West Virginia vs. Purdue: Recap and Stats

West Virginia 52

(8-9, 2-7 away)

Purdue 79

(10-8, 8-5 home)

Venue: Mackey Arena

2:00PM ET / 11:00AM PT, January 19, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
West Virginia	23	29	52
Purdue	37	42	79

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
West Virginia	J Staten 10	A Murray 6	J Staten 3
Purdue	T Johnson 13	A Hammons 6	R Johnson 3

On Saturday, January 19th, Purdue held West Virginia to just 29% from the floor and trounced the Mountaineers 79-52. The Boilermakers got the win with a game-high 17 points and five rebounds from D.J. Byrd. Anthony Johnson had 12 points and added three rebounds. Aaron Brown got a season-high seven points and two rebounds for the Mountaineers. Purdue (10-8, 3-2 Big Ten) goes to fifth-ranked Michigan (17-1, 4-1 Big Ten) on Thursday, January 24th.

Purdue Game Notes

This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 9:30 left to go.
The last time Purdue started the season 10-8 was 1996.
The win over West Virginia extended the Purdue winning streak to 3 games.
Purdue beat the spread by 22.5 points. That makes the 7th time this season the Boilermakers have beaten the spread.
This was the 4th blowout win this season (a win by 20 or more points). Over the past 5 seasons, Purdue has been on the winning end of 41 blowout games.
Purdue has won 86% of the time this season (6-1) when opponents record 3 or fewer three-pointers.
This season Purdue has won 100% of the time (4-0) when D.J. Byrd has 4 three-pointers or more and 100% of the time (5-0) when Rapheal Davis has 5 rebounds or more.
The Boilermakers set season highs for three-pointers and three-point percentage.
The last time Purdue had a three-point percentage of 72.7% or higher was Feb 05, 2000 against Iowa.
This is the 11th game at home this season--Purdue has a 12.4 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
The top two scorers (D.J. Byrd and Rapheal Davis) accounted for 41.7% of the points.
D.J. Byrd has led the team in scoring in 3 out of 18 games this season.
A.J. Hammons has led the team in rebounding in 7 out of 18 games this season.
D.J. Byrd has 3 straight double-digit point games.

West Virginia Game Notes

West Virginia lost and did not cover the spread.
This was the 2nd blowout loss this season (a loss by 20 or more points). Over the past 5 seasons, WVU has been on the losing end of 8 blowout games.
This loss extended the Mountaineers losing streak to 3 games.
Kevin Noreen has led the team in rebounding 5 times in 17 games this season.
Gary Browne set a career high with 4 steals.
This was the 2nd foul out of the season for Aaric Murray.

WVU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Aaron Brown	11	7	2	0	1	0	0
B	Eron Harris	24	10	5	1	2	0	0
C+	Juwan Staten	33	8	3	2	2	0	3
C	Matt Humphrey	19	5	3	0	2	1	2
C	Gary Browne	21	2	3	1	4	1	2
C	Kevin Noreen	26	5	5	0	0	1	2
C	Keaton Miles	5	3	1	0	0	0	0
C-	Aaric Murray	9	4	1	0	0	1	2
C-	Volodymyr Gerun	12	0	2	0	0	2	0
D+	Jabarie Hinds	31	6	0	2	0	1	4
-	Deniz Kilicli	6	2	2	0	0	0	2
-	D. Rutledge	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

PUR Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	D.J. Byrd	25	17	5	4	1	0	1
A	Anthony Johnson	20	12	3	2	0	0	0
A	Donnie Hale	13	3	5	1	2	0	0
A	Travis Carroll	9	2	3	3	0	1	0
A	Rapheal Davis	26	16	5	1	1	0	2
B+	A.J. Hammons	18	4	5	0	1	3	1
B	Sandi Marcius	14	4	4	1	0	1	1
B	Terone Johnson	28	11	5	2	0	0	2
C	Ronnie Johnson	23	7	2	3	0	0	5
C-	Dru Anthrop	7	3	0	0	1	0	0
D	Jacob Lawson	13	0	1	0	0	1	2