WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Braden Smith scored a career-high 24 points to lead No. 1 Purdue to an 87-73 victory over Iowa on Thursday night.
Smith, a freshman guard, shot 8 of 10 — including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. Zach Edey scored 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting. Edey, who was averaging 22.4 points entering the game, had just four points until the final 8 1/2 minutes. Edey grabbed a team-high 14 rebounds, and Caleb Furst added 10 rebounds as Purdue held a 43-23 edge.
Fletcher Loyer scored 17 points, Furst 11 and Mason Gillis 10 for the Boilermakers (23-2, 12-2 Big Ten).
Kris Murray led Iowa with 24 points on 10-of-16 shooting, and Filip Rebraca had 17 for the Hawkeyes (15-9, 7-6).
The Boilermakers led by as many as 21 points early in the second half. Purdue was ahead 68-51 when the Hawkeyes went on a 13-2 spurt to close the deficit to 70-64 with 5:39 remaining.
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Edey, who had been quiet most of the game, sank a hook shot and made a dunk to give Purdue a 74-64 edge.
Purdue took a 38-21 lead at halftime on Smith’s jumper with 3 seconds left. Smith led Purdue with 10 points in the first half. The Boilermakers took the lead at 4-2 on a basket by Loyer and led the rest of the game.
Purdue shot 44% in the first half while holding Iowa to 29%. For the game, Purdue shot 55%, while Iowa shot 45%
Purdue coach Matt Painter won his 250th game at Mackey Arena, improving his home record to 250-43.
UCLA forward Adem Bona, center, dunks as Oregon State guard Dexter Akanno, right, defends during the first half of Thursday’s game in Corvallis, Ore.
NO. 7 UCLA 62, OREGON ST. 47: Amari Bailey scored a career-high 24 points to lead UCLA at Oregon State.
Bailey, a freshman guard, was 10 of 16 from the field and scored 18 points in the second half as UCLA pulled away.
The Bruins (20-4, 11-2 Pac-12) lead the conference in opponent scoring defense, allowing 59 points per game. The Bruins made things difficult for Oregon State (9-16, 3-11 Pac-12) with their man-to-man defense, allowing their fewest points this season.
Jaylen Clark added 16 points and three steals for the Bruins. Jaime Jaquez Jr., the Bruins’ leading scorer averaging 16.3 points, was limited to seven points and a game-best 12 rebounds.
NO. 16 GONZAGA 99, SAN FRANCISCO 81: Rasir Bolton scored 23 points and had six assists, and Drew Timme added 21 points to lead host Gonzaga past San Francisco.
Gonzaga (20-5, 9-2 West Coast) extended its streak of seasons with at least 20 wins to 26, bouncing back from last weekend’s overtime loss at No. 15 Saint Mary’s. The streak is the second longest in the country behind Kansas at 32.
Khalil Shabazz led San Francisco with 25 points and Tyrell Roberts added 16. The Dons (15-12, 4-8) never led and dropped their third straight game and have lost 26 straight to Gonzaga. Their last win over Gonzaga came in February 2012.
Gonzaga pulled out a two-point road win against the Dons earlier this season, thanks to Bolton’s tip-in basket in the closing seconds. The Zags didn’t need the same crunch-time heroics against San Francisco this time.
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