That was ugly.
The Boilers move to 8-0 after a 70-58 victory against a New Mexico team that didn't show any sign of intimidation going into Mackey Arena going against the 11th ranked Boilermakers.
An Alijah Brown layup had the Lobos up at 11:24 in the second half put the Lobos up 44-43, and had the Boilers worried that the Boiler's could be suffering from a big road victory as part of the ACC/B10 challenge. Instead, the Boilers force fed sophomore Isaac Haas inside who scored seven straight points to build a four point lead for Purdue before going to the bench and letting seniors A.