Purdue Triumphs Over Indiana in Intense Big Ten Clash
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00:00 The 218th all-time meeting on the basketball floor between the Boilermakers and the Hoosiers
00:11 in Indiana had won three of the last four.
00:14 The dominant side the last two seasons that followed nine straight wins from Purdue, Donnie,
00:20 dating back to the 2017 campaign.
00:23 Indiana won both of the regular season matchups against the Boilers a season ago for the first
00:29 time since 2013.
00:31 So the Boilermakers were out to exact revenge and that's what they did in the first matchup
00:36 of the two this year in Bloomington last night.
00:40 87-67 the final score.
00:42 Purdue took it to Indiana early on up 51-29 at the break.
00:48 The Hoosiers did have a response out of the halftime locker room even cutting the deficit
00:52 to just single digits but Purdue ultimately too good.
00:56 They win by 21 on the road inside Assembly Hall covering as a nine and a half point favorite.
01:02 What's the best way to win on the road here Ben?
01:04 Certainly not just firing three point shots at will but getting to the free throw line.
01:08 You take a look at the Purdue Boilermakers 22 of 27 from the free throw line as a team
01:13 which is 82% which is fantastic and we brought up here earlier Eadie going to the line 11
01:18 of 12 from the charity stripe but if you flip it over to Indiana here's where you lose these
01:22 ball games and you try to keep it close Ben.
01:24 They only made four free throws the entire night only got to the line for nine free throw
01:27 attempts which is 44%.
01:29 If you have a disparity where one team's made 22 free throws and the other with four it's
01:33 going to be pretty hard to overcome that unless you're shooting 70% from the three point line
01:38 with a lot of volume.
01:39 Purdue is really good and also this is one of those games which is an awesome matchup
01:43 in the Big Ten that goes back a long time as you stated here.
01:46 I was just very surprised how it came out because typically it's like hey the road team
01:49 here the energy is going to from the crowd is going to charge you up.
01:52 Everyone is supposed to play well in the first half maybe fade in the second but Purdue came
01:56 right out 51 points in the first half just said you know what this game is already a
01:59 wrap and held on in the second half.
02:01 That's a nice win for the Boilermakers exerting their dominance particularly from the free
02:05 throw line.
02:06 [Music]
02:08 (chimes)