Junior
Kai Steinman (Champaign, Ill./Ben Davis) scored a season-high 26 points off the bench to lead Purdue Northwest Men's Basketball over Illinois-Springfield in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon, 87-81.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (7-5,1-3), Illinois-Springfield (8-3)
- Location: John Friend Court - Hammond, Ind.
- Attendance: 300
Laborers Local 41 Player of the Game: Junior
Kai Steinman (Champaign, Ill./Ben Davis) - Game-high 26 points, 7-of-9 from the field and 7-of-8 from deep.
Inside The Numbers
- Senior Mikell Cooper (Milwaukee, Wis./Bradley Tech) added 19 points for the Pride.
- Junior Obi Ezekwesili (Houston, Texas/Westside) chipped in ten points from the bench.
- Purdue Northwest finished the game shooting 29-of-45 (64.4%) from the floor and went 12-of-17 (70.6%) from the three-point line.
- Jack Weber led Illinois-Springfield with 22 points and grabbed three rebounds.
- The Prairie Stars ended the contest going 28-of-55 (50.9%) from the field and shot 9-of-28 (32.1%) from behind the arc.
The Breakdown
- Both teams battled back-and-forth in the first ten minutes of the first half.
- The Prairie Stars took control of the game with four minutes until halftime leading 40-30.
- The Pride fought back to make their deficit single digits heading into halfltime, 44-40.
- Purdue Northwest continued to fight in the second half and retook the lead, 56-55, with less then twelve remaining in the game.
- Steinman and Cooper hit key shots down the stretch to help off the Prairie Stars in the end, 87-81.
- The Pride dominated the bench points scoring margin, 47-21.
- Illinois-Springfield held a slight advantage in points in the paint, 34-30.
- Purdue Northwest went 17-of-26 from the free-throw line during the game.
Up Next
- The Pride continue home action when they host Indianapolis in non-conference play on Monday, December 19. Tip-off is set for 3:00 p.m. central time at John Friend Court.
