Trey Kaufman-Renn hit the game-winning shot, but his value in Purdue's win over Indiana extended much further than the final 15 seconds on Friday night.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The stomachs of everyone inside Mackey Arena was churning when Friday night's game between No. 10 Purdue and Indiana came down to the final seconds. With the Boilermakers trailing 76-75, Braden Smith got the ball into the hands of Trey Kaufman-Renn.
In one of the biggest rivalry games in college basketball, Kaufman-Renn wasn't nearly as nervous as everyone else in West Lafayette. The junior forward trusted his training. On the following possession, Gicarri Harris blocked a shot attempted by Myles Rice. The ball fell into the hands of Kaufman-Renn, who then shuffled it off to Fletcher Loyer. The junior guard stepped to the line and knocked down a pair of free throws, making the score 79-76.
"That wasn't clean ... we were very fortunate," coach Matt Painter said. "Trey makes a great play, but give Indiana credit, they pushed him out and forced him into a 15-foot jump hook." "I thought they manhandled us a couple of times at the rim, I thought they got to the ball quicker than we did," Painter said of Indiana, particularly pointing to the first half.
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