Live Blog: FINAL — Purdue 93, Indiana basketball 64
Indiana Basketball is back on the road as they head up to West Lafayette where they take on the No. 7 ranked Purdue Boilermakers.
The Hoosiers are coming off a blowout loss to Illinois where they dropped to 17-9 (8-7), and have plenty of work to do if they are gonna earn an at large bid for the NCAA Tournament.
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Purdue is coming off their third home loss of the season this time to Michigan, and are third in the Big Ten with a 21-5 (11-4) record. Head coach Matt Painter is in his 21st season with the Boilermakers, boasting a 492–220 record.
Indiana Basketball is a 11.5-point underdog against Purdue with an over/under of 150 points per BetMGM.
Tip is set for 8:00 PM ET on FOX.
Below is a full live blog with updated coverage throughout the game.
Pregame Notes
02/20/2026 03:01:23 PMMedia timeout at 15:30: Purdue 10, Indiana Basketball 3
02/20/2026 07:13:05 PMPurdue wins the tip and we’re off.
Purdue opens the scoring as Braden Smith buries an early three.
Fletcher Loyer hits one of his own as the Boilermakers jump out to a 6-0 lead.
Tucker DeVries answers with a three of his own over a Purdue defender.
Indiana is struggling to generate looks against the Purdue defense right now.
Media timeout at 11:16: Purdue 15, Indiana Basketball 8
02/20/2026 07:22:58 PMTucker DeVries knocks down a deep three out of the break to cut the deficit to four.
Gicarri Harris rattles home a three to put Purdue back up seven.
Tayton Conerway attacks the rim and gets the layup to go for Indiana.
Braden Smith answers with a mid range jumper.
Media timeout at 7:34: Purdue 23, Indiana Basketball 14
02/20/2026 07:34:16 PMLamar Wilkerson draws a foul on Harris and knocks down both free throws.
Conor Enright picks up his 2nd foul and Braden Smith knocks down both free throws.
Tucker DeVries is 3-3 with eight points now after knocking down a mid range jumper.
Purdue answers, but Sam Alexis responds with a dunk off of a feed from Conerway.
Media timeout at 3:42: Purdue 34, Indiana Basketball 21
02/20/2026 07:46:39 PMKaufmann-Renn gets the and one on Sam Alexis who picks up his 2nd foul.
On the other end Jasai Miles finds Reed Bailey for a layup.
Lamar Wilkerson picks up his 2nd foul on a rebound, but Jack Benter misses the front end of the one and one.
Conor Enright picks up his 3rd foul of the game, and Purdue will be in the double bonus for the final 5:30 of the 1st half.
Conerway finds Reed Bailey for a dunk off a screen and roll.
Braden Smith answers with a tough mid range jumper.
Reed Bailey picks up an offensive foul, his 2nd of the game.
Conerway beats his man off the dribble and finds Jasai Miles for an open three and he buries it.
Almost every time Indiana has scored Purdue has had an answer on the other end.
Final 3:42 of 1st Half
02/20/2026 07:47:21 PMBraden Smith hits another jumper and he has 13 first half points now.
Conerway finds Reed Bailey for the lob finish, but again Purdue answers as Kaufman-Renn gets another and-one.
Tayton Conerway is doing his best to keep Indiana alive with six points and five assists off the bench.
On the other end Loyer buries a three as the trio of Purdue seniors all are in double-figures before the break.
Nick Dorn picks up his 3rd foul with six seconds left in the half.
HALFTIME: Purdue 46, Indiana Basketball 29
02/20/2026 08:01:09 PM1st Half Stats

Indiana timeout at 17:41: Purdue 54, Indiana Basketball 32
02/20/2026 08:18:16 PMPurdue picks up right where they left off with a stop and Kaufman-Renn bucket.
DeVries answers with a three, but Indiana is going to need some stops if they are going to get back into this game.
Smith finds Loyer for back to back threes, his third and fourth of the game, and Indiana calls timeout..
The senior trio for Purdue is currently a combined 15-20 with 45 points.
Media timeout at 15:53: Purdue 58, Indiana Basketball 35
02/20/2026 08:24:06 PMConor Enright knocks down a three out of the timeout.
The Purdue trio is taking over this game as Kaufman-Renn gets another layup to go and Indiana calls timeout.
Kaufmann-Renn has 20.
Media timeout at 11:08: Purdue 68, Indiana Basketball 45
02/20/2026 08:34:25 PMLamar Wilkerson makes his first shot of the game, but it comes with Indiana down 25.
Purdue has not taken their foot off the gas as they continue to extend their lead.
Wilkerson starting to warm up a bit as he buries a three and follows it up with another jumper.
Conor Enright picks up his 4th foul.
After a Braden Smith layup, Wilkerson knocks down another three. He’s 4-4 since starting 0-4.
Media timeout at 7:48: Purdue 76, Indiana Basketball 51
02/20/2026 08:44:41 PMWilkerson gets a layup out of the break and he has 14, but Purdue answers with a three.
Omer Mayer knocked down a pair of threes for the Boilermakers
Lamar Wilkerson continues his strong second half as he gets another bucket for Indiana.
Other than a few Wilkerson moments, it has been all Purdue this half.
Media timeout at 5:07: Purdue 87, Indiana Basketball 53
02/20/2026 08:53:10 PMAfter Loyer knocked down a pair of free throws, Conerway was able to get to the rim and finish the up and under layup through contact for the and one.
Mayer knocks down hi third three of the game for Purdue.
Off an offensive rebound, Mayer knocks down another and has a career-high 16 points.
Mayer adds to that with another bucket.
Media timeout at 3:34: Purdue 89, Indiana Basketball 57
02/20/2026 08:56:25 PMConerway finds Alexis for a lob out of the break.
He then gets to the rim for two.
Purdue answers with Jacobsen getting an open layup.
Final 3:34
02/20/2026 08:58:07 PMWilkerson knocks down a pair of free throws out of the break.
Lamar Wilkerson is up to 20 now after another bucket with 18 coming in the second half.
It’s been a brutal night for Indiana even with Wilkerson scoring an efficient 20.
FINAL: Purdue 93, Indiana Basketball 62
02/20/2026 09:07:03 PM


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