BOTTOM LINE: No. 20 Purdue visits Rutgers after Braden Smith scored 22 points in Purdue’s 79-61 win against the Northwestern Wildcats. The Scarlet Knights are 7-1 in home games. Rutgers ranks ninth in ...
The Big Ten released its weekly award list for Week Eight of the regular season and three teams split the awards. Purdue’s Braden Smith was named Player of the Week and Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis ...
Purdue's point guard won the Boilermakers their second weekly player award of the season on Monday. Smith eclipsed 1,000 points recently and led men's basketball's bounce back after the defeat to No.