Faculty basketball followers have been handled to a heavyweight bout on Friday evening.
No. 13 Purdue took down No. 2 Alabama in an enormous early-season upset 87-78.
The Boilermakers, who got here up quick in final season’s nationwide championship sport, edged the Crimson Tide on the again of junior Trey Kaufman-Renn who tallied 26 factors, eight rebounds and 4 assists.
Both teams shot well from the sector and drained precisely 9 three-pointers a chunk, however Purdue noticed the ball undergo the ring from past the arc at extra well-timed moments, like on the halftime buzzer, to earn a momentum-building 42-40 lead.
