After really mucking it up in the first half of the Boilers’ season opener on the road at CMU, Purdue really turned it around in the second half. It was the 5th largest comeback in program history after being down by 16 points. Purdue came out of the gate stone cold, standing around in the half court, and missing shots, hitting only 4 of their first 20 shots. The second quarter was at least a lot better but the Boilers were down by 12 at the half.
Then Tiara Murphy happened. Leading the way with torrid three point shooting, she was money from deep as Purdue scored 36 points in the third quarter alone, a record since the women’s game has gone to quarters instead of just halves.