Markowski recorded her 52nd career double-double, leading Nebraska past Rutgers in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.

Bailey kept Rutgers in it with a tough pull-up jumper and made free throw to tie the game again at 32-32. Harper returned with 4:59 remaining in the half after the Scarlet Knights fell behind, 40-36. But then Smith kept coming, punctuating his early output with an alley oop to senior Caleb Furst and then hitting another three to go up, 45-37.

Purdue also outrebounded the Scarlet Knights 40-26, scoring 18 second-chance points off 15 offensive rebounds. Early on it looked like the Scarlet Knights were poised to give Purdue a game. Rutgers started off hot offensively, draining nine of its first 15 shots, with a three from Harper putting the Scarlet Knights up by eight points.

No. 18 Purdue Boilermakers dominate Rutgers with a 100-71 victory, led by career-highs from Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer.

The Purdue Boilermakers are trying to earn a conference tournament double-bye as Rutgers visits. Here are the start time, TV, prediction and lineups.

Loyer and Smith each made seven 3-pointers as the Boilermakers went 18 of 36 from beyond the arc. Trey Kaufman-Renn added 16 points for Purdue (21-9, 13-6 Big Ten), which has won two in a row following a four-game skid.