The purpose of bringing Oscar Cluff to West Lafayette was to help Purdue with its rebounding issue during the 2024-25 season. Matt Painter struck gold with the 6-foot-11 center out of South Dakota State in more ways than one.
Braden Smith scored 15 points and dished 12 assists, and No. 6 Purdue pulled away for an 85-57 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup Wednesday night.
A top-10 matchup is on the docket this weekend in West Lafayette. No. 1 Purdue will host No. 10 Iowa State in a battle of unbeatens, one of the premier non-conference games of the college basketball season.
Trey Kaufman-Renn recorded 19 points and 13 rebounds to help top-ranked Purdue cruise to an 81-65 victory over Rutgers on Tuesday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams at Piscataway, N.J.
Purdue redshirt freshman Jack Benter is listed as "questionable" for Tuesday night's game against Rutgers. The information was released two hours prior to tipoff via the Big Ten's availability report.
Oscar Cluff's 15 points led seven players in double figures for No. 1 Purdue in an 86-56 romp past No. 15 Texas Tech in the title game of the Baha Mar Championship on Friday night at Nassau, Bahamas.
Fletcher Loyer scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the second half as No. 1 Purdue remained perfect with an 80-71 victory over Memphis in the semifinals of the Baha Mar Championship at Nassau, Bahamas.
The Associated Press recognizes just how important Trey Kaufman-Renn is to Purdue's success. This week, the senior forward was named the AP's National Player of the Week after a pair of tremendous outings in wins over Alabama and Akron.
Well, that didn't take long. With Trey Kaufman-Renn returning to the lineup and Purdue picking up wins over Alabama and Akron last week, the Boilermakers are back atop the rankings in the Associated Press poll.
When Trey Kaufman-Renn's college career comes to an end, there's a strong chance that his name is hanging from the rafters inside Mackey Arena. It would be an ironic twist for someone who didn't know Purdue was a college until he was in high school.
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 17 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as No. 2 Purdue blasted Akron 97-79 on Sunday night in West Lafayette, Ind., to give coach Matt Painter his 500th career win.
If one wondered why No. 2 Purdue was ranked atop the first Associated Press Top 25, the Boilermakers delivered an emphatic reminder on Thursday night. Trey Kaufman-Renn made his season debut with 19 points and 15 rebounds.
Purdue basketball fans felt one collective thought Thursday night: Welcome back, Trey Kaufman-Renn. The senior forward sat out the Purdue Boilermakers’ first two games due to a hip injury, but he made his season debut count.
Trey Kaufman-Renn looked like he was out to prove something on Thursday night in Tuscaloosa. After missing the first two games of the season, the senior forward was eager to return to Purdue's lineup, and his presence on the floor set the tone early for the Boilermakers.
The Purdue Boilermakers came into the 2025-26 season as the No. 1 ranked team in the country in the AP men’s basketball poll, and so far they’ve shown why that ranking is justified.
Just when you thought the Purdue Boilermakers’ start to the season couldn’t get any more dramatic, the cavalry has been spotted on the horizon. After sitting out the first two games looking like he was ready to sub in for a local business school’s intramural team, All-Big Ten forward Trey Kaufman-Renn is officially ditching the street clothes.
No. 2 Purdue and No. 8 Alabama are set to clash in a monstrous early-season non-conference matchup Thursday night, with the game taking place at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
When second-ranked Purdue takes the floor against No. 8 Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Thursday, Trey Kaufman-Renn will be in uniform. After dealing with an injury that kept him sidelined for the first two games, the All-Big Ten forward will return to action.
There's a possibility that Purdue star Trey Kaufman-Renn misses a second straight game. The senior All-Big Ten forward was listed as questionable for Friday night's game against Oakland, per the Big Ten availability report.
After a big win over Evansville on Tuesday, No. 1 Purdue is looking ahead to Friday night's contest against Oakland. It will be just the fourth time the two teams have played, and it should provide the Boilermakers with another interesting challenge before the schedule ratchets up next week.
There were only a few hours between Jack Benter learning that he was going to be a starter on Tuesday night and the opening tipoff. First-game jitters or not, the redshirt freshman was going to fill in for injured All-Big Ten forward Trey Kaufman-Renn in the season opener against Evansville.
Purdue had to operate without one of its most productive players on Tuesday night, as senior forward Trey Kaufman-Renn missed the season opener with a hip pointer and a sore back.
After trailing 53-45 with 9:17 remaining in the game, No. 20 Michigan Wolverines went on a 30-20 run to end the game and knock off No. 7 Purdue, 75-73.
The Purdue Boilermakers hadn't won a game against a ranked opponent since November 29, 2024. That all went away on Saturday as they went on the road to Eugene and knocked off No. 13 Oregon, 65-58.