In the first half of Friday's Purdue-Michigan game, Braden Smith connected with Caleb Furst for an impressive alley-oop, ...

The junior guard found Furst, who flew to the basket and threw down the alley-oop with authority, extending Purdue's lead. It was part of an impressive half from the Boilers, which took a 51-26 ...

Purdue next faces Michigan 7-footers Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin, who made the Wolverines a Big Ten championship ...

Purdue played six games in 16 days and now will get two days off this week ahead of Friday's game against Indiana.

WEST LAFAYETTE - You might assume Purdue men's basketball's Trey Kaufman-Renn and Caleb Furst encountered every possible matchup during countless hours of high-level competition over their lives.

Braden Smith, Trey Kaufman-Renn and Fletcher Loyer get a bulk of the credit, but Michigan coach Dusty May brought up some other names for why Purdue wins.

Caleb Furst, similarly, made no plans for Saturday's long-awaited open spot on the schedule. Maybe grab a coffee and play some video games. The operative word as he looked ahead: "Chill." ...

The two names May highlights as keys to Purdue's 16th victory in 21 games this season? Caleb Furst and CJ Cox. A little more than one month ago, Furst played just eight minutes in a loss to Texas ...