WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The IU-Purdue game featured teams that are polar opposites offensively. Purdue excels at shooting the 3 while Indiana prefers to play from inside.
While the Boilermakers didn’t have their best 3-point shooting game, they exposed the Hoosiers’ tendencies and came out with a 70-55 win Saturday at Mackey Arena.
Purdue often double-teamed the post, knowing that Indiana isn’t a 3-point shooting team and has lacked sufficient frontcourt depth in recent games. It’s a strategy IU has continually run into in its four-game losing streak and has yet to find an answer for.
“Maryland, obviously, kept bigs in the paint,” IU head coach Archie Miller said.