No. 18 Purdue visits the Illinois Fighting Illini after Braden Smith scored 23 points in the Boilermakers' 100-71 win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Purdue guard Braden Smith is one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, presented to the best point guard in college basketball.
Braden Smith got the Mackey Arena crowd fired up on Tuesday night, hitting back-to-back triples to give the Boilermakers an early lead over Rutgers.
Braden Smith leads the scorching Boilermakers with 14 points, including 4-of-7 3-pointers, and 5 assists. Trey Kaufman-Renn has 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 fouls. Purdue is 69.2% from the field, 64.7% on 3s.