The Purdue Boilermakers looked the part of a top 3 team in the country after blitzing the Samford Bulldogs 21-1 to start the game en route to a 98-45 victory in the opening game of the 2023-2024 season. Let’s take a look back at the keys to game and what the Boilers did and didn’t do well?
1 | How Does Samford Defend Zach Edey?
Well, Samford did a pretty good job in the first half of denying the 7’4 big man a chance to really get going early on but that didn’t matter much as the Boilers shot 8-11 from behind the arc in the first half.