Braden Smith sets Big Ten's career assists record as No. 5 Purdue defeats Wisconsin 89-73

— Braden Smith became the Big Ten’s career assists leader, Fletcher Loyer scored 20 points and No. 5 Purdue defeated Wisconsin 89-73 on Saturday night.
Jan 3, 2026, 10:23 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--PUR
0%
--WIS

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • John Blackwell makes 4-foot floating jump shot
  • C.J. Cox misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Boyd misses layup
  • Nolan Winter makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Nolan Winter makes free throw 1 of 1
  • C.J. Cox misses 7-foot jumper
  • Braden Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Braden Smith makes 11-foot jumper
  • John Blackwell makes driving layup
  • Fletcher Loyer misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • John Blackwell makes driving layup
  • Fletcher Loyer makes driving layup (Braden Smith assists)
  • C.J. Cox misses driving layup
  • C.J. Cox makes 23-foot three point jumper (Fletcher Loyer assists)
  • Aleksas Bieliauskas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Fletcher Loyer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists)
  • Aleksas Bieliauskas makes 11-foot jumper (Andrew Rohde assists)
  • Gicarri Harris misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Boyd makes driving layup
  • Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Fletcher Loyer misses free throw 3 of 3
  • Nolan Winter makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nolan Winter makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Daniel Jacobsen makes 4-foot turnaround jump shot (Fletcher Loyer assists)
  • Austin Rapp makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jack Janicki assists)
  • Braden Smith makes 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Austin Rapp misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Daniel Jacobsen misses layup
  • Nolan Winter makes driving layup
  • Daniel Jacobsen makes 5-foot hook shot (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists)
  • Nick Boyd makes driving layup
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 15-foot jumper
  • Gicarri Harris misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Zach Kinziger misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • John Blackwell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gicarri Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists)
  • Andrew Rohde makes 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Omer Mayer misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Oscar Cluff misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 12-foot hook shot
  • Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nolan Winter misses layup
  • C.J. Cox misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Boyd makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Fletcher Loyer misses 4-foot jumper
  • Omer Mayer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Fletcher Loyer assists)
  • Andrew Rohde misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Andrew Rohde misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Braeden Carrington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nolan Winter assists)
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 11-foot jumper
  • Austin Rapp misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Braden Smith makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Braden Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Braeden Carrington misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Fletcher Loyer misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 1-foot dunk (Braden Smith assists)
  • Braeden Carrington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Garlock assists)
  • Fletcher Loyer misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Daniel Jacobsen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Daniel Jacobsen misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Aleksas Bieliauskas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gicarri Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nolan Winter misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Nolan Winter misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Nolan Winter makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Daniel Jacobsen makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists)
  • Braeden Carrington misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Fletcher Loyer misses layup
  • Nolan Winter misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nolan Winter makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 14-foot floating jump shot (Braden Smith assists)
  • Nick Boyd makes driving layup
  • Oscar Cluff makes layup (Braden Smith assists)
  • Oscar Cluff misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Oscar Cluff makes 1-foot dunk (Braden Smith assists)
  • Nick Boyd misses driving layup
  • Austin Rapp makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Braden Smith makes 8-foot jumper
  • Andrew Rohde misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Andrew Rohde makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Fletcher Loyer misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Boyd makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 7-foot hook shot
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 9-foot jumper
  • C.J. Cox makes 26-foot three point jumper (Oscar Cluff assists)
  • Nolan Winter misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Oscar Cluff misses layup
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn misses tip in layup
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn misses layup
  • John Blackwell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • John Blackwell misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Braden Smith makes 15-foot floating jump shot
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Fletcher Loyer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists)
  • John Blackwell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • C.J. Cox makes free throw 1 of 2
  • C.J. Cox makes free throw 2 of 2
  • John Blackwell misses layup
  • C.J. Cox makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • John Blackwell misses layup
  • Fletcher Loyer makes driving layup (Braden Smith assists)
  • Nick Boyd makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Fletcher Loyer makes 26-foot three point jumper (C.J. Cox assists)
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Fletcher Loyer misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Boyd misses layup
  • Gicarri Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists)
  • Gicarri Harris misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Aleksas Bieliauskas misses layup
  • Oscar Cluff makes layup (Gicarri Harris assists)
  • Oscar Cluff makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Zach Kinziger misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Gicarri Harris misses 17-foot jumper
  • John Blackwell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gicarri Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Rapp misses 20-foot jumper
  • Andrew Rohde misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Braden Smith misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • John Blackwell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jack Benter makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nick Boyd makes driving layup
  • Oscar Cluff makes layup (Braden Smith assists)
  • Oscar Cluff makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Hayden Jones makes layup (Nick Boyd assists)
  • Oscar Cluff makes 4-foot hook shot (Braden Smith assists)
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 2 of 2
  • C.J. Cox makes free throw 1 of 2
  • C.J. Cox misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Nolan Winter makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nolan Winter makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jack Janicki misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nolan Winter makes 25-foot three point jumper (Austin Rapp assists)
  • Austin Rapp makes driving layup
  • Fletcher Loyer misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Braden Smith makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nolan Winter makes layup (Nick Boyd assists)
  • Nick Boyd misses layup
  • Nolan Winter makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Braden Smith misses 9-foot jumper
  • Austin Rapp makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Rapp makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jack Janicki misses layup
  • Braden Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Braden Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • John Blackwell makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Boyd makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 19-foot jumper
  • Fletcher Loyer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Oscar Cluff assists)
  • Austin Rapp misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Rapp misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Boyd misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Braden Smith misses 10-foot jumper
  • Fletcher Loyer misses 8-foot jumper
  • C.J. Cox misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • C.J. Cox makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Braden Smith assists)
  • John Blackwell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • C.J. Cox misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Boyd misses driving layup
  • C.J. Cox misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Rapp misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Purdue BoilermakersPURPUR
(13-1)
(13-1, 3-0 Conf)
-8.5
-110
-5.5
-108
o153.5
-110
-258
Wisconsin BadgersWISWIS
(9-5)
(9-5, 1-2 Conf)
u152.5
-110
+5.5
-112
u153.5
-110
+210
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