Marshall at #6 Purdue | Game Preview | How to Watch

Marshall at #6 Purdue | Game Preview | How to Watch

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#6 Purdue will look to do something it hasn’t done in almost four years – avenge a loss in the non-conference part of its schedule.

Each of the last three seasons, Purdue made its way through its non-conference schedule without a loss. That 39 game win streak (4th longest in NCAA history) was broken by Shaka Smart’s #13 Marquette team on Tuesday night in Purdue’s first road game of the season.

Luckily for Purdue, it gets a get right game at home on Saturday at noon against Marshall before preparing to head out to San Diego for the Rady Children’s Invitational during Thanksgiving week.

After Purdue started the season 3-0, the Boilers had a tough stack of games that included playing host to #2 Alabama and then traveling to #13 Marquette. Home-court advantage reigned in both games with Purdue taking down Alabama at home, 87-78, behind 26 points from Trey Kaufman-Renn and a double-double from Braden Smith.

But Purdue fell to Marquette, 76-58, with Shaka Smart’s squad getting into Purdue’s offense and forcing 15 turnovers.

Now Purdue sets its sight on Marshall, a 3-1 team that’s lost its only game to a top-200 team.

Freshman shine then fade

Against #2 Alabama, in the comforts of Mackey Arena, CJ Cox was the most important play on the court for 52 seconds. In those 52 seconds, Cox scored 9 points, knocking down three straight three-pointers. The point explosion was a turning tide against Alabama.

Cox has been a surprise force all season off the bench for Matt Painter. Alongside Gicarri Harris, Painter has two true freshmen that have been heavily relied on to start the season.

Against Marquette, in their first road game, the two showed the other side of being a true freshman: the two guards combined to go 0-8 from the floor in 29 minutes of action.

Freshmen struggling with their jump shots is nothing new. It wasn’t that long ago that Fletcher Loyer, that of a 65% three point percentage Fletcher…

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Publish date : 2024-11-22 23:15:00

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