Graduate student Brendan Temple (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) nailed the game-winning shot with one second remaining to put the Purdue Northwest Men's Basketball team over Grand Valley State in a Thursday night GLIAC victory, 67-66.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (10-8,4-4), Grand Valley State (7-11,4-4)
• Location: John Friend Court - Allendale, Mich.
• Attendance: 728

Inside The Numbers

• Senior Kalil Whithead led the Pride with 17 points going 7-of-10 from the field along with shooting 3-of-5 from the three-point line.
• Temple notched 15 points and dished out a team-high seven assists with five rebounds..
• Junior Dalton Gayman (Nevada, Kans./Nevada) chipped in 11 points and grabbed nine boards off the bench.
• As a team, the Pride completed the contest shooting 22-of-50 (44.0%) from the floor and went 9-of-27 (33.3%) from behind the arc.
• Ethan Alderink led Grand Valley State scoring 16 points with a game-high 12 rebounds.
• As a team, the Lakers ended the game going 24-of-56 (42.9%) from the field and shot 6-of-19 (31.6%) from deep.

The Breakdown

• The Pride started the game strong taking a 23-10 advantage in the first 12 minutes of the game.
• Grand Valley State responded though with a 10-0 run to cut the deficit to three with three minutes until halftime.
• The Pride held off the Lakers to finish the first half with a 30-25 lead.
• Grand Valley State battled back to take their first lead since the first half, 44-42, with 12 minutes remaining in the game.
• The Pride answered back with back-to-back three-pointers to regain the lead, 48-44.
• For the rest of the game, both teams traded baskets and leads but saw Grand Valley State hold a slim 64-63 lead with a minute left.
• Whitehead skied for an alley-oop to give Purdue Northwest the lead, 65-64, with 45 seconds remaining.
• Britian Harris of the Lakers nailed a floater with ten seconds to them the edge, 66-65.
• In the end, Temple nailed a left-handed lay-up with one second left on the clock and Purdue Northwest made the defensive stop to seal the big road win, 67-66.
• Both teams scored 14 points off turnonvers.
• The Lakers held a slight edge in rebounds, 34-30.
• Purdue Northwest shot 14-of-19 (73.7%) from the charity stripe.

Game Quote from Head Coach Boomer Roberts:
"During a game like that, there's a lot of passion and emotion. But the main one is thankfulness. What a family we have. We guarded really well in the first half, and then Grand Valley made a lot of runs in the second. But our guys responded over and over with fearlessness. Temple obviously was great down the stretch with playmaking and clutch free throws. CJ, Ant, and Kai executed so many big plays, and Dalton and Kalil each had huge moments."

Up Next

• The Pride continue to their road trip when they travel to Grand Rapids, Mich. to take on Davenport in GLIAC action on Saturday, January 27. Tip-off is set for 2:00 PM CT.

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