FRIDAY'S SCORES
@#1 Purdue 109,
Eastern Illinois 62
@SIUE 92, Missouri Baptist 55
#1 PURDUE 109, EASTERN ILLINOIS 62
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Eastern Illinois hung tough with No. 1 Purdue in the early portion of the first half before falling to the Boilermakers, 109-62, on Friday afternoon at Mackey Arena.
The Panthers hit two of the their first three shots from 3-point range standing tied 12-12 at the first media timeout. EIU then trailed 19-16 at the second media timeout with Preston Turner scoring eight early points. Turner finished with 11.
Purdue used a big rebounding edge to extend the lead to six at 27-21 with 7:53 to play in the opening half. The Boilermakers then stacked a pair of runs together to close the half leading 53-28 at the half.
Meechie White banked home a 3-pointer to stop a 9-0 Purdue run before the Boilermakers closed the half with an 8-0 spurt.
EIU opened the second half 4-of-6 from the field but could not cool off a hot-shooting Purdue team that finished the game shooting 63.1 percent from the field.
The Boilermakers used an extended 25-0 run the second half, the third big run of the game for Purdue. White broke that run with 6:40 to play with a running lay-up. White finished with 23 points to lead EIU, going 8-of-10 from the field.
Terry McMorris was the third Panthers player in double figures finishing with 13.
Purdue had balance all game with Daniel Jacobsen leading the team with 24 points as six Boilermakers scored in double figures. Purdue finished with a 37-17 rebounding edge.
EIU falls to 2-5 on the season playing the No. 1 team in the nation for the first time in program history. Purdue improved to 7-0.
SIUE 92, MISSOURI BAPTIST 55
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Four players scored in double figures and all 12 players who played scored for the Cougars as they ran past Missouri Baptist 92-55 Friday afternoon at First Community Arena.
SIUE improved to 5-3 with the win.
The Spartans hung with the Cougars for the first 15 minutes, and it was 27-17 with 5:38 to play before half when SIUE used a 13-2 run to lead 40-19 with 2:23 to play in the half. The Cougars led 43-26 at the half.
A 10-2 run to start the second half had the SIUE lead at 25 (53-28) before the first media timeout of the half.
A three-pointer by CJ Hall extended the lead to 31 (81-50) with 4:34 to play. SIUE pushed the lead to as many as 38 twice late in the game.
Arnas Sakenis scored a career-high 10 points while grabbing a game-high seven rebounds and adding four blocks on the defensive end.
Jordan Pickett and Jack Campion each scored 10 points. Pickett had five rebounds. Campion had four rebounds and four assists. Jo Valrie and Darius Robinson each scored eight points. CJ Hall and Tyler King both pitched in seven points as the SIUE bench contributed 40 points in the victory.
The Cougars connected on 54 percent (35-65) of their shots from the field and scored 50 points in the paint. SIUE outrebounded MBU by a 46-25 edge.
The Spartans were led by Alex Wineholt who scored 13 points and was the only MBU player in double figures.