Purdue Basketball Falls to Wisconsin: Boilermakers Player Ratings

On February 16, 2025By Littum

West Lafayette – Purdue men’s basketball took his second home loss in the season and a hit for his chances for a third straight big ten championship-with a 94-84 loss to Wisconsin.

Here are the Boilermakers player assessments from an Letdown Saturday at the MacKey Arena.

(*denoting the man of the fight)

Starters

Braden Smith: 6/10

Wisconsin’s John Blackwell did a good job of preventing Smith’s dribbling drives and some of his other patented movements. Still reached double -digit assists, but his scoring absence felt.

CJ COX: 6/10

Come to work early and take the first assignment on John Tonje and knowledgeable side -by -one close to a 3. However, he could not contain him all day.

Fletcher Loyer: 6/10

Get out on the Uber-efficient click and get 10 points with three field target attempts and a three-shot error. Wisconsin bottles him up in the second half and he only made another basket.

Caleb Furst: 5/10

Finished cleaner around the edge and rewarded the faith, Smith continued to show him on these drives-and-up chances. However, he has had better defensive days. Disturbed to the other straight game.

Trey Kaufman-Renn: 8/10*

His trial and passers -by contributing to a hot offensive start to the second half. He won his matchups at the expense of badgers that were able to contain Smith.

Reserves

Raleigh Burgess: 2/10

Played only a first half minute.

Myles Colvin: 5/10

Maybe heating is heated from the perimeter of the final minut is transferred. It helped to equalize how well contained Smith and Loyer was after the break, though not enough.

Gicarri Harris: 5/10

So much confidence came through when he sprayed the corner 3 in the first half. That momentum must continue to build.

Camden Heide: 5/10

Some of the early season hesitation began to reappear on insult again as his 3-point slip pulls on. Sit with it and drained a large 3 in the light of a 13-2 Wisconsin race in the second half.

Will Berg: Dnp

Brian Waddell: Dnp