It’s funny how you can enter a game with one idea of how it might go, construct some internal thoughts about it as it plays out, but have it ripped to shreds in the last 10 minutes. The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-1, 0-1) did just that with their fight down the stretch which ultimately came up short against the #2 Purdue Boilermakers (8-0, 1-0), losing 77-70.
The first half was an ugly one, as Iowa struggled from the field without leading scorer Keegan Murray but were buoyed by Tony Perkins stellar performance in the frame with 12 points of the Hawks’ 26 points and half of their field goals (4 of 8).