Fletcher Loyer assists No. 14 Purdue pull away in 90-73 win vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Fletcher Loyer scored 21 points to lead 5 gamers in double figures as No. 14 Purdue beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 90-73 on Monday night.

Also scoring in double figures were Trey Kaufman-Renn with 15 points, Myles Colvin with 14, Daniel Jacobsen with 13 and Braden Smith with12 Kaufman-Renn had 9 rebounds and Smith had 15 helps.

Owen Dease scored 20 for the Islanders. Garry Clark included 14 points.

The Boilermakers led 49-33 at halftime, however the Islanders got as close as 3 points in the 2nd half before Purdue pulled away. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi shot 54% in the 2nd half to get back into the videogame.

The Boilermakers shot 56% for the videogame compared to 45% for the Islanders.

Purdue hung its 2024 NCAA Final Four banner with the nationwide finalist previous to the videogame. The Boilermakers made the Final Four in 1980 and 1969, endingup runner-up in ’69.

Takeaways

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: The Islanders played well in the veryfirst 14 minutes of the 2nd half to fight back from a 16-point halftime deficit to narrow the deficit to 3 points.

Purdue: The Boilermakers weren’t able to put away the Islanders upuntil the last 6 minutes. The Boilermakers were hurt by 16 turnovers, 7 more than Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Smith dedicated 6 of those turnovers.

Key minute

After Clark’s 3-tip narrowed Purdue’s lead to 70-67 with 6: 43 staying, Loyer fed Jacobsen for an alley-oop that woke up the crowd. Purdue held a 20-6 edge the rest of the videogame.

Key stat

Colvin came off the bench to rating all 14 of his points in the veryfirst half.

Up next

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: Hosts Dallas Christian on Friday.

Purdue: Hosts Northern Kentucky on Friday.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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