The Purdue Northwest men's basketball team took down Wisconsin-Parkside for a big GLIAC win on Saturday afternoon, 90-82.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (10-9,3-6), Wis.-Parkside (13-6,6-3)
• Location: John Friend Court - Hammond, Ind.
• Attendance: 600

Laborers Local 41 Player of the Game: Senior Mikell Cooper (Milwaukee, Wis./Bradley Tech) - 22 points, two rebounds, five assists, and one steal.

Inside The Numbers

• Graduate Alou Dillon (Milwaukee, Wis./Wauwatosa West) scored 22 points and grabbed four rebounds.
• Junior Anthony Irvin (Chandler, Ariz./Corona Del Sol) added 13 points and snagged five boards.
• Junior Kai Steinman (Champaign, Ill./Ben Davis) chipped in 11 points off the bench.
• As a team, the Pride finished the game shooting 35-of-61(57.4%) from the floor and went 11-of-27 (40.7%) from behind the arc.
• Rasheed Bello and Nate Brown each scored 18 points to lead Wis.-Parkside.
• As a team, the Rangers ended the contest going 29-of-56 (51.8%) from the field and shot 9-of-15 (60.0%) from deep.

The Breakdown

• Wis,-Parkside started the game strong and took a 20-10 lead after seven minutes of play.
• With the score 31-20 in favor of the Rangers, the Pride exploded for with a 16-4 run to take a 36-35 lead with less then four minutes left in the first half.
• Purdue Northwest held onto 42-38 lead heading into halftime.
• Both teams came out battling back-and-forth for the majority of the second half.
• The Pride continued to hold on leads for the remainder of the game, knocking down big shots and making free throw to earn the big win 90-82.
• Purdue Northwest outscored the Ranger bench during the game, 25-12.
• The Pride held strong in the paint out-shooting Wis.-Parkside, 44-36, in points in the paint.
• The Rangers held a slight edge in rebounds, 26-25.
• The Pride finished the contest with an advantage in points off turnovers, 14-12.

Game Quote from Head Coach Boomer Roberts:
"Our guys played well tonight, and we needed to in order to beat a good Parkside team. After the first couple of minutes, we settled down and had a great flow offensively. The ball was really moving and we made good decisions. Kell and Alou had big games, and Ant, Kai, and Brevin played really solid on both ends. And obviously the story tonight was the minutes from Ty Rodgers, who was huge off the bench. Everyone on our team knows Ty is a really good player and all about his teammates, and he was ready when his moment came."

Up Next

• The Pride hit the road to take on Grand Valley State in GLIAC action on Thursday, January 26. The game is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. central time in Allendale, Mich.

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