Tag: Boilermakers

Purdue beats Indiana in ugly game

By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL)ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON —  One of the greatest rivalries in sports completed another chapter on Tuesday night in Bloomington.  Purdue and Indiana used to play lots of low-scoring games back in the 20’s and 30’s, but nobody expected to see a similar score to those days in 2019.  In the end, Purdue […]

Rondale Moore electrifies in Purdue debut

Purdue freshman Rondale Moore made history in his debut, and ISL’s Ben Fahrbach was there. Moore, a 5-foot-9 freshman from New Albany, Ind. had 11 catches for 109 yards and a touchdown, two carries for 79 yards and a score and five kickoff returns for 125 yards in a 31-27 loss to Northwestern on Thursday […]

Purdue beats Wisconsin, moves to top of Big Ten

By KEITH CARRELL @BoilerColts ISL Purdue Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The storylines were perfectly set for Wisconsin as they set to tip against Purdue Sunday afternoon in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers just learned that Northwestern defeated Nebraska to make the Badgers the lone remaining undefeated Big Ten team in conference play. The last win for […]

Purdue’s Swanigan goes 20-20 again, enters rare territory

By KEITH CARRELL @BoilerColts ISL Purdue Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Caleb Swanigan led Purdue in doubling up Norfolk State 91-45 in the final non-conference tune-up Wednesday night. Swanigan stuffed the stat sheet, scoring a career high 32 points and grabbing 20 rebounds for his third 20-20 game of the season and second straight. The […]

Purdue tops Southern Indiana in exhibition

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue defeated the University of Southern Indiana 85-63 Tuesday evening in its only exhibition game prior to the season beginning in earnest November 11 against McNeese State.

Purdue youngsters Swanigan, Thompson send seniors out in style

By KEITH CARRELL ISL Correspondent Purdue’s underclassmen sent their four seniors out in style with a 91-80 victory over Wisconsin on Sunday in the final game of the Big Ten regular season. The win put Purdue in a four-way tie for third in the Big Ten, behind Big Ten champion Indiana and runner-up Michigan State. […]

Purdue ready to make splash as Big Ten play begins

By KEITH CARRELL ISL Correspondent Purdue will begin Big Ten play at Wisconsin on Tuesday night, interim Badgers head coach Greg Gard’s first at the helm in a Big Ten game after Bo Ryan announced his immediate retirement earlier in December.  The Boilermakers wrapped up non-conference play on Tuesday with a win over Vanderbilt at home to earn a […]

Purdue improves to 10-0 with win over Howard

By KEITH CARRELL ISL Correspondent Purdue defeated Howard 93-55 at home Wednesday night and moved to 10-0 on the season. The Boilermakers were going to be favored to win this game, they were expected to blow out the Bison, they were expected to control the tempo and cause turnovers… and all of that was before James Daniel, […]

Walker decommits from Purdue basketball

By JAMES HOWELL, Jr. ISL Purdue Writer Purdue Boilermakers basketball commitment C.J. Walker (Indianapolis Arsenal Tech) announced via his Twitter account on Saturday afternoon that he has decided to re-open his recruitment. “I’m sorry to all fans, coaches, and players but I’ve decided to de-commit from Purdue and open my recruitment!,” the ex- 2016 commit […]

Purdue is dancing, faces Cincinnati in NCAA tourney

By JAMES HOWELL, JR. ISL Purdue Writer The Purdue Boilermakers are officially in the NCAA Tournament. It seemed far fetched in December of this season when the Boilermakers lost games to teams such as North Florida and Gardner-Webb on the court of Mackey Arena, but the Boilermakers got it done. On Sunday evening the NCAA […]

Purdue awaits selection committee

By JAMES HOWELL, Jr. ISL Purdue Writer The remainder of the Boilermakers season now rests in the selection committee’s hands. On Saturday afternoon Purdue was unable to knock off the No. 6 ranked Wisconsin Badgers to clinch a spot in the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game. Purdue led by five at halftime, but the Badgers […]