Purdue went into Iowa and took control of the game early, and pushed away a second half comeback from Iowa to rack up an impressive road win, 83-73.
Keegan Murray, the nation’s third leading scorer at 22.8 points a game, missed Iowa’s first match up against Purdue in Mackey Arena. He was back healthy as Coach McCaffrey’s Hawkeyes hosted Purdue in a late night tip-off, but Purdue succeeded at taking Murray out of the game in the first half and it led to a fifteen point halftime lead, 48-33.
But Kris Murray, Keegan’s brother, had 23 points and Iowa pushed back against the Boilermakers in the second half.