At halftime, the Boilermakers lead the Fighting Illini 44-30 at half despite the Boilers finishing the half with consecutive turnovers to end the half.
Despite a pension for turning the ball over this year, the Boilers only coughed it up 5 times to Illinois two turnovers. The story of the half has been shooting. Mostly, Illinois inability to find the bottom of the net and Purdue’s inability not to.
Nowhere was this more evident than when Carsen Edwards pulled up for his first shot of the game. His transition three hit hard off the back of the rim before bouncing straight up in the air before falling straight through the net.