Indiana basketball can’t slow down No. 7 Purdue to complete season sweep, gets blown out

WEST LAFAYETTE — Indiana got run out of Mackey Arena on Friday night, losing 93-64 to No. 7 Purdue.

Tucker DeVries scored 11 points on six shots, pacing IU early, and Lamar Wilkerson came on late for 20 points.

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Here’s what I liked and disliked, and what the Hoosiers’ defeat means.

What I liked in IU basketball’s loss at Purdue

Tucker DeVries’ early offense. It kept Indiana (17-10, 8-8 Big Ten) afloat, eight of the Hoosiers’ first 14 points coming straight from their fifth-year senior. That wasn’t without demand elsewhere either — DeVries spent time battling against Trey Kaufman-Renn in the post defensively, and he mixed it up on the glass at the offensive end too. There wasn’t much to like in IU’s first 12 or so minutes Friday night, but it would’ve looked a lot worse without Tucker DeVries.

Tournament hopes remain intact. It’s not really a like from the night, because there was precious little to like about Indiana’s performance Friday. But Indiana could afford this loss, so long as its weight does not carry over. Win the next three at home, and the postseason resume won’t much concern itself what Friday night’s calamity. It’s elsewhere the Hoosiers need to focus their effort now.

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What I disliked in IU basketball’s loss at Purdue

Ugly early. Purdue delivered the start it needed offensively, after Tuesday’s loss, to Indiana’s great expense. The only Hoosier to score across the game’s first 7 1/2 minutes was Tucker DeVries, who hit a pair of 3s in that stretch. Even those were deep and hopeful, every possession dogged by the Boilermakers’ excellent defense. IU answered with some of its own, just to ensure it rode out the frenetic opening minutes of a game that will always start with furor. But Darian DeVries could hardly have liked the overall execution offensively in the opening minutes.

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