GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Purdue 74, New Orleans 53
(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
By MARK AMBROGI
Associated Press
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a season-best 24 points to lead No. 1 Purdue past New Orleans 74-53.
Kaufman-Renn, a 6-foot-9 redshirt freshman whose previous high was 13 points, hit 8 of 10 shots and 8 of 10 free throws for the Boilermakers (12-0). The only other Boilermaker in double figures was Mason Gillis with 11 points.
The Boilermakers played without 7-foot-4 center Zach Edey, who was sidelined by illness. Edey is averaging team highs of 22.6 points and 13.9 rebounds. Jordan Johnson scored 17 points to lead the Privateers (3-8), who have lost five of their last six games. Tyson Jackson had 14 for New Orleans.
The Boilermakers started slowly but regrouped to shoot 59% en route to a 41-21 lead. New Orleans was held to 35% shooting in the first half.
Purdue shot nearly 56% overall while holding New Orleans to 46.3%.
New Orleans committed 16 turnovers, eight more than Purdue.
Trailing 19-17, Purdue took command with an 18-0 run to take a 35-19 advantage. The Privateers went nearly nine minutes without scoring. Purdue took the lead for good at 20-19 on Caleb Furst's rebound basket with 7:40 left in the first half.
Purdue closed the first half with a steal and a dunk by Brandon Newman just before the buzzer.
BIG PICTURE
New Orleans: This was the first time the Privateers played a No. 1 team in the regular season. They held their own against the Boilermakers for the first 10 minutes before a turnover-plagued scoring drought sealed their fate.
Purdue: The Boilermakers, who were playing their first home game in history as the No. 1 team, showed they had other players who could score with Edey out. Purdue has now won 23 consecutive non-conference regular season games, the longest streak in the nation. The Boilermakers close out nonconference play against Florida A&M on Dec. 29.
December 21, 2022
| New Orleans | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Jackson | F | 33 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| S. Kirkland | F | 21 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| J. Johnson | G | 37 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| K. Wilson-Rouse | G | 31 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Sackey | G | 26 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Henry | 22 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| K. Doughty | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Cooper | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P. Murphy Jr. | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Vincent | 3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D. Washington | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D. Hill | 1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| S. Simes | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 19-41 (.463) |
9-11 (.818) |
6-16 (.375) |
5-18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 53 | |
| Purdue | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Gillis | F | 31 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| C. Furst | F | 17 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| B. Smith | G | 29 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| F. Loyer | G | 28 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| E. Morton | G | 25 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Kaufman-Renn | 26 | 8-10 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |
| D. Jenkins Jr. | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| B. Newman | 15 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| B. Waddell | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| C. Barrett | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. King | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Martin | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 25-45 (.556) |
19-24 (.792) |
5-19 (.263) |
9-24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 74 | |
