#6 Purdue’s first win against the Hawkeyes, 77-70, came with an asterisk. Despite the homecourt advantage and a big lead in the second half, the Hawkeye’s press gave Purdue’s offense fits again and pulled the game to within one possession late. All of this was with Coach McCaffrey missing his best player, Keegan Murray.
This game was looking like it might have an asterisk, too. Coach Painter’s star guard, Jaden Ivey, struggled through a hip flexor in Purdue’s loss at Indiana, but was forced to sit out against Northwestern on Sunday in Purdue’s twenty point victory.
Ivey announced last night that he would be able to go again Iowa.