The Purdue Northwest men's basketball team fights off slow start to a dominating win against East West University in non-conference action on Tuesday night, 100-67.
Labors Local 41 Player of the Game: Senior
Anthony Barnard (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo), 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (3-0), East-West (0-2)
- Location: Hammond, Ind. - John Friend Court
- Attendance: 200
Inside The Numbers
- Barnard tied the team-high in points with 17 to help lead the Pride going 6-of-9 from the field and grabbed six rebounds.
- Graduate Alou Dillon (Milwaukee, Wis./Wauwatosa West) also scored 17 points and went 7-of-9 from the floor. He also snatched seven rebounds, blocked two shots, and grabbed two steals.
- Senior Mikell Cooper (Milwaukee, Wis./Bradley Tech) added 12 points, grabbed four rebounds, and dished out three assists.
- Sophomore Sangolay Njie (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) chipped in 11 points off the bench and recorded four boards.
- The Pride finished the contest shooting 36-of-76 (47.4%) from the floor and went 12-of-31 (38.7%) from the three-point line.
- Jackson DeQuannis scored a game-high 20 points to lead East West.
- The Lakers ended the contest going 25-of-59 (42.1%) from the field and shot 8-of-19 (42.1%) from behind the arc.
The Breakdown
- The Pride saw themselves off to slow start in the first and down 17-4 within the first seven minutes of the game.
- Purdue Northwest kicked it into high gear and continued to chip away their deficit throughout the first half and saw themselves take their first lead of the game 29-28 with three minutes left in the first half.
- The Pride finished the first half with a 15-2 run to head into halftime with a comfortable 44-30 lead.
- Purdue Northwest continued their momentum from the end of the first half and dominated the second half scoring 56 points and winning convincingly, 100-67.
- The Pride dominated on the boards outrebounding the Phantoms, 49-23.
- The bench came to play during the game for Purdue Northwest outscoring East-West's bench, 50-8.
- The Pride controlled the paint all night outscoring the Phantoms, 48-30.
- Purdue Northwest used a 21-8 advantage in second chance points against East-West.
Game Quote from Head Coach Boomer Roberts:
"We're still figuring a lot of things out, which is expected with a new team. But it's much more fun to learn while winning. Our effort on the glass was the best it's been all year, and our bench gave us really good minutes again. We've got a lot of guys who can play, and different nights it's been different dudes who have stepped up."
Up Next
- The Pride next hit the road to compete in the UWP Tournament from Friday, November 18-Saturday, November 19 with the tournament being held in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Pride play their first game on Friday against Northwood with tip-off set for 5:00 p.m. central time.
