There was no hangover from the Iowa loss.
Purdue came home tonight to face Illinois and trailed 2-0 for a grand total of 26 seconds. Then P.J. Thompson hit a corner three and the rout was on. Purdue hit three-pointers for its first five baskets and quickly pushed the lead to 19-5 thanks to 10 straight points from Carsen Edwards. The Illini never seriously threatened after that. They were done as Purdue led 44-30 at the half and Illinois never had the lead in single digits after Carsen made it 19-5.
Derek Schultz of local Indy radio said it best on Twitter: Purdue was beating the crap out of a team it absolutely needed to beat the crap out of.