[14] Purdue 72, Northern Kentucky 50 (Postgame Notes)
The No. 14-ranked Purdue men’s basketball team improved to 2-0 with a 72-50 win over Northern Kentucky on Friday in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers are now 2-0 for the fourth straight season and the 16th time in Matt Painter’s 20 seasons at Purdue.
The win was Purdue’s 28th straight home, non-conference victory, setting a new school record.
Purdue has won 24 straight games in the month of November.
Purdue has won 37 straight regular-season, non-conference games, now tied for the fifth-longest streak in NCAA history. Its last loss came on Dec. 8, 2020, vs. Miami, Florida.
Purdue has won 19 straight home games, tied for the fourth-longest streak in Mackey Arena history.
Purdue improved to 41-3 all-time against current members of the Horizon League, having won 19 straight games against the league.
Purdue is now 94-19 since the start the 2021-22 season.
Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith are now 65-11 as starters at Purdue, since the start of the 2022-23 season.
Purdue has won 27 straight games when shooting 48 percent or better.
Purdue has won 40 straight games when forcing 10 or more turnovers.
In two games this season, Purdue is 20-of-48 (.417) from 3-point range, led by Fletcher Loyer, who is shooting 7-of-10 from deep.
The victory was Matt Painter’s 449th victory at Purdue.
Purdue is now 114-6 at Mackey Arena since the 2015-16 season against unranked teams.
Fletcher Loyer led Purdue with 16 points and added four assists in the win. Loyer is 7-of-10 from 3-point range this season and averaging 18.5 points per game.
Braden Smith tallied 11 points with seven assists, moving into fifth place on Purdue’s career assists chart with 467.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Fletcher Loyer scored 16 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn had 14 to lead No. 14 Purdue to a 72-50 rout of Northern Kentucky on Friday night.
Braden Smith added 11 points and seven assists for the Boilermakers (2-0). Caleb Furst scored eight off the bench.
No one reached double figures for the Norse (0-2). Trey Robinson, Sam Vinson and Keeyan Itejere each had eight points.
The Boilermakers used a 12-0 spurt to take an 18-4 lead in the opening half. However, a nearly six-minute scoring drought kept Purdue from pulling away early. The Boilermakers settled for a 37-24 halftime lead.
In the first minute of the game, Purdue freshman center Daniel Jacobsen, who scored 13 points in the season opener, fell and needed to be helped to the bench. He was able to walk to the locker room and returned to the bench with ice on his shin, but did not play again.
Boilermakers coach Matt Painter said Jacobsen sustained a lower leg injury and will have an MRI on Saturday.