The Morehead State Eagles and the Purdue Boilermakers meet in college basketball action from Mackey Arena on Friday night.
Morehead State Routs Subdivision Foe
The Morehead State Eagles come into this game looking to build on their 96-40 win over subdivision Shawnee State last time out. Riley Minix and Eddie Ricks III each had a team-high 18 points, with Minix shooting 6 of 10 with 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals for the stat-stuffing double-double while Ricks III had 8 rebounds. Kalil Thomas added 13 points on 5 of 6 shooting with 3 threes while Jerone Morton added 10 points to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Morehead State in the win. Drew Thelwell also added 9 points with a team-high 8 assists and 7 boards in the victory for the Eagles. As a team, Morehead State shot 56.5% from the field, 37.5% from three and 70.8% from the foul line in the win.
Purdue Demolishes Samford
The Purdue Boilermakers come into this one looking to add on their season-opening 98-45 dismantling of Samford last time out. Zach Edey led the charge with 16 points on 5 of 6 shooting with 11 rebounds for the double-double while Camden Heide added 13 points with 3 threes. Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer each had 13 points on 4 of 7 shooting with 4 threes apiece, with Smith also chipping in a team-high 7 assists in the victory. As a team, Purdue shot 54.8% from the field, 55.2% from three and 63.6% from the foul line in the winning effort.
Chris’ Pick
I’m rolling with Purdue here. Morehead State was able to get by against Shawnee State, but the reality is that losing Mark Freeman is really going to hurt this team as he was one of their best if not their best player and if they lost him in the offseason, at least they would’ve had time to prepare. But now, they lose their best player going against a Purdue team that’s clearly taking no prisoners so far after their early exit from last year’s tournament. Purdue is out to make statements and I think they make another here.
