National Basketball Association
Purdue 76, Howard 40
When: 5:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 14, 2010
Where: Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana
Officials:
# Steve McJunkins, # Terry Oglesby, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
14123
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No Robbie Hummel, no problem for Purdue.
The Boilermakers struggled offensively at times in their season opener against Howard, but a dominating defensive effort more than made up for it in a comfortable 76-40 victory on Sunday in West Lafayette.
A basket by Alphonso Leary at the 9:27 mark of the first half helped the Bison (1-1) get within one point at 15-14, but Purdue picked it up on the defensive end and finished the opening stanza with a 22-7 surge.
Howard connected on 8 of 30 field-goal attempts (26.7 percent) in the first half, and 15 of 61 (24.6 percent) for the game. The Boilermakers, meanwhile, masked a mediocre shooting performance (43.1 percent overall) by hitting 13 of 28 on 3-point attempts.
E’Twaun Moore paced Purdue with 16 points, including a 3-pointer just before the buzzer that gave his team a 37-21 halftime lead. D.J. Byrd and John Hart each hit four of five shots from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points apiece off the bench, while All-America candidate JaJuan Johnson collected 10 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots.
Leary had 10 points and eight rebounds in a losing effort for Howard.
Top Game Performances
| Howard |
|
Purdue |
|
Alphonso Leary 10 |
Scoring |
E'Twaun Moore 16 |
|
Clinton Cuffee 3 |
Assists |
Lewis Jackson 5 |
|
Alphonso Leary 9 |
Rebounds |
JaJuan Johnson 12 |
|
Calvin Thompson 4 |
Free Throws Made |
JaJuan Johnson 4 |
|
Kyle Riley 2 |
Steals |
Kelsey Barlow 1 |
|
Clinton Cuffee 2 |
Blocks |
JaJuan Johnson 5 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Howard
|
40 |
24.6 |
1-7 |
9-16 |
8 |
30 |
4 |
6 |
|
| Purdue
|
76 |
43.1 |
13-28 |
13-22 |
21 |
45 |
9 |
4 |
|
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