Indiana 73 Purdue 58

A Tale of Two Halves

Purdue finished the first half with a 21-4 run in the final 8 and a half minutes to take a 37-25 halftime lead.

Indiana stormed back in the second half, outscoring Purdue 28-3 in the first 8 minutes, then never looked back.

Purdue had 5 turnovers in the first half that resulted in only 4 points for the Hoosiers. In the second half, Purdue committed 11 turnovers resulting in 19 points. On the flip side, Indiana only committed 3 turnovers in the second half resulting in only 1 point for Purdue.

Indiana benched Oumar Ballo and Mackenzie MgBako for alleged disciplinary reasons, resulting in only 31 combined minutes, but it didn’t affect the Hoosiers performance as 4 other players stepped up with double-figure outputs.

Key Stats

Purdue 16 turnovers (11 in second half). Indiana only 7 turnovers.

Indiana shot 41% in the first half and 64% in the second half. Purdue shot 52% in the first half, only 30% in the second.

Indiana dominated points in the paint, 44 to 18.

Mike Woodson ends his Indiana coaching career with a .500 record versus Purdue (barring a Big Ten Tournament match-up)

Key Individual Performances

Indiana’s Trey Galloway 15 points, 9 assisits

Indiana’s Malik Reneau 15 points, 6 rebounds

Purdue’s Fletcher Loyer 20 points, 3 rebounds

What it means

Indiana who began the game in our “2nd Four Out” now emerges as a solid bubble team.

Purdue has now lost four games in a row. They have dropped from a projected 2-seed to a borderline 4-5 seed.

Purdue drops back to a tie for 5th place with UCLA in the Big Ten Standings. They are now in place to lose the double-bye in the Big Ten Tournament. Purdue will try to break the losing streak this Friday vs. UCLA at Mackey Arena.