WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Carson Cooper scored 15 points, Kur Teng had 13 and No. 13 Michigan State survived Braden Smith’s missed 3-point attempt with a second to play for a 76-74 victory over No. 8 Purdue Boilermakers on Thursday night.
Jeremy Fears Jr. added 12 and Coen Carr had 11 for the Spartans (23-5, 13-4 Big Ten), who snapped a seven-game losing streak at Purdue.
Smith, who became the fifth player in Division I history to reach 1,000 career assists, finished with 12 points and 10 assists for Purdue (22-6, 12-5). Jack Benter had 11 points for the Boilermakers.
After Smith’s two free throws closed the deficit to 66-64 with 5:48 left, the Spartans responded with a 6-0 run. Trailing 74-67, Smith hit a 3-pointer and a driving layup to trim the lead to 74-72 with 2:16 left.
Trailing 76-74, Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn missed a chance to tie it with a jumper in the lane with 8 seconds left. Michigan State’s Cam Ward missed the front end of one-and-one. The Boilermakers got the rebound and called timeout with 3.4 seconds left to set up the final shot.
Michigan State shot 53% while Purdue hit 49%. Purdue had nine turnovers, three more than Michigan State.
The Boilermakers took a 39-36 lead at halftime. Michigan State hit 48% in a first half with seven lead changes.
Oscar Cluff, who had all 10 of his points in the first half, scored to put Purdue ahead 36-34 with 2:55 left in the first half.
Purdue sank 6 of 11 3-pointers in the first half while Michigan State was 3 of 9 on 3-pointers.
Purdue’s largest lead in the first half was at 13-6. The Spartans used a 10-0 run to take a 16-13 lead with 12:28 left in the first half.
Michigan State: At Indiana on Sunday.
Purdue: At Ohio State on Sunday.
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| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| C. Cooper | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Fears Jr. | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| C. Carr | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Scott | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Kohler | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| K. Teng | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| C. Ward | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Wojcik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Fort | – | – | – | – |
| N. Sanders | – | – | – | – |
| J. McCulloch | – | – | – | – |
| C. Walton | – | – | – | – |
| B. Walton | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 76 | 23 | 15 | 13 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Smith | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| T. Kaufman-Renn | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| O. Cluff | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| F. Loyer | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| C. Cox | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Benter | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Jacobsen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| O. Mayer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Harris | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Murphy | – | – | – | – |
| S. King | – | – | – | – |
| J. Rayl | – | – | – | – |
| R. Burgess | – | – | – | – |
| A. Fine | – | – | – | – |
| J. Lusk | – | – | – | – |
| A. West Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 74 | 25 | 23 | 15 |