{"id":60405,"date":"2025-11-22T05:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/60405\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T05:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:56:09","slug":"cluff-powers-no-1-purdue-over-no-15-texas-tech-in-the-bahamas-86-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/60405\/","title":{"rendered":"Cluff powers No. 1 Purdue over No. 15 Texas Tech in the Bahamas, 86-56"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"VideoPlayer-backgroundImage\" alt=\"default-cbs-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763608993_728_video-slate.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NASSAU, Bahamas (AP)  Oscar Cluff had 15 points and 15 rebounds as No. 1 <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/teams\/PURDUE\/purdue-boilermakers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purdue<\/a> remained unbeaten with an 86-56 win over No. 15 <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/teams\/TXTECH\/texas-tech-red-raiders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Tech<\/a> on Friday night in the final of the Baha Mar Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Kaufman-Renn had 12 points, Omer Mayer and Daniel Jacobsen each scored 11, and Fletcher Loyer, Braden Smith and CJ Cox had 10 points apiece for the Boilermakers (6-0).<\/p>\n<p>JT Toppin led Texas Tech (4-2) with 15 points and eight rebounds, while Christian Anderson scored 13.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech tied the score midway through the first half on a second-chance tipin from Toppin, but Purdue went on a 26-3 run to pull away for a 49-26 halftime lead. Loyer had eight points in the surge, highlighting it with back-to-back 3-pointers in the span of about 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>During that decisive run from Purdue &#8211; in which the Boilermakers connected on nine straight field goals at one point &#8211; Texas Tech went scoreless for nearly seven minutes and turned the ball over four times.<\/p>\n<p>Purdue led by 33 points in the second half. The Boilermakers also won the rebounding battle, 43-25.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech is now 0-2 this season when it doesn&#8217;t hit double-digit 3-pointers, connecting on just 8 of 34 from deep against Purdue.<\/p>\n<p>Purdue has now captured an in-season tournament title for five straight years.<\/p>\n<p>The game was the first meeting between Purdue and Texas Tech since the Red Raiders beat the Boilermakers in the Sweet 16 of the 2018 NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Purdue: Eastern Illinois visits the Boilermakers next Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech: The Red Raiders host New Orleans on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up\u202f here. AP college basketball: \u202f https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll \u202fand\u202f https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-basketball<\/p>\n<p class=\"StatsincCopyright\">\n    Copyright 2025 STATS LLC and Associated Press. 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