By JAMES HOWELL, Jr. ISL Purdue Writer Saturday’s home game against the Iowa Hawkeyes was not necessarily a must win for the Purdue Boilermakers. However, with the events that occurred throughout the game, it quickly became a “you’d better win” kind of game. Win is what the Boilermakers did, by defeating the No. 25 Hawkeyes […]
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By JAMES HOWELL, Jr. ISL Purdue Writer The Purdue Boilermakers have not lacked fight in their first four games of the Big Ten season. After come from behind victories against Minnesota and Michigan, the Boilermakers have dropped consecutive close games _ to No. 4 Wisconsin on Jan. 7 and to No. 9 Maryland on Saturday […]
By JAMES HOWELL, Jr. ISL Purdue Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue Boilermakers are 2-0 in Big Ten play for the first time since the 2011-12 season following a 64-51 victory over the Michigan Wolverines at Mackey Arena on Saturday afternoon. After struggling through the first half, and Spike Albrecht of Michigan draining three […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Last year, the Purdue baseball team had the hopes of fans in West Lafayette high after earning the right to host a regional in the NCAA baseball tournament. As it turns out, the Boilermakers weren’t able to provide their home field for use due to the fact that Alexander Field, the […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor The Indiana-James Madison game was over shortly after it started. It was supposed to be a mismatch and it was thanks to the play of freshman point guard Yogi Ferrell, who was unconscious to start the game. The Indianapolis product scored 14 of IU’s first 16 points, including the […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor You win with class. You lose with class. Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be? Apparently IU’s Tom Crean didn’t learn that, or at the very least, he forgot one of sport’s most important lessons. Instead of loving every second of his team’s 72-71 thrilling victory over Michigan Sunday, […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Atlantic 10 is popping open eyeballs nationwide after a week of upsetting ranked teams. Butler mostly pummeled North Carolina. VCU toppled Memphis on Thanksgiving. And Saint Joseph’s knocked off Notre Dame. Late on Black Friday, despite an upper-tier as stuffed as a kitchen fridge with leftovers, it’s time for […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent It was a solid, if not spectacular, opening week for the Atlantic 10. Twelve of the 16 schools in the conference have won a game, although three teams expected to compete for the league crown – Saint Louis, Virginia Commonwealth and Butler – suffered early disappointments. It’s Friday, which means […]
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