PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Trey Kaufman-Renn recorded 22 issues and 15 rebounds to lend a hand Purdue punch its 6th Candy 16 price tag within the final 8 NCAA Tournaments with a 76-62 win over McNeese in second-round Midwest Area motion on Saturday.
The fourth-seeded Boilermakers (24-11) by no means regarded again after beginning 5-of-5 and 11-of-15 from the sphere en path to a forty five.1 p.c capturing efficiency, together with 11 of 26 from distance.
Fletcher Loyer (15 issues, 5 assists), Massachusetts local C.J. Cox (11 issues) and Braden Smith (10 issues) additionally scored in double digits for Purdue, which sank double-digit threes two times all over its 2024 nationwide identify recreation run.
The 15 rebounds have been a career-high for Kaufman-Renn, a unanimous All-Large Ten variety.
Trustworthy Parker had 17 issues and Javohn Garcia had 12 on 4 3-pointers for Twelfth-seeded McNeese (28-7), which entered Saturday on a 12-game win streak.
Purdue made its first 5 baskets, withstanding McNeese’s early threes from Quadir Copeland and Garcia within the first 1:58 to construct a lead that ballooned to as many as 22 sooner than halftime.
After two inside of feeds to Kaufman-Renn helped the Boilermakers open an early lead, Cox’s scouse borrow and opposite layup and a Myles Colvin trey highlighted a three-minute, 10-0 run that prolonged it to 17-6.
Parker knocked down the primary of 2 jumpers that broke a McNeese scoring drought spanning just about 4 mins, however a reaction noticed Smith ranking 5 instantly Purdue issues, together with his moment triple of the part, sooner than a Camden Heide fast-break end upped the result in 27-11 with 9:36 left.
Purdue logged every other 9-0 run on Cox’s straight-on 3 and 6 consecutive loose throws via the three:55 mark for the 22-point lead. Christian Shumate made two baskets all over McNeese’s 6-2 run to near the part.
Loyer began Purdue’s moment part with a deep 3-pointer with a foot at the middle brand, however the lead was once prolonged on the line. Cox made 3 pictures after being fouled on an tried trey sooner than a technical led to 5 makes from Loyer and Kaufman-Renn, and a 25-point lead.
McNeese made a robust push thereafter, operating 11-0 over 5:35 that integrated 4 Brandon Murray issues round a Parker layup. Cox persisted his absolute best scoring efficiency since having 13 in opposition to Wisconsin on Feb. 15 with a right-wing 3 to forestall the Cowboy run.
Colvin arrange Kaufman-Renn’s 3-point play inside of with 9:49 left, and the Boilermakers spoke back to a few McNeese baskets with treys down the stretch sooner than McNeese completed on a 13-3 spurt, together with two baskets from T’Johnn Brown.
–Joshua Kummins, Box Stage Media
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