The Boilermakers kept Iowa at arm’s distance but it took them a while to entirely put the Hawkeyes away. Iowa showed some good fight, making it a one-possession game with 2:42 to go. The Hawkeyes had two 3-point attempts that would've tied the game, but neither went down.

Braden Smith dropped 31 points on the road and Trey Kaufman-Renn added late heroics after early foul trouble as the Boilermakers improved to 18-5.

Braden Smith, Purdue: This one has become an obvious choice nightly, but that scoring outburst was a sight to behold. Everything Iowa did offensively was countered because Smith was in a zone to match. Smith finished with 31 points on 11-of-15 shooting to go with six rebounds, four assists and two steals.