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FIRST HALF ANALYSIS:
Nebraska needed a better start than the 14-1 deficit they had when they faced Purdue the first time. It technically started better…barely. Nebraska would be down 13-3 in the opening 4 minutes as the Boilermakers would hit 5 of their first 6 field goals. The theme of this first half would be the uncharacteristic number of turnovers by Nebraska. The Huskers would start to gain a foothold into this one, as Nebraska started 4-9 from deep.
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Fletcher Loyer, who usually kills Nebraska since his freshman year approximately 18 years ago, started to get hot and keep Nebraska at bay. Every Nebraska turnover would seem to result in a Purdue basket, as the Huskers would commit 8 turnovers in the half, which led to 17 Purdue points. That stat alone is why Purdue took a 41-28 lead into the break.
FIRST HALF STATS:
Purdue shot 15-28 for 54% from the floor. They went 6-15 for 40% from deep and 5-6 for 83% from the free-throw line. The Boilermakers collected 14 rebounds, 5 of which were offensive. Purdue had 12 assists to 4 turnovers. They had 17 points off of turnovers.
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The Boilermakers were led by Fletcher Loyer, who had 13 points. C.J Cox had 9. Trey Kaufman-Renn and Oscar Cluff had 3 rebounds each. Braden Smith, despite being held scoreless, had 7 assists.
Nebraska shot 10-26 for 39% from the floor. They went 6-17 for 35% from deep and 2-3 for 67% from the free-throw line. The Huskers collected 15 rebounds, 6 of which were offensive. Nebraska had 8 turnovers to 7 assists.
The Huskers were led by Pryce Sandfort, who had 10 points. Jared Garcia had 6 off the bench. Sam Hoiberg led the way with 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
SECOND HALF ANALYSIS:
Nebraska never had anything in it like it did the first time against Purdue. The Boilermakers immediately made the lead 18. Nebraska used an 8-0 run to cut the lead to 10, but outside of one time Nebraska cut the lead to 8, that was as close as they got. In the first half, Nebraska got torched by points off of…
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Publish date : 2026-03-14 01:00:00
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