No. 2 Alabama visits the No. 13 Purdue Boilermakers after Grant Nelson scored 22 points in Alabama's 72-64 win against the McNeese Cowboys

Trey Kaufman-Penn had a game-high 26 points, Braden Smith had a double-double, and the hot-shooting Purdue Boilermakers handed No. 2 Alabama basketball its first loss of the season, 87-78, inside a raucous Mackey Arena Friday night.

The No. 13 Boilermakers don't have a 7-4 center for the first time since 2019-20 as they look to continue their Big Ten dominance

No. 2 Alabama men's basketball fell to No. 13 Purdue 87-78 on Friday night in West Lafayette, Ind. for its first loss of the young season. The Boilermakers had the lead for a heavy majority of the evening and Alabama couldn’t maintain its couple of leads in the second half due to a massive run by Purdue.