INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Trey Kaufman-Renn had 18 points and six rebounds, and Braden Smith added 11 points and a season-high 14 assists to help No. 6 Purdue Boilermakers blow out No. 21 Auburn Tigers 88-60 on Saturday.
C.J. Cox scored 14 points, making four 3-pointers, as the Boilermakers (11-1) won their third straight game since getting routed at home by then-No. 10 Iowa State two weeks ago. Purdue improved to 3-1 in the annual Indy Classic by shooting 55.9% from the field.
Kevin Overton had 22 points and Keyshawn Hall added 14 to lead Auburn (8-4), which has dropped three of four. The Tigers and Oakland are the only Division I teams to play four top-10 opponents this season, but Auburn is 0-4 in those matchups – losing each of the last three by at least 28 points.
The Tigers also had a couple of injury scares. Tahaad Pettiford limped off the court after appearing to roll his right ankle with 11:10 remaining. KeShawn Murphy exited with 5:23 left after appearing to hurt his right ankle. Neither returned.
But the game was over long before that as Auburn shot just 36.2% from the field and finished with its lowest point total this season.
Purdue broke it open with a 9-2 spurt late in the first half, which extended a six-point lead to 37-24. The Boilermakers led 46-32 at halftime, then opened the second half on a 9-3 surge to make it 55-35.
Auburn cut the deficit to 64-48 with 10:33 to go but couldn’t get any closer the rest of the way.
Auburn hosts Queens University on Dec. 29.
Purdue welcomes Kent State to Mackey Arena on Dec. 29.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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1
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K. Overton G | 22PTS | 5REB | 2AST | |
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4
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T. Kaufman-Renn F | 18PTS | 6REB | 1AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| K. Overton | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Hall | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Murphy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Pettiford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| S. Williams-Adams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| E. Freeman | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| F. Jovic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Magwood | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| C. Williams | – | – | – | – |
| S. Walker | – | – | – | – |
| R. Trapp | – | – | – | – |
| B. Muschalek | – | – | – | – |
| J. Shay | – | – | – | – |
| D. Cardwell | – | – | – | – |
| B. Pearson | – | – | – | – |
| J. Bowman | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 60 | 21 | 13 | 14 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| T. Kaufman-Renn | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| C. Cox | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Smith | 11 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| F. Loyer | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Cluff | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| G. Harris | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Benter | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Jacobsen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| O. Mayer | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S. King | – | – | – | – |
| J. Rayl | – | – | – | – |
| R. Burgess | – | – | – | – |
| A. Fine | – | – | – | – |
| J. Lusk | – | – | – | – |
| A. West Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 88 | 33 | 21 | 14 |