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Northern Kentucky Norse at Purdue Boilermakers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
50 - 72
2-0, 2-0 Home

Loyer and Kaufman-Renn lead No. 14 Purdue past Northern Kentucky 72-50

Will Berg rocks the rim with jam

Braden Smith added 11 points and seven assists for the Boilermakers (2-0). Caleb Furst scored eight off the bench.

No one reached double figures for the Norse (0-2). Trey Robinson, Sam Vinson and Keeyan Itejere each had eight points.

The Boilermakers used a 12-0 spurt to take an 18-4 lead in the opening half. However, a nearly six-minute scoring drought kept Purdue from pulling away early. The Boilermakers settled for a 37-24 halftime lead.

In the first minute of the game, Purdue freshman center Daniel Jacobsen, who scored 13 points in the season opener, fell and needed to be helped to the bench. He was able to walk to the locker room and returned to the bench with ice on his shin, but did not play again.

Boilermakers coach Matt Painter said Jacobsen sustained a lower leg injury and will have an MRI on Saturday.

Takeaways Northern Kentucky: The Norse shot just 30% from the field. They did manage to tie Purdue with 33 rebounds each. Northern Kentucky had a 15-8 edge in offensive boards.

Purdue: The Boilermakers did a better job of finishing off an overmatched opponent than they did in a 90-73 victory against Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Purdue’s lead was narrowed to three points late in that game. Purdue was helped by shooting 50% from the field, but was just 9 of 14 at the free-throw line.

Key moment Freshman guard Gicarri Harris sank a pull-up jumper in the paint as the shot clock expired to fire up the crowd and give Purdue a 60-40 lead. That started an 8-0 run.

Key Stat Loyer shot 4 of 5 from 3-point range as Purdue made 9 of 22 attempts from long range. Northern Kentucky went 5 for 23, with two of those makes coming late in the game.

Up next Northern Kentucky: Will host Nicholls on Thursday.

Purdue: Will host Yale on Monday.

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Matchup Prediction

Purdue: 96.7%
Northern Kentucky: 3.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 50 - 72
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 50 - 72
2nd 0:11 Purdue Defensive Rebound. 50 - 72
2nd 0:13 Dan Gherezgher Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. 50 - 72
2nd 0:22 Camden Heide made Free Throw. 50 - 72

Statistics

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17-57 FG 27-51
29.8 Field Goal % 52.9
5-23 3PT 9-22
21.7 Three Point % 40.9
11-14 FT 9-14
78.6 Free Throw % 64.3
33 Rebounds 33
15 Offensive Rebounds 8
18 Defensive Rebounds 25
11 Assists 19
8 Steals 8
1 Blocks 2
13 Turnovers 13
1 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
8 Points Off Turnovers 11
6 Fast Break Points 5
18 Points in Paint 34
14 Fouls 15
0 Largest Lead 26

Game Information

Mackey Arena

Location: West Lafayette, IN
Attendance: 14,876 | Capacity:

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