West Lafayette, Ind. (PURDUE SPORTS) — GAME NOTES (#3 Purdue 98, Grace School 51)
- No. 3-ranked Purdue breezed previous Grace School 98-51 in its remaining exhibition tuneup earlier than Monday’s season opener towards Samford.
- Purdue is 29-0 at dwelling underneath Matt Painter in exhibition video games, profitable by a median of 27.0 factors.
- Purdue recorded 47 factors off the bench and had 5 gamers in double-figures.
- 4 of Purdue’s 5 starters had plus-minus numbers of +29 or higher, all coming in 17 minutes or much less.
- Purdue had seven turnovers, together with two within the second half. The 2 within the second half, got here as Caleb Furst was falling out of bounds after a rebound and after being referred to as for touring whereas diving on the ground.
- In two exhibition video games (Arkansas and Grace School), Purdue allowed a complete of 5 offensive rebounds.
- Zach Edey tried his first “unofficial” 3-point try tonight. He scored 19 factors with 9 rebounds in 17 minutes of motion and Purdue was +38 when he was on the ground.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 3-ranked Purdue males’s basketball workforce used a 42-9 run spanning halftime to blow the sport open and breeze previous NAIA energy Grace School 98-51 at Mackey Enviornment on Wednesday evening.
The Boilermakers led simply 23-19 with 7:53 to play after back-to-back 3-pointers by the Lancers, however ended the half on a 27-9 spurt for a 50-28 halftime lead, then scored the primary 15 factors of the second half for a 65-28 lead with just below 16 minutes to play. The lead would not dip under 32 for the rest of the sport.
Zach Edey led Purdue with 19 factors, 9 rebounds and two blocks in simply 17 minutes of motion. Lance Jones contributed 13 factors with three rebounds and two assists and Braden Smith had 11 factors, six assists and 5 rebounds in 17 minutes.
Will Berg added 11 factors and 6 rebounds in 12 minutes off the bench whereas Caleb Furst had 10 factors and 4 rebounds.
13 of Purdue’s 17 gamers scored within the contest and the Boilermakers outrebounded the Lancers 53-33. Purdue additionally had simply seven turnovers and solely two within the second half, whereas registering 19 assists, 10 steals and eight blocked photographs.
The Boilermakers host Samford in Monday’s season opener, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET, on the Large Ten Community.
