (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists)	17-12
7:59	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point dunk (Lu'Cye Patterson assists)	17-14
7:40		Frank Mitchell personal foul
7:40		TV timeout
7:27	+2	Trey Kaufman-Renn makes two point jump shot (Braden Smith assists)	19-14
7:02		Dawson Garcia misses two point jump shot
7:00		Boilermakers defensive rebound
6:45		Trey Kaufman-Renn misses two point jump shot
6:43		Golden Gophers defensive rebound
6:42		Caleb Furst personal foul
6:28		Frank Mitchell misses two point hook shot
6:26		Caleb Furst defensive rebound
6:19		Gicarri Harris turnover (bad pass) (Isaac Asuma steals)
6:06		Caleb Furst shooting foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
6:06	+1	Dawson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-15
6:06		Dawson Garcia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:06		C.J. Cox defensive rebound
5:54		Trey Kaufman-Renn turnover (lost ball)
5:41		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
5:39		Isaac Asuma offensive rebound
5:34	+2	Mike Mitchell Jr. makes two point jump shot (Isaac Asuma assists)	19-17
5:05		Raleigh Burgess misses three point jump shot
5:03		Trey Kaufman-Renn offensive rebound
4:58		Trey Kaufman-Renn misses two point layup
4:56		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
4:35		Parker Fox turnover (bad pass)
4:20	+2	Trey Kaufman-Renn makes two point layup (Braden Smith assists)	21-17
3:52	+2	Isaac Asuma makes two point layup (Femi Odukale assists)	21-19
3:17	+2	Fletcher Loyer makes two point jump shot (Braden Smith assists)	23-19
3:14		Trey Kaufman-Renn personal foul
3:14		TV timeout
2:51		Lu'Cye Patterson misses two point layup
2:49		Camden Heide defensive rebound
2:31	+2	Fletcher Loyer makes two point jump shot	25-19
2:10	+2	Parker Fox makes two point layup (Lu'Cye Patterson assists)	25-21
1:49	+2	Myles Colvin makes two point jump shot (Braden Smith assists)	27-21
1:25		Fletcher Loyer personal foul
1:12	+3	Dawson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Parker Fox assists)	27-24
0:51		Braden Smith misses two point layup
0:49		Caleb Furst offensive rebound
0:49		Parker Fox shooting foul (Caleb Furst draws the foul)
0:49	+1	Caleb Furst makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-24
0:49		Caleb Furst misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:49		Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound
0:25	+2	Lu'Cye Patterson makes two point layup	28-26
0:25		Raleigh Burgess shooting foul (Lu'Cye Patterson draws the foul)
0:25	+1	Lu'Cye Patterson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	28-27
0:25		Boilermakers 30 second timeout
0:02		Braden Smith misses three point jump shot
0:01		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
PUR
Boilermakers
53
MINN
Golden Gophers
34

Time		Play	Score
19:45		C.J. Cox misses two point layup
19:43		Trey Kaufman-Renn offensive rebound
19:41	+2	Trey Kaufman-Renn makes two point layup	30-27
19:41		Lu'Cye Patterson shooting foul (Trey Kaufman-Renn draws the foul)
19:41		Trey Kaufman-Renn misses regular free throw 1 of 1
19:41		Femi Odukale defensive rebound
19:19	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point layup (Parker Fox assists)	30-29
19:00		Caleb Furst misses two point jump shot
18:58		Parker Fox defensive rebound
18:49		Femi Odukale misses two point layup
18:47		Femi Odukale offensive rebound
18:46	+2	Femi Odukale makes two point jump shot	30-31
18:31		Parker Fox personal foul
18:13	+3	Fletcher Loyer makes three point jump shot	33-31
17:51		Trey Kaufman-Renn personal foul
17:42	+2	Lu'Cye Patterson makes two point jump shot	33-33
17:21		Braden Smith misses three point jump shot
17:19		Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound
17:10		Raleigh Burgess shooting foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
17:10		Dawson Garcia misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:10		Dawson Garcia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:10		Braden Smith defensive rebound
16:47		Femi Odukale shooting foul (Caleb Furst draws the foul)
16:47	+1	Caleb Furst makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-33
16:47	+1	Caleb Furst makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-33
16:19		Parker Fox turnover (bad pass)
15:57		Caleb Furst misses two point layup
15:55		Femi Odukale defensive rebound
15:45	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point layup (Femi Odukale assists)	35-35
15:24		C.J. Cox misses two point layup
15:22		Caleb Furst offensive rebound
15:20	+2	Caleb Furst makes two point layup	37-35
15:00		Femi Odukale turnover (bad pass)
15:00		TV timeout
14:49	+3	Camden Heide makes three point jump shot (Myles Colvin assists)	40-35
14:21		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses two point jump shot
14:19		Braden Smith defensive rebound
14:05	+2	Braden Smith makes two point layup (Fletcher Loyer assists)	42-35
14:02		Golden Gophers 30 second timeout
14:02		TV timeout
13:50		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
13:48		Camden Heide defensive rebound
13:28		Myles Colvin misses three point jump shot
13:26		Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound
13:15		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
13:13		Trey Edmonds offensive rebound
13:09		Myles Colvin shooting foul (Trey Edmonds draws the foul)
13:09	+1	Trey Edmonds makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-36
13:09		Trey Edmonds misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:09		Camden Heide defensive rebound
12:51		Braden Smith misses three point jump shot
12:49		Mike Mitchell Jr. defensive rebound
12:41	+2	Trey Edmonds makes two point dunk (Dawson Garcia assists)	42-38
12:23		Camden Heide misses three point jump shot
12:21		Myles Colvin offensive rebound
12:11	+2	Trey Kaufman-Renn makes two point jump shot (Braden Smith assists)	44-38
11:47	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point layup (Trey Edmonds assists)	44-40
11:30	+2	Trey Kaufman-Renn makes two point jump shot (Braden Smith assists)	46-40
11:30		Dawson Garcia shooting foul (Trey Kaufman-Renn draws the foul)
11:30		TV timeout
11:30	+1	Trey Kaufman-Renn makes regular free throw 1 of 1	47-40
11:12	+3	Isaac Asuma makes three point jump shot (Mike Mitchell Jr. assists)	47-43
10:54	+2	Trey Kaufman-Renn makes two point layup (Braden Smith assists)	49-43
10:26		Lu'Cye Patterson misses two point layup
10:24		Myles Colvin defensive rebound
10:17	+3	Braden Smith makes three point jump shot	52-43
9:50		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:48		Lu'Cye Patterson offensive rebound
9:45		Lu'Cye Patterson turnover (lost ball) (Myles Colvin steals)
9:30		Trey Edmonds personal foul
9:10		Myles Colvin misses three point jump shot
9:08		Caleb Furst offensive rebound
9:06	+2	Caleb Furst makes two point jump shot	54-43
8:50	+2	Femi Odukale makes two point jump shot	54-45
8:32		Femi Odukale personal foul
8:25	+3	Fletcher Loyer makes three point jump shot (Braden Smith assists)	57-45
8:06		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
8:04		Femi Odukale offensive rebound
8:03		Caleb Furst shooting foul (Femi Odukale draws the foul)
8:03		Femi Odukale misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:03		Femi Odukale misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:03		Caleb Furst defensive rebound
8:02		Frank Mitchell personal foul
8:02	+1	Caleb Furst makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-45
8:02	+1	Caleb Furst makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-45
7:47		Frank Mitchell offensive foul
7:47		Frank Mitchell turnover (offensive foul)
7:47		TV timeout
7:36		Lu'Cye Patterson personal foul
7:36	+1	Fletcher Loyer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-45
7:36	+1	Fletcher Loyer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-45
7:06		Dawson Garcia misses two point jump shot
7:04		Frank Mitchell offensive rebound
7:04		Braden Smith shooting foul (Frank Mitchell draws the foul)
7:04		Frank Mitchell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:04	+1	Frank Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-46
6:49		Mike Mitchell Jr. shooting foul (Fletcher Loyer draws the foul)
6:49	+1	Fletcher Loyer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-46
6:49	+1	Fletcher Loyer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-46
6:25		Caleb Furst blocks Lu'Cye Patterson's two point layup
6:23		Dawson Garcia offensive rebound
6:21	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point layup	63-48
5:57		Fletcher Loyer misses three point jump shot
5:55		Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound
5:46	+3	Dawson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Femi Odukale assists)	63-51
5:21	+3	Braden Smith makes three point jump shot (Fletcher Loyer assists)	66-51
5:01		Trey Kaufman-Renn shooting foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
5:01	+1	Dawson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-52
5:01		Dawson Garcia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:01		C.J. Cox defensive rebound
4:43	+3	Braden Smith makes three point jump shot (Caleb Furst assists)	69-52
4:26	+3	Lu'Cye Patterson makes three point jump shot (Dawson Garcia assists)	69-55
4:06		Fletcher Loyer misses three point jump shot
4:04		Mike Mitchell Jr. defensive rebound
3:56		TV timeout
3:53		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
3:51		C.J. Cox defensive rebound
3:37	+3	Braden Smith makes three point jump shot (Fletcher Loyer assists)	72-55
3:17		Isaac Asuma misses two point jump shot
3:15		Lu'Cye Patterson offensive rebound
3:13	+2	Lu'Cye Patterson makes two point layup	72-57
2:45		Dawson Garcia blocks Braden Smith's two point layup
2:43		Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound
2:39	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point layup (Lu'Cye Patterson assists)	72-59
2:39		Camden Heide shooting foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
2:39		Dawson Garcia misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:39		C.J. Cox defensive rebound
2:15		Boilermakers 30 second timeout
2:13		Femi Odukale blocks Braden Smith's three point jump shot
2:11		Isaac Asuma defensive rebound
2:06		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:04		Camden Heide defensive rebound
1:40	+3	Fletcher Loyer makes three point jump shot (Camden Heide assists)	75-59
1:27		Isaac Asuma misses three point jump shot
1:25		Camden Heide defensive rebound
1:14		Femi Odukale personal foul
1:14		Braden Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:14	+1	Braden Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-59
1:07		Lu'Cye Patterson turnover (lost ball) (Camden Heide steals)
1:01	+2	Braden Smith makes two point layup (Camden Heide assists)	78-59
0:50		Lu'Cye Patterson misses three point jump shot
0:48		Trey Kaufman-Renn defensive rebound
0:23		Parker Fox blocks Trey Kaufman-Renn's two point jump shot
0:21		Camden Heide offensive rebound
0:17	+3	Fletcher Loyer makes three point jump shot (Camden Heide assists)	81-59
0:11		Camden Heide shooting foul (Lu'Cye Patterson draws the foul)
0:11	+1	Lu'Cye Patterson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	81-60
0:11	+1	Lu'Cye Patterson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	81-61
0:00		End of period

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Lu'Cye Patterson makes regular free throw 2 of 2