It’s been a long time since Purdue Basketball had to suit up for a season opener without Isaac Haas, Dakota Mathias, PJ Thompson, and Vincent Edwards running out of the Mackey Arena tunnel, but the combination of National Player of the Year Candidate Carsen Edwards, Senior Ryan Cline, and a few freshman made sure the fans went home happy and had something to look forward to with the 2018-19 season as the Boilermakers handle Fairfield easily 90-57.
The Boilermakers started off looking like a team that lost most of their scoring from last season with players learning new roles on the offensive end, they scored just 7 points in the first five minutes of the game, six of those points coming from senior Grady Eifert.