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GAME NOTES
- Purdue saw its 12-game non-conference home winning streak end on Saturday.
- Purdue recorded 18 assists on 29 made field goals.
- Purdue had 11 turnovers in the first half, but only three in the second half.
- Jon Octeus had a career-high 10 rebounds today. He narrowly missed his first double-double by scoring nine points.
- A.J. Hammons' five blocked shots were a season high and gave him 10 games (in 73 career games) of five or more rejections.
- Kendall Stephens has made a three-pointer in 18 straight games, dating back to last year.
- A.J. Hammons and Isaac Haas combined for 30 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots in 38 minutes of action.
- Purdue's eight made free throws and 16 free throw attempts were the fewest of the season.
- Purdue fell to 80-6 under Matt Painter when winning both the rebounding and turnover battles.
- Purdue's 24 offensive rebounds were the sixth most in a game in school history (since off. rebs. were tracked in 1986-87). The Boilers scored just 16 points off them.
- The Boilermakers fell to 71-6 under Coach Painter at home vs. non-conference opposition.
- Purdue's freshman class accounted for 26 points and 18 rebounds, while shooting just 12-of-33 from the field. They accounted for five of the 14 turnovers in 89 minutes of action.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A.J. Hammons led Purdue with 16 points, but the Boilermakers lost to North Florida 73-70 on Saturday.
Dallas Moore scored 16 of his 24 points during the second half, and Demarcus Daniels added 17 as North Florida rallied from a nine-point deficit during the final 10 minutes.
A Daniels 3-point play with 1:31 to go gave the Ospreys (6-3) a 63-62 lead, and a Moore 3-pointer from the right corner with 53 seconds to go gave North Florida a 66-62 lead. It never trailed again.
Purdue had won three in a row and lost for the first time this season at Mackey Arena.
A 3-pointer from Beau Beech pulled the Ospreys to within 40-37 with 16:36 remaining, but a 3-pointer from Purdue's Kendall Stephens (10 points), two free throws from Stephens and interior baskets from Isaac Haas (14 points) and Hammons helped the Boilermakers re-establish a 52-43 lead with 10:42 left.
Two more Stephens free throws with 8:48 to go gave Purdue a 54-46 advantage.
Purdue failed to score during the game's first 4:19. North Florida used a pair of 3-pointers to seize an early 6-0 lead before Haas scored 12 points, helping push the Boilermakers into a 15-10 advantage.
During the first half, Haas and Hammons combined to make 10 of 16 field goal attempts and score 22 points to go with six rebounds and two blocks. The centers played 18 combined minutes before halftime.
Purdue had a 36-28 halftime lead but committed 11 turnovers during the opening 20 minutes. Those 11 turnovers led to 12 North Florida points.
The Boilermakers were dominant in the paint, outscoring the Ospreys 20-10 in that area during the first 20 minutes.
Demarcus Daniels came off the bench for 12 first-half points for North Florida.
Purdue now is 8-2 all-time against members of the Atlantic Sun Conference ... The Boilermakers had won 12 consecutive non-conference home games ... After sitting out Tuesday's North Carolina State game with an ankle sprain, sophomore point guard Bryson Scott returned to action Saturday, entering the game at the first half's 14:38 mark.
Purdue will play host to Indiana-Purdue/Fort Wayne on Monday night.