MENS BASKETBALL
Purdue 87, Iowa 68
By MARK AMBROGI
Associated Press
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Zach Edey scored 25 points and had 12 rebounds as No. 4 Purdue bounced back from its first loss of the season and blew past Iowa 87-68.
Edey hit 9 of 10 shots and 7 of 9 free throws while sitting out much of the second half. Lance Jones added 17 points for Purdue (8-1, 1-1 Big Ten), playing its first game since a 92-88 overtime loss to Northwestern.
Mason Gillis and Fletcher Loyer each scored 12 and Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 10.
Ben Krikke led the Hawkeyes (5-3, 0-1) with 16 points and Tony Perkins added 12.
The Boilermakers, who never trailed, kept building on their 21-point halftime lead most of the second half before going to their reserves. Purdue's largest lead was 35 points at 72-37.
Purdue, which held a 41-35 rebounding edge, shot 52% while holding Iowa to 38% shooting.
Gillis sank a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left in first half to give Purdue a 45-24 halftime lead. The Hawkeyes shot 32% in the first half, making only 1 of 9 3-point shots. The Boilermakers shot 48% before intermission, making 6 of 17 3-pointers.
Edey nearly had a double-double in first half with 13 points and nine rebounds.
BIG PICTURE
Iowa: The Hawkeyes struggled shooting and were outrebounded. Iowa had no answer for Edey. Purdue outscored Iowa 50-34 in the paint. The lone positive is that Iowa held a 44-42 second-half scoring edge.
Purdue: The Boilermakers had a nice bounce back after being upset by host Northwestern. That was the second consecutive time No. 1 Purdue was upset by the Wildcats. Purdue committed just eight turnovers against Iowa compared to 17 in the loss at Northwestern.
December 4, 2023
| Iowa | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| B. Krikke | F | 31 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 3-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| P. McCaffery | F | 29 | 1-5 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| T. Perkins | G | 30 | 5-14 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| P. Sandfort | G | 30 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| D. Bowen | G | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| O. Freeman | 20 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| B. Harding | 14 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| J. Dix | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| L. Dembele | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| P. Sandfort | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| E. Brauns | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 25-65 (.385) |
12-17 (.706) |
6-18 (.333) |
16-35 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 68 | |
| Purdue | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Kaufman-Renn | F | 23 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Z. Edey | C | 24 | 9-10 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 9-12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| B. Smith | G | 25 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| F. Loyer | G | 21 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| L. Jones | G | 18 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| E. Morton | 25 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Furst | 18 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| M. Colvin | 14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| C. Heide | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| M. Gillis | 13 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| W. Berg | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B. Waddell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 197 | 34-65 (.523) |
11-16 (.688) |
8-25 (.320) |
16-41 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 87 | |
