Overview
- The Spartans won in West Lafayette for the first time since 2014, snapping a seven-game skid at Mackey Arena.
- Purdue had two late chances to tie or win before Trey Kaufman-Renn missed in the lane and Braden Smith’s contested 3-pointer at the buzzer rimmed out.
- Michigan State turned Purdue’s nine turnovers into a 19-5 edge in points off giveaways, a swing repeatedly cited as the difference.
- Purdue’s Braden Smith finished with 12 points and 10 assists and became the fifth Division I player to reach 1,000 career assists.
- Carson Cooper scored 15 points to lead MSU, with Kur Teng adding 13 and Jeremy Fears Jr. 12 and six assists, as the Spartans shot 53% to move to 23-5 (13-4 Big Ten) and the Boilermakers fell to 22-6 (12-5).