National Basketball Association
Purdue 83, Eastern Illinois 55
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Where: Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana
Officials:
# Lewis Garrison, # Ray Perone, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
12141
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Purdue 83, Eastern
Illinois 55: Bryson Scott's season-high 14 points and six rebounds led a
balanced attack as the unbeaten Boilermakers turned back the visiting
Panthers.
Kendall Stephens had 11 second-half points and Purdue (4-0) got
42 points from its bench. Ronnie Johnson added 10 points and a season-high
eight assists, Basil Smotherman had 10 points and five rebounds and Terone Johnson and A.J. Hammonds tallied nine points apiece.
Reggie Smith's 11 points led Eastern Illinois (2-2), which
shot 31.6 percent from the floor and committed 19 turnovers. Sherman Blanford
chipped in nine points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Purdue came out firing and jumped to a 16-5 lead as Eastern
Illinois struggled to find the basket, shooting only 28.6 percent from the
floor in the first half, including 1-for-10 on 3-pointers. Ronnie Johnson had
10 points and Jay Simpson added eight points in the half for the Boilermakers,
who hit 8-for-13 from the foul line but missed on all nine of their 3-point
attempts.
The Boilermakers stretched a 38-24 halftime lead to 47-29
with a 9-5 run, capped by Purdue's first 3-pointers of the night from Stephens
and Rapheal Davis. The Panthers pulled within 50-38 with 13:31 remaining, but
the Boilermakers put the game out of reach by scoring 18 of the next 21 points - sparked
by eight straight free throws and back-to-back 3-pointers by Stephens — for a
68-41 lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Smotherman
became the 10th player for Purdue to score 10 or more points in a game this season. ... The Boilermakers have scored 75 or more points in six straight
games - dating to last season - for the first time since 1998. ... Purdue improved to 29-1 at home in
the month of November under head coach Matt Painter.
Top Game Performances
| Eastern Illinois |
|
Purdue |
|
Reggie Smith 11 |
Scoring |
Bryson Scott 14 |
|
Sherman Blanford 3 |
Assists |
Ronnie Johnson 8 |
|
Sherman Blanford 8 |
Rebounds |
Bryson Scott 6 |
|
Reggie Smith 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Bryson Scott 8 |
|
Reggie Smith 3 |
Steals |
Bryson Scott 4 |
|
Sherman Blanford 3 |
Blocks |
A.J. Hammons 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Eastern Illinois
|
55 |
32.8 |
3-17 |
14-24 |
11 |
34 |
8 |
5 |
19 |
| Purdue
|
83 |
45.9 |
4-20 |
23-34 |
16 |
40 |
7 |
12 |
10 |
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