With Purdue's win over Iowa and Michigan State's loss to UCLA, the Boilermakers are now sitting atop the Big Ten standings alone.

Iowa could never recover from a poor stretch that spanned from the end of the first half into the start of the second half. More: Iowa basketball vs Purdue recap: Hawkeyes can't win shootout vs. Boilermakers The Boilermakers kept Iowa at arm’s distance but it took them a while to entirely put the Hawkeyes away.

Braden Smith dropped 31 points on the road and Trey Kaufman-Renn added late heroics after early foul trouble as the Boilermakers improved to 18-5.

Braden Smith, Purdue: This one has become an obvious choice nightly, but that scoring outburst was a sight to behold. Everything Iowa did offensively was countered because Smith was in a zone to match. Smith finished with 31 points on 11-of-15 shooting to go with six rebounds, four assists and two steals.

SportsLine's model just revealed its college basketball picks for the Michigan Wolverines vs. Purdue Boilermakers on Friday night

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