Purdue is in the middle of a grueling five-game stretch, losing back to back road games at Florida St. and at Michigan in their first road tests of the year before bouncing back for a tough home win against Maryland on Thursday.
Texas is in the middle of a six-game home stand that hasn’t started out the way coach Shaka Smart would like. They’ve lost three in a row, a neutral-court loss to Michigan State and back to back upsets by Radford and VCU at home.
Carsen Edwards was the star of the show, scoring 40 points in his return to the state of Texas, but it was the Longhorns that ended their slide with a tough fought victory, 72-68.