Northwestern 68, Purdue 81 - Box Score

NET #65

	H1	H2	T
Northwestern	21	47	68
Purdue	45	36	81

Purdue

NET #9

	H1	H2	T
Northwestern	21	47	68
Purdue	45	36	81

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CHD Scout Prediction

high

Predicted

Actual

Northwestern

Purdue

15%

85%

✓ CorrectMargin: +12.4 predicted → +13 actual

Four Factors: Predicted vs Actual

51.5%→ 58.5

eFG%

55.7 ←57.9%

11.0%→ 13.7

TO Rate

8.1 ←11.5%

25.6%

ORB%

34.5%

34.3%→ 15.1

FT Rate

27.9 ←28.3%

Northwestern

Predicted Actual

Purdue

Recap

Purdue Tops NU

The Boilermakers' 60-spot NET ranking advantage proved too much for the Wildcats, as they cruised to an 81-68 victory.

The Purdue Boilermakers secured an 81-68 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday, a margin of 13 points that belies the competitiveness of the contest. Despite the double-digit differential, the outcome was ultimately decided by a handful of possessions. Purdue's strong first-half performan...

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Top Performers

Northwestern

Nick Martinelli34.8

PTS25REB4AST3STL1

10-16 FG, 1-1 3PT, 4-5 FT

Jayden Reid34.4

PTS19REB2AST9STL1BLK1

8-12 FG, 3-4 3PT

Jordan Clayton19.6

PTS10REB3AST4

4-7 FG, 2-5 3PT

Purdue

Braden SmithMVP35.9

PTS5REB2AST16STL2BLK1

2-8 FG, 1-4 3PT

Oscar Cluff35.0

PTS19REB10AST2STL1BLK1

7-10 FG, 5-5 FT

Trey Kaufman-Renn29.2

PTS19REB6AST2

8-9 FG, 3-6 FT

Hot Players

Jordan ClaytonNorthwestern+143%

PTS

3.9 avg

REB

1.7 avg

AST

1.4 avg

57% FG 4-7

Tyler KroppNorthwestern+100%

PTS

3.1 avg

REB

2.1 avg

AST

0.3 avg

40% FG 2-5

Jayden ReidNorthwestern+83%

PTS

10.0 avg

REB

1.4 avg

AST

5.0 avg

67% FG 8-12

Oscar CluffPurdue+56%

PTS

10.6 avg

REB

7.5 avg

AST

1.8 avg

70% FG 7-10

Omer MayerPurdue+28%

PTS

5.5 avg

REB

1.1 avg

AST

1.2 avg

50% FG 3-6

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Northwestern68

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
Nick Martinelli	39	25	10-16	1-1	4-5	4	3	1	0	1
Jayden Reid	36	19	8-12	3-4	0-0	2	9	1	1	3
Angelo Ciaravino	29	4	2-6	0-0	0-0	4	3	0	1	0
Jake West	29	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	1
Jordan Clayton	23	10	4-7	2-5	0-0	3	4	0	0	0
Tyler Kropp	19	6	2-5	0-0	2-3	3	2	0	0	0
Tre Singleton	18	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	2
Justin Mullins	6	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	2
Phoenix Gill		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Cade Bennerman	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
K.J. Windham	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Smith	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Green	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Arrinten Page	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Hurlburt	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	—	68	28-53	6-14	6-8	22	22	3	2	9

Purdue81

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
Braden Smith	36	5	2-8	1-4	0-0	2	16	2	1	1
Oscar Cluff	30	19	7-10	0-0	5-5	10	2	1	1	2
Trey Kaufman-Renn	30	19	8-9	0-0	3-6	6	2	0	0	0
C.J. Cox	28	5	2-8	1-4	0-0	7	0	0	0	1
Fletcher Loyer	28	14	5-12	2-7	2-2	1	3	1	0	1
Gicarri Harris	15	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0
Omer Mayer	13	8	3-6	2-4	0-0	0	2	0	0	1
Jack Benter	10	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Jacobsen	10	5	1-4	0-0	3-4	1	0	0	0	0
Sam King	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Raleigh Burgess	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Murphy	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Lusk	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Fine	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Jace Rayl	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Antione West Jr	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	—	81	30-61	8-23	13-17	30	25	4	2	6