Purdue beats Northwestern 81-68
#18 Purdue Boilermakers beat Northwestern Wildcats 81-68 on Thursday at United Center.
The first half made the difference: Purdue outscored Northwestern 45-21.
Purdue shot 49% to 53% and won the boards 35-23.
For Purdue, Oscar Cluff (C): 19. For Northwestern, Nick Martinelli (F): 25.
Purdue improves to 24-8. Northwestern falls to 15-19.
Full recap at ESPN: Braden Smith collects 16 more assists as No. 18 Purdue beats Northwestern 81-68 in Big Ten tourneyWritten automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.









