On a night when shots weren't falling from behind the 3-point line, No. 20 Purdue relied heavily on its defensive effort to pick up an important 68-50 road win over Rutgers on Thursday night.

"Purdue’s good," Pikiell said ... But for the most part, that energy didn’t last. It mostly means Rutgers needs to beat UCLA (6:30 p.m., FS1) on Monday at Jersey Mike’s Arena.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 16 points apiece to lead No. 20 Purdue to a 68-50 win over Rutgers on Thursday night. Smith, the reigning Big Ten Player of the ...

Rutgers DoyelThis time Purdue plays for keeps as Braden Smith ... from the outside but continues to be crafty enough to beat faster defenders and get his points, scoring 13. Braden Smith, Purdue ...

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights (9-13) play the Purdue Boilermakers (8-14) in a clash of Big Ten squads at 1:00 PM ET on ...

and while Rutgers is absolutely capable of winning this game on talent alone, as long as Purdue keeps their turnovers under control and doesn’t get beat up on the glass (they shouldn’t ...

Rutgers guard Ace Bailey (4) makes a moves as Michigan Wolverines forward Will Tschetter (42, left) slides over to help guard ...

The Boilermakers extended their winning streak over Wisconsin to five games, but it was their first Big Ten regular-season ...

For transparency, four teams Purdue beat during the win streak are the ... Toledo 3, Minnesota, Rutgers, Nebraska and Washington 2 each) collectively averaged 31.5 points as units vs.

No. 19 Purdue held Rutgers to 32.7% shooting and, again, put its opponent away in a 68-50 victory at Jersey Mike's Arena.