Braden Smith leads No. 5 Purdue over Washington

Braden Smith scored a game-high 23 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn registered a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds to lift No. 5 Purdue to an 81-73 victory against visiting Washington on Wednesday in West Lafayette, Ind.

Purdue (14-1, 4-0 Big Ten), which never trailed, won its sixth straight game while sending Washington (9-6, 1-3) to its second loss in a row.

Purdue led by as much as 23 twice, the latest being 53-30 on an Oscar Cluff second-chance layup with 16:47 to play. The...