WEST LAFAYETTE — Oscar Cluff made a little Purdue men’s basketball history in Saturday’s 79-59 victory over Marquette by channeling Biggie.
The Boilermaker big man posted 22 points on a shooting line of 9 for 9 field goals and 4 for 4 free throws. That tied the Australian for the most points in program history on 100% shooting efficiency.
Cluff tied the mark Caleb “Biggie” Swanigan set against NJIT on Nov. 26, 2016. The eventual Big Ten Player of the Year made 6 of 6 from the floor and 10 of 10 from the free throw line.
“It organically happened,” coach Matt Painter said of Cluff’s big scoring night. “We ran a couple of things for him in the second half. But after we run stuff and we don’t get it, now we get into motioning and our movement, and he’s allowed to post up off of that.”
Cluff scored 13 of Purdue’s first 16 points coming out of halftime. The 22 points were a season high, topping the 15 he scored against Texas Tech in the Baha Mar Championship.
Cluff also collected 11 rebounds, two blocks and two steals to anchor a strong defensive performance. Marquette averaged under 0.8 points per possession until garbage time.
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