Overview
- Purdue snapped a three-game slide by shooting 50% from three (15 of 30) and 52.7% overall, building a 49-28 halftime lead in College Park.
- Fletcher Loyer scored 29 points with seven made threes, and Braden Smith added 19 points and six assists.
- Smith sits one point shy of becoming the first player to reach 1,000 points and 500 assists in Big Ten conference games, according to the AP.
- The Boilermakers won the glass 37-26 and turned 11 offensive rebounds into 19 second-chance points, underscoring their physical edge.
- Maryland fell to 8-13 (1-9 Big Ten) in its most lopsided Xfinity Center defeat, with Andre Mills scoring a career-high 18 and Darius Adams 17 as Pharrel Payne missed a 10th straight game.