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A.J. Hammons recorded his 10th career double-double on Monday night vs. IPFW.
GAME NOTES
- Purdue improved to 6-0 all-time against IPFW, winning by an average margin of 17.7 points per game.
- Purdue improved to 14-0 all-time against teams currently in the Summit League.
- IPFW scored just 19 points in the first half, the sixth time this year that Purdue has held its opponent to 20 or fewer points in a half. IPFW entered the game averaging 78.0 points per game, but were held 35 points below its average.
- Head coach Matt Painter now has 198 wins (in his 10th year at Purdue).
- Purdue improved to 81-6 under Painter when winning both the rebounding and turnover battles.
- Purdue is 72-6 under Painter against non-conference foes at Mackey Arena.
- Purdue's 10 blocked shots were the seventh most in a game in school history.
- The duo of Haas and Hammons combined for 23 points, 17 rebounds and six blocked shots in 40 minutes.
- A.J. Hammons recorded his 10th career double-double, with 13 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots. Over the last two games, Hammons has 29 points, 19 rebounds and 10 blocked shots in 45 minutes of action. He has blocked at least five shots in 11 career games.
- Kendall Stephens has now made a three-pointer in 19 straight games and has 15 career games (out of 41 games) that he has made at least three trifectas.
- In the last two games, Jon Octeus has 15 points, 19 rebounds and five assists in just 50 minutes. Eight of the 19 rebounds are on the offensive end.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue dominated the first half Monday night, and then pulled away at the end for a 63-43 victory against in-state rival IPFW.
The Boilermakers (7-2) bounced back with a 35-19 halftime lead against the Mastodons (5-3) and finished the game with a 19-6 burst after IPFW crawled within seven.
Kendall Stephens and A.J. Hammons led Purdue with 13 points each, and Isaac Haas added 10, all in the first half.
After leading by as many as 21 during the first half, Purdue allowed IPFW within 44-37 on Steve Forbes' dunk with 10:28 to play.
Dakota Mathias countered with a 3-pointer at 9:43, and Vince Edwards added a layup at 9:04 to push the Boilermakers to a more comfortable 49-37.
Stephens' 3-pointer with 3:07 left essentially iced it, giving Purdue a 58-41 cushion.
Purdue spotted the Mastodons a 3-0 lead, then countered with a 26-5 burst from the 17:49 mark through 8:03 when Stephens capped the run with a 3-pointer from the top of the arc.
IPFW started the game 3 of 22 from the field and finished the opening 20 minutes 7 of 31 (22.6 percent). Six of those missed shots were blocks by five different Boilermakers.
Using its superior size to the maximum, Purdue had 18 first-half points in the paint while IPFW had only four. The Boilermakers outrebounded the Mastodons 22-17 before intermission.
With the loss, the Mastodons are 0-6 all-time against Purdue. They are 0-20 all-time against current members of the Big Ten Conference.
After using the same starting lineup for the season's first eight games, Boilermakers coach Matt Painter started Isaac Haas ahead of A.J. Hammons and P.J. Thompson ahead of Kendall Stephens. It was the first time since Dec. 7, 2013, that Painter used three freshmen in the starting lineup with Haas and Thompson joining Vince Edwards.
The Boilermakers improved to 5-1 at home this season.
Purdue hosts Arkansas State on Wednesday.