Purdue 105 Northwestern 96 – Overtime
Purdue withstands a great shooting night from Northwestern to win in overtime. Purdue led most of the game, but Northwestern took the lead late, only to see Purdue make a run to force overtime. In overtime, Purdue executed the pick and roll to perfection to win the game. Purdue never got comfortable because Northwestern always …
Illinois 70 Indiana 62
Illinois wins a grind it out type of game late over Indiana. What Happened Indiana led for most of the game but gave up late runs in each half Illinois survived a poor shooting night with some key stops and a separation basket by Justin Harmon. Indiana played outstanding defense all evening but couldn’t pull …
Purdue 87 Indiana 66
Indiana put up a very strong fight but at the end of the night couldn’t keep Purdue contained. What Happened Purdue leads the first half in score while IU leads with fouls 11-4 as well as 2 flagrant fouls on Indiana. Purdue pulled ahead strong as IU just could not handle them on defense or …
Illinois 71 Michigan State 68
Illinois found some shooting late in the second half to hold off the Spartans What Happened Illinois led by as much as 10 point is the first half and Michigan State led by 6 in the second half. Illinois then hit some timely 3’s to retake the lead Coleman Hawkins found his shot at a …
Indiana 71 Ohio State 65
Indiana overcame a 9 point deficit with some solid defense and timely shot making to defeat the Buckeyes. What Happened Indiana played inspired ball after trailing 46-37 early in the 2nd half. The Hoosiers forced Ohio St into timely turnovers and poor shooting all evening. Indiana took care of the basketball tonight and it led …
Purdue 83 Illinois 78
Purdue jumped out to an early lead and won a big game in the Big 10. What Happened Purdue scored 10 second chance points in the first 4 minutes to lead 14-4. Illinois kept fighting until the end cutting the lead down to 3 late before needing to foul with with under 15 seconds left …
Purdue 87 Iowa 68
Purdue was focused from the start and manhandled the Hawkeyes. What Happened Dominating post play from Zach Edey and timely 3 point shooting led the way for the Boilers Iowa struggled on offense all night long. They could not find open shots and Fran was Fran! Lance Jones put on a scoring clinic to start …
Indiana 89 Wright State 80
Indiana moves to 3-0 but has some concerns heading into a tough stretch of games What Happened Indiana played an inspired first 12 minutes in taking a 12 point lead Wright State outplayed Indiana for the last 28 minutes with some decent 3 point shooting Malik Reneau took over in the post late to put …
Marquette 71 Illinois 64
Marquette pulls away late to defeat Illinois is a competitive battle What Happened Tyler Kolek was the difference in the game with his overall game Illinois had some key 3 point shots but had some offensive breakdowns late Marquette pulled away with several isolation plays in the lane to stretch the lead Key Stats Tyler …
Purdue 83 Xavier 71
Experienced Boilers do all the little things that Xavier could not What Happened Purdue got timely 3 point shooting Braden Smith had a dominating floor game Xavier struggled to shoot the ball vs the Purdue defense Key Stats Zach Edey Double Double with 28 points 11 rebounds Purdue shoots 47.5 % from the field from …