Box score: Purdue 80, Memphis 71
NCAA men’s basketball box score for Thursday’s game between the Purdue Boilermakers and Memphis Tigers.
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NCAA men’s basketball box score for Thursday’s game between the Purdue Boilermakers and Memphis Tigers.
CBS Sports analyst Emeka Okafor called the gutty win for Purdue “championship vitamins.” But the truth is that even a close loss like this one — to the top dog in the sport — will make Memphis fans feel a whole lot better.
Led by point guard Dug McDaniel’s 18 points, six assists and six rebounds, the Tigers went toe to toe with the Boilermakers — and were even ahead with less than six minutes to go — for 35 of the 40 minutes of gametime.
Against top-ranked Purdue in the Baha Mar Hoops Championship, Memphis struck first and never stopped fighting. Wake Forest is up next.
It appears coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers will again get a shot at beating one of the nation’s top teams before beginning American Athletic Conference play.
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