NCHORAGE - The Purdue University pressure wore down the Minutemen in an
82-69 victory, as Boilermakers advance to Carrs Great Alaska Shootout
finals.
NCHORAGE - The Purdue University pressure wore down the Minutemen in an
82-69 victory, as Boilermakers advance to Carrs Great Alaska Shootout
finals.
Player of the game Chad Austin led Purdue with 20 points, five rebounds, and 4 assists. University of Massachusetts star, Lari Ketner pulled down 10 rebounds and dropped 14 points but was bothered by foul trouble throughout the game. Tyrone Weeks who led the Minutemen to victory over Southwestern Louisiana Wednesday only scored eight points.
Purdue Head Coach Gene Keady said his team shooting efficiency made the difference in the game.
"Chad Austin hit some big shots," he said. "He needed to."
 Jon DePina gets a good look at the hoop. DePina finished with 9 points. |
The Minutemen found themselves down by only one point with less than a minute to play in the quarter before Purdue exploded into a 14-0 run which lasted nearly five minutes. The scoring was highlighted by a Brad Miller dunk which also drew a foul and PU's Alan Eldridge knocking down a 3-pointer seconds later from the right baseline.
UMASS cut the lead as low as four points early in the third quarter, but behind a strong Purdue offense which had four players scoring in double figures, the lead was quickly extended and never again dropped below 10.
Minutemen Junior Guard Charlton Clark said UMASS knew the game was going to be physical and they just wanted to put the ball in the basket to make it a close contest.
"We just got the short end of the stick tonight," he said.
UMASS Head Coach Bruiser Flint said he was disappointed with his teams shooting and said when you shoot 32 percent from the floor against a quality team like Purdue, your going to lose.
"Everything they had was close to the basket, it wasn't like they were shooting 3-pointers." he said.
| Purdue Boilermakers (#6) | 82 |
| Massachusetts Minutemen | 69 |
| Great Alaska Shootout Semi-finals at Anchorage AK | |
PURDUE (82)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Cornell 23 2-5 6-6 3-5 3 1 10
Cardinal 25 3-5 8-10 0-2 1 5 15
Miller 30 3-10 8-9 2-5 1 4 14
Austin 33 7-11 4-5 0-5 4 1 20
Eldridge 22 2-3 4-4 0-0 0 3 9
Barnes 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Mcquay 22 1-3 0-0 0-5 1 4 2
Kerkhof 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Mayfield 18 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 3 2
Robinson 22 5-7 0-0 2-3 1 1 10
Carretta 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 24-45 30-34 7-25 14 22 82
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Percentages: FG-.533, FT-.882. 3-Point Goals:
4-10, .400 (Cardinal 1-2, Austin 2-5, Eldridge
1-1, Mcquay 0-1, Robinson 0-1). Team rebounds: 6.
Blocked shots: 4 (Cardinal, Eldridge, Mcquay,
Robinson). Turnovers: 19 (Miller 7, Mayfield 4,
Eldridge 3, Cardinal 2, Austin, Kerkhof, Mcquay).
Steals: 4 (Cornell 2, Cardinal, Eldridge).
MASSACHUSETTS (69)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Babul 14 1-3 0-0 1-1 1 3 2
Weeks 36 2-9 4-4 6-7 1 4 8
Ketner 22 3-14 8-9 7-10 0 5 14
Clarke 36 7-14 0-2 1-4 3 1 15
Mack 35 4-16 5-6 1-3 2 3 13
Depina 23 4-8 1-3 0-2 2 4 9
Smith 9 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 2 0
Kirkland 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0
Basit 18 3-8 2-3 7-9 0 4 8
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TOTALS 200 24-74 20-27 24-37 9 28 69
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Percentages: FG-.324, FT-.741. 3-Point Goals:
1-8, .125 (Babul 0-1, Clarke 1-4, Mack 0-3). Team
rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 5 (Ketner 5).
Turnovers: 13 (Depina 3, Clarke 2, Mack 2, Smith
2, Babul, Basit, Ketner, Kirkland). Steals: 7
(Clarke 2, Weeks 2, Babul, Depina, Mack).
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Purdue 34 48 - 82
Massachusetts 28 41 - 69
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Technical fouls: None. A: 8,700. Officials:
Kennedy, James Leitch, Mike Saia.
