The Purdue Northwest Men's Basketball team dropped a close game against William Jewell in Day 1 of the GLIAC/GLVC Crossover to begin the new season on Friday afternoon, 78-77.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (0-1), William Jewell (1-0)
- Location: DU Student Center - Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Attendance: 105
Inside The Numbers
- Junior Collin Albert (Cleveland, Ohio/Lutheran Highschool East) started the season strong with an impressive performance. He led the Pride with a game-high 29 points going 11-of-19 from the floor including 5-of-6 from the three-point line.
- Senior Detalian Brown (Chicago, Ill./Combine Academy)Â added 12Â points and recorded four steals with three assists.
- Junior Trevon Stoutermire (Birmingham, Ala./Calera) chipped in eight points and eight rebounds.
- As a team, the Pride ended the game shooting 31-of-60 (51.7%) from the floor and went 6-of-14 0 (30.0%) from behind the arc.
- Jason Thirdkill Jr. led William Jewell scoring 20 points and grabbed four rebounds.
- As a team, the Cardinals finished the contest going 28-of-65 (43.1%) from the field and shot 9-of-30 (30.0%) from deep.
The Breakdown
- The Pride started quick taking a 6-0 lead to start the game off.
- William Jewell responded with a 14-3 to take a 14-9 lead with 13 minutes left in the first half.
- With less then five minutes until the half, the Cardinals saw their largest lead of the game 35-22.
- Purdue Northwest finished the first half strong, cutting their deficit to 40-35 heading into halftime.
- The second half was full of back-and-forth as Purdue Northwest continued to try and take the lead but William Jewell continued to hold them off.
- With two minutes remaining, the score was in favor of the Cardinals 74-70, the Pride hit two free throws to cut it to 74-72,
- William Jewell answered with two free throws of their own to make it 76-72.
- Albert hit a jumper for Purdue Northwest with 18 seconds left cut it to 76-74.
- As the Cardinals hit two more free throws, Albert got off a quick three pointer to make it a one-point game, 78-77.
- William Jewell would miss their free throw with two seconds remaining but the Pride couldn't get a shot off in time falling in a very tight game in the end, 78-77.
Game Quote from Head Coach Boomer Roberts:
"We gave up some costly second chance points in the first half, and then had some uncommon turnovers in the second half that really hurt us. In a one possession game, those are absolutely crucial. CA and Dee played well, and I thought we had some guys off the bench give us a spark. We competed to give ourselves a chance late, and the guys will be looking forward to getting back out there tomorrow."
Up Next
- The Pride next compete Day 2 of the GLIAC/GLVC Crossover when they take on Rockhurst on Saturday, November 9. Tip-off is scheduled for 11:00 AM CT at Davenport University.
