Purdue: Good At Basketball

Me: Let’s see, what picture tells the story the best…. OH, THAT ONE. | WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA – DECEMBER 13: Chase Ross #2 of the Marquette Golden Eagles is fouled by Trey Kaufman-Renn #4 of the Purdue Boilermakers during the second half at Mackey Arena on December 13, 2025 in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

As I type this sentence, the horn just sounded for the end of Marquette’s 79-59 loss to #6 Purdue. That doesn’t come close to explaining what happened in this game, as the Boilermakers were up 77-47 with less than four minutes left. The Golden Eagles threw a 12-0 run at Matt Painter’s team after the thing was long since over.

When was it over? Probably about the moment that Purdue wrapped up their 12-0 run in the first half that left them up 21-8. The margin fell back into single digits for precisely 59 seconds later in the first half, and the Boilermakers answered that with a 9-0 run that nearly ended the half until a Ben Gold bucket right before the horn made it 37-21 at intermission.

That 16 point distance would be the closest that the Golden Eagles got for the entire final 20 minutes, getting back there on an Adrien Stevens and-1 early in the half, but then handing that and-1 right back on the other end made it 19 again. Oscar Cluff scored with 16:36 to play, making it a 21 point game, and until Marquette’s pointless end of game run, the lead was never less than 20.

There’s nothing to take away from this game. Marquette stuck their face into a woodchipper and the woodchipper ripped them up. The end.

I do want to point this out: Chase Ross subbed out with 7:59 left to play and Marquette down 29. Adrien Stevens left with 7:25 to go. Ben Gold left the floor with 9:24 to go. None of those guys came back into the game. Nigel James subbed back into the contest with about four minutes left to go because Sean Jones had played the last four minutes and someone’s gotta play point guard.

Other than James catching…

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Publish date : 2025-12-13 21:28:00

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