The Purdue Boilermakers grinded out a 73-63 victory over the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the first round of the Maui Invitational. After struggling in the first half, Purdue found their legs on the defensive end and outscored the #11 ranked Bulldogs 43-28 in the second half. Purdue did not shoot the ball well from behind the arc going only 4-17 but didn’t appear to panic when shots weren’t going down. Instead, the Boilers looked to a suffocating defense and turned the Zags over nine times in the second half.
Let’s take a look back at the important keys to the game in ‘The Rebound!