Purdue vs Michigan

Purdue dominated play from the jump in winning convincingly against Michigan

Purdue used great ball pressure and post trapping to turn over Michigan repeatedly.

Purdue played focused and with a chip on its shoulder from the Ohio State game and took a 29-9 lead with 11:17 left in the first half.

Michigan had no answer as their key player Danny Wolf was held in check all night

Purdue scored 29 points off of 22 Michigan turnovers

Purdue was 6-14 from range in the first half in building their lead

Purdue shoots 54.8% from the field

Purdue’s Braden Smith led the charge for the Boilers with 24 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds

Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn added 15 points

Purdue’s CJ Cox scored 11 points but also had three steals that sparked the early Boiler surge

Purdue gets a solid quad 1 win and avenges a tough home loss to Ohio State. The Boilers are in the 3/4 seed range

Michigan falls at Mackey, not a surprise but the margin was. Michigan is solidly in our bracket in 6/7 seed range

Michigan is back in action Monday vs Penn St at home while the Boilers have a week off before taking on rival Indiana at Mackey next Friday

Purdue head coach Matt Painter “Be aggressive defensively when you see blood in the waterIf they dont show weakness be solid

Purdue’s Braden Smith “When ohio state happened I felt I let the teams down, so I was trying to get off to a quick start”

Michigan head coach Dusty May “CJ Cox on ball defense- set the tone picking us up 94 feet and getting some early steals”