It was a night full of history at Fiserv Forum for Marquette men’s basketball.

Kam Jones did something that hadn’t been done since 2003 when Dwayne Wade did in the Elite Eight, and Marquette did something that no team outside of the Big Ten had done in almost four years.

Thanks to a historic 17 point, 13 rebound, and 10 assist triple-double, the Golden Eagles (5-0) handed Purdue (4-1) their first non-conference regular season loss since Dec. 8, 2020.

With the triple-double, Jones becomes the third player in MU history to achieve the mark.

Ben Gold — who had struggled early shooting the ball early in the season — did not let that fact affect him in the early goings Tuesday night. After back-to-back three pointers by Gold and David Joplin, Marquette jumped out to a quick 6-2 lead.

Gold hit another three-pointer for the Golden Eagles with 12:56 to play to put Marquette back on top 12-10. He was two-for-two from deep through the first 12 minutes, the Golden Eagles are three-for-eight as a whole. He finished with 11 points and shot 3-for-5 from 3-point range.

However, Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer had a response in store for the Golden Eagles everytime they tried to gain an edge in the first eight minutes of play, as Loyer’s seven and Smith’s five were enough to match Marquette’s 12 at the under-12 media timeout.

After that though, the Boilermakers backcourt battery went quiet, with Loyer finishing with just 13 points, and Smith finishing with just 11 points and nine assists.

Purdue came into Tuesday night’s top 15 tilt averaging just 10.5 turnovers a game. The Golden Eagles must not have gotten the memo that Purdue doesn’t like to turn the ball over, because they forced the Boilermakers into nine different mistakes in the first half.

The Boilermakers struggled to make the adjustments necessary at halftime, and finished the game with 15. As usual, Stevie Mitchell led the charge defensively, garnering four steals, with Chase Ross also chipping in four.

Speaking of Mitchell — he’s been on fire on the offensive end lately. Tuesday was no different, as the Reading, Pennslvaynia native finished with a team-high 21 points on 6-of-11 shooting. He was 8-for-8 from the charity stripe as well.

Mitchell has now led the Golden Eagles in scoring in two of their last three outings.

This story was written by Matthew Baltz. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter/X @MatthewBaltzMU.