Iowa at Purdue - Predictions

Posted this in another thread but here are my thoughts:


- Mackey seems like another place we never play well. I remember Horner scorching them for something like 34 points back in 2006 the first game he got his knee brace off.

- Cant let them hit a couple 3's right away as their students are very close to the court and very into the game and that place could get loud.

- Hopefully May can duplicate the defensive effort he showed against Hummel in the first meeting. Let the others beat us, even though they did beat us last time, chances are they cant do it again.

- Gatens is playing the best basketball of his career, need another great all-around game from him.

- Hopefully Basabe can get a couple garbage buckets or easy putbacks before the first TV timeout. An active Basabe is huge for us tonight.


Iowa MVP tonight: Devyn Marble- 17 points, 7 reb, 6 assists and 3 steals

Iowa- 78

Purdue- 67

Game is closer than the final score but we make our free throws down the stretch to widen the gap.
 
We definitely have to get Basabe involved early. We can't afford to keep counting on everyone else to step up to cover for him in order to win. Eventually that's not going to be enough.

Byrd is going to be the X-factor for Purdue again. I feel good about May vs. Hummel defensively, and Marble vs. LewJack. We have to prevent him from going off from behind the arc again. I think we get that done.

Iowa 71
Purdue 63
 

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