Purdue's Fletcher Loyer took one dribble right to space and the ball careened off his foot towards the right corner.

But on a night like tonight, in a place like Mackey Arena, after a loss like the last loss at Ohio State, Purdue didn't need this kind of luck but they got it. The ball went straight to Camden Heide, who returned it to Fletcher Loyer who was wide open behind the three-point line.

Loyer would make the three to give #11 Purdue a staggering 41-15 lead over #21 Michigan in the first half.

In a lopsided, statement making victory, Purdue rolled Michigan 91-64.

It was Purdue's defense that set the tone early for Purdue. Purdue's Braden Smith, who was exception all game with 24 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals, stole a pass on Michigan's first possession near half court and took it for an open lay up.

On the next play, Smith's backcourt mate, CJ Cox would get into Tre Donaldson's dribble and forc ea turnover. Cox would then get another steal before half court a few plays later and finish with a lay up. Then, Caleb Furst would force a steal and Smith would fire a pass ahead to Cox in the corner for Purdue's first three of the game.

The jumper gave Purdue a 13-2 lead and it was all Boilers from there.


Michigan's offense couldn't hold onto the ball and it couldn't make a shot. Purdue forced 10 first half turnovers and Michigan shot just 1 of 16 from three.


At the other end, Trey Kaufman-Renn got going early, scoring 6 points before going to the bench for most the first half with two early fouls.


It was Smith who continued to orchestrate the offense for Purdue, showing off his mid-range ability while getting out in transition where he found both Camden Heide and Caleb Furst for alley-oop dunks.

Even Purdue big and true freshman, Raleigh Burgess, would get in on the scoring. Burgess knocked down an open three to give Purdue a 32-11 lead.


Nine Boilermakers would score in the first half.

A turn to zone briefly slowed down Purdue's offense at the end of the half, but Caleb Furst's offensive rebounding got Fletcher Loyer a wide open three to give Purdue 51 points in the half.


Purdue would head into the first half leading 51-26 while Purdue held Michigan's two bigs, Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin, to a combined 6 points.

For Michigan, this horror movie was a two parter because its play was plagued with poor shooting and more turnovers in the second half as Purdue extended the lead to 60-34 on a Myles Colvin steal that he turned into two points.

Raleigh Burgess added another three-pointer, and Braden Smith's fourth steal of the game led to another transition lay up that had Purdue's lead up to 70-42 with more than 12 minutes still to play.

The only drama left in this one was if Braden Smith would finally get his triple-double, but Smith would go out with 4:29 to play, just a few rebounds and an assist shy.

Fletcher Loyer had a day shooting the ball, scoring 18 points on 5 of 10 from three.

Trey Kaufman-Renn's production was steady in 24 minutes of play, scoring 15 and going for 3 rebounds and assists.

For Michigan, its best player, Danny Wolf, was limited from the jump, going just 1 of 7 from the floor and scoring just 4 points while failing to make a difference as a play maker or on the glass.

No secret to what worked for Purdue as its offense rolled, its defensive swarmed a Michigan team that committed 22 turnovers to Purdue's 6 while shooting 37% from the floor and just 6 of 29 from three.