While this is obviously a major loss for the program, not all hope is lost, as junior guard Braden Smith has shown he has the ability to keep the Boilermakers at the top of the Big Ten.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – Braden Smith finished with 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists Monday night and Trey Kaufman-Renn added 17 points to lead No. 13 Purdue past Yale 92-84.

In the first half, it was Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith. In the second, Cam Heide and Myles Colvin. The 12th-ranked Boilermakers needed every bit of it in their 92-84 victory. The hot hand of ...