Purdue 81, at Rutgers 65

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Interstat) — The Purdue Boilermakers used a dominant first-half performance to secure their eighth consecutive victory to open the season, dispatching the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 81-65 in a Big Ten men’s basketball contest Tuesday night at a sold-out Louis Brown Athletic Center. Purdue’s efficiency was the story, as the Boilermakers built a 13-point halftime lead and never let the Scarlet Knights within single digits in the second half. The victory extended Purdue’s perfect start while Rutgers fell to 5-4 overall. The Boilermakers set the tone early, racing out to a double-digit lead in the first ten minutes. A… Read more...