By night, it rained 3-pointers inside Mackey Arena.

Fletcher Loyer’s 3-pointer on Purdue basketball‘s third possession was the catalyst for an unreal night from beyond the arc for the Boilermakers.

No. 18 Purdue drained 18 of 36 3-pointers to bury Rutgers 100-71 on senior night.

At one point, Purdue was 16 of 26 before going cold late.

It marked the second straight game Purdue (21-9) shot 50% from 3-point range and the 10th time this season the Boilermakers made double-digit 3s. Purdue’s 18 3s were one off a season-high and two off the program record for makes in a game.

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Purdue basketball turning point

Rutgers got a rare eight-point possession that looked like it’d be a potential game-changer.

Jeremiah Williams made a 3 as Purdue center Trey Kaufman-Renn was called for a flagrant 1 foul on the box out. Lathan Sommerville hit both free throws and, with the Scarlet Knights maintaining possession due to the flagrant, Dylan Harper’s 3 turned a tie game into a 27-19 Rutgers lead.

The Boilermakers had a counterpunch, scoring seven points in 35 seconds, riding that to a 13-2 run that ultimately became Purdue outscoring the Scarlet Knights 31-14 over the final 9:44 of the first half.