Trey Kaufman-Renn’s return to Purdue men’s basketball’s lineup remains up in the air.
Boilermakers coach Matt Painter said after an 87-77 victory over Oakland that his star forward did not go through a full walk through Friday afternoon. He also had been limited to non-contact work the past two days.
Painter said an X-ray on Wednesday came back negative. He also said he thought Kaufman-Renn underwent an MRI prior to Friday’s game. He had not heard any results yet, which he took as at least an absence of bad news.
“In our shootaround he did a couple of things, then he said it was still bothering him,” Painter said.
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Although listed as questionable and considered a game-time decision, Kaufman-Renn did not go through the team shootaround about 90 minutes prior to tipoff. When the rest of the team came out in uniform for full pregame warmups, he came out in shorts and a hoodie.
In his absence, Jack Benter started and collected 11 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Liam Murphy came off the bench to score 11 points in 11 minutes.
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