Northwestern Wildcats vs Purdue Boilermakers, Big Ten Tournament 3rd Round

College Basketball

15-19

68-81

Final

24-8

United Center

Team	1H	2H	T
NU	21	47	68
PUR	45	36	81

Who won: Purdue 81-68

The Purdue Boilermakers beat the Northwestern Wildcats 81-68 in Big Ten Tournament 3rd Round on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at United Center. The Purdue outscored the Northwestern 45-21 in the 1st half. Oscar Cluff led the Purdue in points (19). Nick Martinelli led the Northwestern in points (25).

Leaders

NUPUR

Points

Nick Martinelli

25

Oscar Cluff

19

Assists

Jayden Reid

9

Braden Smith

16

Rebounds

Tre Singleton

5

Oscar Cluff

10

Scoring

2nd Half

17:49

JumpShot

Jayden Reid makes 21-foot pullup jump shot

27-47

17:28

JumpShot

C.J. Cox makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists)

27-50

16:43

JumpShot

Nick Martinelli makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jayden Reid assists)

30-50

16:22

LayUpShot

Braden Smith makes layup

30-52

16:02

JumpShot

Nick Martinelli makes 9-foot floating jump shot

32-52

16:02

MadeFreeThrow

Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 1

33-52

15:35

MadeFreeThrow

Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 1 of 2

33-53

15:35

MadeFreeThrow

Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 2 of 2

33-54

14:44

JumpShot

Fletcher Loyer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists)

33-57

13:56

JumpShot

Jayden Reid makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Clayton assists)

36-57

13:23

TipShot

Oscar Cluff makes 0-foot tip in layup

36-59

13:06

JumpShot

Jayden Reid makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Nick Martinelli assists)

38-59

12:47

LayUpShot

Fletcher Loyer makes driving layup (Braden Smith assists)

38-61

12:06

MadeFreeThrow

Oscar Cluff makes free throw 1 of 2

38-62

12:06

MadeFreeThrow

Oscar Cluff makes free throw 2 of 2

38-63

11:31

TipShot

Tyler Kropp makes 0-foot tip in layup

40-63

11:31

MadeFreeThrow

Tyler Kropp makes free throw 1 of 1

41-63

11:18

MadeFreeThrow

Daniel Jacobsen makes free throw 1 of 2

41-64

11:08

MadeFreeThrow

Daniel Jacobsen makes free throw 1 of 2

41-65

11:08

MadeFreeThrow

Daniel Jacobsen makes free throw 2 of 2

41-66

10:42

JumpShot

Nick Martinelli makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot (Jayden Reid assists)

43-66

10:17

JumpShot

Jayden Reid makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot

46-66

9:56

JumpShot

Omer Mayer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists)

46-69

9:31

JumpShot

Tyler Kropp makes 8-foot jumper (Angelo Ciaravino assists)

48-69

9:08

JumpShot

Jordan Clayton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jayden Reid assists)

51-69

8:00

LayUpShot

Trey Kaufman-Renn makes layup (Omer Mayer assists)

51-71

7:38

JumpShot

Jayden Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tyler Kropp assists)

54-71

7:00

JumpShot

Jordan Clayton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jayden Reid assists)

57-71

6:44

JumpShot

Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 5-foot floating jump shot (Braden Smith assists)

57-73

5:57

JumpShot

Jayden Reid makes 6-foot floating jump shot (Jordan Clayton assists)

59-73

5:29

LayUpShot

Oscar Cluff makes layup (Braden Smith assists)

59-75

4:20

MadeFreeThrow

Oscar Cluff makes free throw 1 of 2

59-76

4:20

MadeFreeThrow

Oscar Cluff makes free throw 2 of 2

59-77

3:57

JumpShot

Nick Martinelli makes 18-foot step back jumpshot

61-77

3:37

JumpShot

Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Braden Smith assists)

61-79

3:21

MadeFreeThrow

Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2

62-79

3:00

LayUpShot

Oscar Cluff makes layup (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists)

62-81

2:04

LayUpShot

Jordan Clayton makes layup (Jayden Reid assists)

64-81

1:16

JumpShot

Nick Martinelli makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Jordan Clayton assists)

66-81

0:35

JumpShot

Jayden Reid makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Jake West assists)

68-81

Scores shown as NU-PUR.

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