WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Interstat) — The Purdue Boilermakers used a dominant second half to overcome a halftime deficit and defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes 79-72 in a Big Ten Conference men’s basketball game Wednesday night at Mackey Arena.

Iowa led 34-31 at halftime, but Purdue surged with 48 second-half points to secure the victory before a crowd of 14,876. Braden Smith led Purdue with 16 points and eight assists. Kael Combs scored 16 points for Iowa.

The win improved Purdue’s record to 16-1 overall. Iowa fell to 12-5.