IOWA CITY, Iowa — Purdue men’s basketball narrowly avoided a damaging blow to its Big Ten championship hopes. Braden Smith’s big shooting night and Trey Kaufman-Renn's opening and closing ...

During his nine-game steals streak, Furst has 17 steals, including three at Iowa where he also had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Braden Smith, Purdue: This one has become an obvious choice nightly ...

Purdue star guard Braden Smith is returning for his senior season ... including 31 points against Iowa and 24 points in back-to-back games against Michigan and Indiana. He also tallied double ...

He had 30 against Alabama earlier this season, 28 against Iowa State, and 20 against BYU in the Big 12 tournament. L.J. Cryer is a scorer. And Braden Smith made him disappear. Smith does this a lot.

Braden Smith and the Purdue Boilermakers couldn't ... in mid-November. It will also face Iowa State, Marquette and Auburn in December. Smith was one of the better offensive players in the entire ...

Erickson about an internal battle Smith was close to losing, and how he found his way out of the darkness. “I was physically present, but I was nowhere to be found,’’ Braden told Erickson in ...

Bruce Parkinson knows good point guard play when he sees it, and from the stands at Westfield High School in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Purdue’s all-time assists leader — at least at the ...

Braden Smith and the Purdue Boilermakers couldn't get it done in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, falling to the Houston Cougars in the Sweet 16. Following the disappointing exit, the junior guard had a ...