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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

Final
HomePurdue81
Thursday, March 12, 2026Mackey ArenaAll Camden sports
FinalFinalBTNPlay by play
12T
NU214768
PUR453681
Final

Purdue beats Northwestern 81-68

#18 Purdue Boilermakers beat Northwestern Wildcats 81-68 on Thursday at United Center.

The first half made the difference: Purdue outscored Northwestern 45-21.

Purdue shot 49% to 53% and won the boards 35-23.

For Purdue, Oscar Cluff (C): 19. For Northwestern, Nick Martinelli (F): 25.

Purdue improves to 24-8. Northwestern falls to 15-19.

Full recap at ESPN: Braden Smith collects 16 more assists as No. 18 Purdue beats Northwestern 81-68 in Big Ten tourney

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#2
NU · PointsNick Martinelli F25
#0
NU · AssistsJayden Reid G9
#0
NU · ReboundsTre Singleton F5
#45
PUR · PointsOscar Cluff C19
#3
PUR · AssistsBraden Smith G16
#45
PUR · ReboundsOscar Cluff C10
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
T. Singleton F1821-10-00-050210144
N. Martinelli F392510-161-14-543110223
A. Ciaravino G2942-60-00-043001132
J. West G2921-40-30-011100012
J. Reid G36198-123-40-029311020
T. Kropp F1962-50-02-332000213
P. Gill G100-00-00-000000000
J. Mullins G600-20-10-000200002
J. Clayton G23104-72-50-034000031
Team6828-536-146-8232293271617

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