Northwestern Wildcats

3rdin Big Ten · 13-17

Ugh, no.

Northwestern Wildcats lost to the Purdue Boilermakers

Ranked #15 · 23-7 70 – 66

13-17

Final · Wed, Mar 4

Game Details

Welsh-Ryan Arena (Evanston) · 7,039 fans · BTN

Highlights

C.J. Cox rallies No. 15 Purdue past Nick Martinelli and Northwestern 70-66

C.J. Cox scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 48 seconds left that helped No. 15 Purdue edge Nick Martinelli and Northwestern 70-66 on Wednesday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:16 C.J. Cox drains shot vs Northwestern Wildcats

0:32 Jordan Clayton buries triple against Purdue Boilermakers

Clips play on ESPN

Welsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston

Line Score

	1	2	T
PUR	25	45	70
NU	34	32	66

Game Flow

PUR NU

H1H2

9-0Biggest Run13-0

4Largest Lead11

11 lead changes · tied 6 times

Win Probability · Northwestern Wildcats

tip-offnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Purdue Boilermakers

C.J. Cox · 27Points
Braden Smith · 9Assists
Trey Kaufman-Renn · 10Rebounds

Northwestern Wildcats

Nick Martinelli · 28Points
Jayden Reid · 4Assists
Arrinten Page · 3Rebounds

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
Michigan	-
Nebraska	4
Michigan State	4
Illinois	4
Wisconsin	5
Purdue	6
UCLA	6
Ohio State	7
Iowa	9
Indiana	10
Minnesota	11
USC	12
Washington	12
Rutgers	13
Northwestern	14
Oregon	14
Maryland	15
Penn State	16

Team Stats

Purdue BoilermakersNorthwestern Wildcats

Shooting

26-49, 53% Field Goals 24-47, 51%

9-24, 38% 3-Pointers 7-16, 44%

9-11, 82% Free Throws 11-12, 92%

Possessions

29 Rebounds 15

9 Offensive Rebounds 4

22 Assists 14

2 Steals 7

1 Blocks 3

14 Turnovers 7

13 Fouls 14

Scoring

26 Points in Paint 24

8 Fast Break Points 4

4 Largest Lead 11

Box Score

Purdue Boilermakers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
T. Kaufman-RennF	11	10	2	29	5-9	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	2	8	2
O. CluffC	9	7	3	30	4-5	0-0	1-2	2	1	1	3	4	3
C.J. CoxG	27	3	3	28	10-13	5-8	2-2	0	0	0	3	0	0
B. SmithG	7	3	9	40	1-5	0-3	5-5	4	0	0	0	3	1
F. LoyerG	10	2	2	31	4-9	2-6	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	1
Bench
D. JacobsenC	0	1	0	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
O. MayerG	0	0	0	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
J. BenterG	3	0	1	16	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1
G. HarrisG	3	1	2	12	1-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
S. KingF	DNP: Did not play
R. BurgessF	DNP: Did not play
L. MurphyF	DNP: Did not play
J. LuskG	DNP: Did not play
A. FineG	DNP: Did not play
J. RaylG	DNP: Did not play
A. West JrG	DNP: Did not play
Team	70	29	22		26-49	9-24	9-11	14	2	1	9	20	13

Northwestern Wildcats ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
T. SingletonF	3	3	2	25	1-4	0-2	1-2	2	1	0	1	2	5
N. MartinelliF	28	1	3	38	9-19	2-5	8-8	1	0	0	1	0	3
A. PageF	7	3	1	26	3-5	1-1	0-0	0	0	2	0	3	0
J. MullinsG	0	3	0	26	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	1
J. ReidG	16	0	4	34	6-10	2-3	2-2	3	2	1	0	0	2
Bench
T. KroppF	2	2	1	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	2
A. CiaravinoG	2	1	1	16	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	1
K.J. WindhamG	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
J. ClaytonG	8	1	2	24	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	3	0	0	1	0
G. HurlburtF	DNP: Did not play
C. BennermanC	DNP: Did not play
P. GillG	DNP: Did not play
M. GreenG	DNP: Did not play
J. WestG	DNP: Did not play
B. SmithG	DNP: Did not play
Team	66	15	14		24-47	7-16	11-12	7	7	3	4	11	14

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