Top ranked Purdue raced out to a 19-4 lead at the outset and beat Iowa 87-73.
The Hawkeyes cut a 21 point deficit to six in the second half but the Boilers followed with an 8-0 run to put the game away.
That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. Purdue shot 55 percent to improve to 12-2 in the Big Ten.
Iowa falls to 7-6 in the Big Ten and visits Minnesota on Sunday.
Iowa All-American Cooper DeJean is a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. DeJean was taken in the second round of the NFL
Golf and Soccer on the Thursday sports schedule Girls Golf Siouxland Conference meet at The Ridge 1. Sioux Center 182 2.
Golf, Soccer and Track on the Friday schedule Coed Golf Remsen St Mary’s at West Sioux Girls Golf LeMars Gehlen at
The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team takes a five-game winning streak to Nebraska this weekend for a three game Big Ten Series.
Photos courtesy Karen Van Breisen & MarJean Stubbe, with assistance from Amy Jans George, Iowa — The KIWA-AM Lyon County Daily
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