Purdue PG Braden Smith sets NCAA all-time assists record

ST. LOUIS -- Purdue All-American point guard Braden Smith broke the all-time NCAA assists record Friday with a bounce pass to Trey Kaufman-Renn with 12:11 left in the first half of his 146th career game.

Smith tied former Duke point guard Bobby Hurley with his 1,076th assist, delivering a two-handed pass to a wide-open Oscar Cluff that gave Purdue an 11-4 lead.

Cluff couldn't get a handle on the potential record-breaker at the 15:30 mark on a feed from Smith. He missed another chance...