Zach Edey scored 26 points in Purdue’s 68-60 road win over Rutgers on Sunday afternoon.

Edey, who is once again a National Player of the Year candidate, also contributed 12 rebounds. This was Purdue’s 5th straight win overall and its first road win over the Scarlet Knights since 2018.

The Boilermakers had lost 3 straight games in Piscataway coming into this contest. That includes Rutgers’ 70-68 win back in December of 2021, which included a game-winning 3-point shot from Ron Harper Jr at the buzzer.

On Sunday, Braden Smith was the only other Purdue player to score in double figures with 19 points. He also collected 6 rebounds and 2 assists in the win. Lance Jones amassed 4 points, 10 rebounds and a team-high 8 assists against the Scarlet Knights.

As a team, Purdue shot 48.9% from the field. It was able to overcome a poor 3-point shooting game as well — just 26.3% from beyond the arc.

Purdue is now 8-2 in Big Ten play and is in good shape in the race for the Big Ten regular season title. Wisconsin is in 1st place with an 8-1 record. Purdue will get 2 shots at Wisconsin before the end of the regular season to try to overcome the Badgers in the standings.

Up next for Purdue is Northwestern at home on Wednesday night.