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Game 7-021: Purdue at Valparaiso
December 8, 2010 2:12 pm ET by Kyle Whelliston

Purdue Boilermakers at Valparaiso Crusaders

December 7, 2010 9:00 pm
Athletics-Recreation Center
BBState Stats/Recap



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@midmajority Game Tweets


20:54 Game 7-021: Purdue at Valparaiso. Hail Crusaders who rise to glory.
20:57 RT @cmlrun: @midmajority Our colors are unfurled.
21:00 Awesome!! RT @valpo2006: @midmajority Also, our shot clocks are working. No #ShotClockFail here tonight...
21:01 This is about as Indiana Basketball as it gets. Hot, full building on a bitter cold night. They gave out towels to wave at the door.
21:03 Valpo is 6-2, 2-0 in the Horizon League. Purdue is 7-1, nationally recognized, and Playboy magazine's preseason No. 1 poll selection.
21:04 Valpo has clearly decided to Embrace The Brown. No going back now. New "serious Crusader" logo, new spirit colors (chocolate & cheese).
21:05 Valpo also has new silver home unis with yellow numbers and white trim. It's an interesting look. Check it out on #pixel vision! (or ESPNU)
21:06 And they hate smokers, fake people and cheesy pick up lines. RT @NovaYankee: @midmajority And they enjoy long walks on the beach at sunset.
21:07 G!O!T!N! RT @midmajority360: Old Dominion 81 East Carolina 68 | ODU: K. Bazemore 20 - ECU: J. Abrams 22 | http://tmm7.me/5zt
21:09 Early on, it's 8-2 Purdue, and Homer Drew calls a TO. E'Twaun Moore had an #omgdunx, which triggered a mass #pressrowboner.
21:09 Lots of "extra" journalists here tonight. Of course, I'm one too.
21:11 Was talking to my friend Steve last night. He said, "Isn't that what it's all about? The opportunity to be in the building when it happens?"
21:11 This is a very special opportunity for Valpo; a Big Ten team in its relatively humble basketball barn. Hope is rampant. Towels are waving.
21:13 Brandon Wood with a #superhoop for Valpo after Purdue had sealed off the paint with black lacquer. 8-5 PUR 15:00 1H.
21:16 Kevin Van Wijk down low for Valpo, score tied at 9. The PA announcer here is great, like a PBP guy. "Coast to coast!" "What a play!"
21:16 RT @devyanks90: @midmajority G!O!T!N! Game much closer than the final score. Was only 64-63 ODU with 6:25 left.
21:18 [RLU ALERT] Saint Bonaventure 67, Saint John's 66 | http://tmm7.me/608 @RedLineUpsets
21:18 "Basket! Matt Kenney!" 12:18 1H, Valpo hanging close at 11-9.
21:20 And there's an RLU! Perhaps Saint Bonaventure's win will spread some Brown Karma this way. Congrats to the Bonnies.
21:22 Valpo student section. Stay gold, ponyboys. http://img.ly/2A0l
21:22 RT @BigWestMBB: Oy... RT @49erSports: MBB | #LBSU head coach Dan Monson picks up technical then bumps official and gets ejected from the game
21:25 Standing room only, obstructed view. @ballybasketball http://img.ly/2A0p
21:26 Matt Kenney strips and feeds Brandon Wood, and Valpo is still hanging in at 21-18 down vs. Purdue. It will take 40 minutes of guts tonight.
21:31 RT @albolte: Done in tribute to Ween, I'm sure. RT @midmajority: Valpo has clearly decided to Embrace The Brown. New spirit colors (chocolate & cheese).
21:32 Howard Little short jumper for Valpo, it's 23-20 Purdue at 6:48 1H. Then an o-foul on Moore, and we're going back the other way. Good signs.
21:34 Howard Little a #omgdunx in transition, Homer Drew slaps the floor for some D. The crowd is into it, waving towels. Crusaders!
21:34 RT @eriknell: @midmajority Indiana basketball at it's finest
21:35 Wood three, Valpo goes up 25-23 at 4:46 1H. Standing ovation at the ARC! We can't see the court from our high position, but we don't care!
21:43 St. Bona down vs St. John's for most of the game, then traded hoops down stretch for the RLU. Bonnies narrowly missed last yr vs STJ: 69-68.
21:44 Wood a #superhoop for Valpo, and Crusaders go up 28-24 with 2 mins left in the half. If this wasn't so exciting: Ween references all night.
21:44 RT @theupsetblog: @midmajority hmm. "Interesting" is right on Valpo's unis. Go Fighting Drews!
21:45 Crazy as balls. RT @brandonlemke Watching Valpo-Purdue while doing homework. Hows the environment there @midmajority ? Looks fun.
21:47 Resistance: futile! RT @SethKuhns: Darn you, @midmajority. Editing a piece for school paper & I want to change every 3-pointer to #superhoop
21:49 PUR buzzer-beater attempt. "No shot! Halftime!" Hoosier basketball hysteria. Love it, love it. Purdue edges out in front 30-28 at the break.
21:49 HT announcement about the "V Man," "thrown' out V's for a Valpo victory!" Will have to get help from the locals to gain true understanding.
21:50 RT @billpotter_hl: @brandonlemke @midmajority Great atmosphere tonight. Packed house and back-and-forth game.
21:52 So much my skin crawls. RT @KraigW: Little kids dancing to inappropriate songs: HT entertainment. @midmajority knows what I'm talking about
21:52 RT @dsipocz: @midmajority great first half. Get Bally a better seat. Second half may be wild and hopefully ends with a Valpo win1
21:56 Musical chairs at halftime. Indiana Wholesome. http://img.ly/2A0S
21:57 Quick HT visit to the old gym in the ARC. http://img.ly/2A0T
22:03 Valposwag. http://img.ly/2A0Y
22:04 fact-checkin cuz >> RT @cmlrun A season ticket holder,older fella puts up two fingers per hand, in V form, and shakes arms during fight song
22:05 RT @sevenandsevens: @midmajority Great authentic college atmosphere! Any game at campus "gym" trumps anything in sterile & vast luxury arena. #purdueATvalpo
22:06 Balloons. http://img.ly/2A10
22:10 Purdue w/ 10 first-half turns (mostly strips), two more early in 2H. Definitely helping Valpo stay in this. It's 38-34 Boilers with 17:07.
22:12 T-shirt toss. No "T-shirt Time" ref. Was going to thank Valpo for staying out of Millennial Culture, and then the band does "Poker Face."
22:13 Um, yuck? RT @midmajority360: Northern Iowa 39 Iowa 51 | UNI: 2 tied with 11 - IOWA: M. Basabe 14 | http://tmm7.me/60g
22:14 Purdue putting on a little 11-6 run, up 41-34 at the first MTO of 2H. The giant inflatable brown Crusader in the far corner observes calmly.
22:17 Valpo Fun Facts: founded 1859, former Mid-Continent/Badlands member, excellent volleyball program, Title R compliant.
22:19 Most effective free throw deterrent ever? There's a body-painted guy in a Speedo thrusting his pelvis under the basket PUR is shooting at.
22:20 Howard Little a little floaty floater, and Valpo is back within four at 42-38. 14 minutes to go in regulation.
22:20 RT @bmckim: @midmajority So many choices on tv. Tom Petty and Valpo are on at the same time! This is why there is pip
22:20 (re: Northern Iowa loss) RT @mags779: @midmajority Very much, yes, yuck. It was every bit as ugly as that score looks.
22:22 "Lauren Walsh, we have a message for you at the scorer's table." #indianabasketball
22:23 Valpo's stumbled and lost a step, and a great team like Purdue will take advantage. Flash Boiler run, up 46-38 at 13 minute mark.
22:27 RT @bubbaprog: @midmajority SWING THOSE NOODLES! http://30fram.es/hr
22:29 Games are 40 minutes long, but it's amazing how much damage can be done in two. Purdue now up by dubl-digits at 49-38, 11:48 left in reg.
22:30 Valpo students throwing stuff on the court. C'mon dudes. Air has definitely gone out of the ARC though, need a little run. 51-40 PUR 11:13.
22:31 And you know for a million years he has been your lover. RT @bubbaprog: VALPO GREENMAN SIGHTING http://30fram.es/hs @midmajority
22:37 Watch Other 25 teams enough, you learn to love/appreciate flaws and tradeoffs. Purdue is a team of basketball Robots. It's true, sorry.
22:38 RT @DanTorsiello: @midmajority Hoops is a game of runs. Stopping them & getting on them that is just 1 reason hoops is so intense- any minute could spell doom
22:41 Valpo forced into another time out, it's 58-44 at 8:08 2H. Elsewise, UNI shot 27% and scored 16 points in 2H in that stinker vs. Iowa.
22:44 Sign in the ARC: homEr drew'S Players Never qUit. 58-47 Purdue at 6:52 2H.
22:46 58-48 PUR. So. Anybody got finals this week? How they going?
22:48 RT @LakeRosenberg: @midmajority Horrendous. Winter Break cannot come soon enough.
22:49 RT @bmckim: @midmajority finals suck. Business law tomorrow. Will see how many times I can talk about vitamin water. :)
22:49 RT @MichaelHadley3: @midmajority Ours don't start for a week and a half yet. Kinda like the late start. Don't like mine are friday/monday
22:50 Pro tip: Do not ask the Valparaiso Crusader to teach you how to Dougie. http://twitvid.com/NHRUX
22:50 IPFW tomorrow. Come on by! RT @TypoDC: @midmajority They're really boring, honestly. I'd probably rather be where you are.
22:50 RT @chrispalm: @midmajority Part of me misses finals week. Probably the part of me that got addicted to NOS while pulling all nighters doing final papers.
22:50 RT @polarscribe: .@midmajority I'm in the throes of applying to get back in school next fall. Graduate school: because four years just wasn't enough torture.
22:52 64-49 Purdue at 4:24 2H. This game has lost all semblance of what it was half an hour ago.
22:53 If you're in college and have a NOS all-nighter tonight, keep in the back of your mind that you will miss this feeling So Much in 10 years.
22:54 RT @zbloxham: @midmajority Thanks. I'll save this tweet for 2020. #5hourenergyFTW
22:57 RT @JWilks26: @midmajority Even if we havent slept two nights in a row, are covering a MBB game right now and won't sleep tonight? Actually Ya Ill miss it
22:59 Here in NW Indiana, PUR is up 68-54 with 2 left. Coats and jackets taken from under seats, dusted off, taken to the concourses, put back on.
23:00 Keep meaning to keep an MP3 link to Robert Pollard's "People Are Leaving" saved for moments like these. Almost over.
23:01 This was a particularly great night, not a particularly great result, thanks for all your tweets and game updates. PUR lead is 20 now.
23:02 We will be at IPFW tomorrow, then Butler at Xavier on Thursday. As always, we appreciate your attention, support and effort here at TMM.
23:06 Final: Purdue 76, Valpo 58. As usual, it's social hour in the aisles for those who don't want to go back into the cold. #indianabasketball
23:07 And now we have to go back out there too. Good Night Hoops Nation.
23:13 Dude: elevate me later. RT @cmlrun: @midmajority What did you hear from your "fact-checkin"?
23:15 RT @midmajority360: Purdue 76 Valparaiso 58 | PUR: E. Moore 23 - VALP: B. Wood 20 | http://tmm7.me/60m
23:41 RT @animalmarshall: @midmajority Ha, you remember how tough Drexel finals week is, don't ya? Especially since we had our 3rd set of midterms about 2 weeks ago
23:41 RT @blkenn: @midmajority Surely there's some joke to be made about bench players... "We Are Underused?"


Boxscore


PURDUE 76, at VALPARAISO 58
12/07/2010

PURDUE 8-1 (0-0) -- J. Johnson 5-10 3-5 13; E. Moore 8-15 5-9 23; L. Jackson 4-5 3-4 11; K. Barlow 5-7 3-4 13; R. Smith 3-4 0-0 9; D. Byrd 3-6 0-0 7; T. Johnson 0-6 0-0 0; T. Carroll 0-0 0-0 0; P. Bade 0-0 0-0 0; B. Day 0-0 0-0 0; D. Anthrop 0-0 0-0 0; S. Marcius 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-54 14-22 76.
VALPARAISO 6-3 (2-0) -- B. Wood 7-11 2-6 20; R. Broekhoff 3-5 0-0 8; H. Little 3-7 1-2 7; M. Kenney 3-7 0-2 6; C. Johnson 2-11 4-5 8; E. Buggs 0-1 0-0 0; K. Van Wijk 2-6 4-4 8; J. Harris 0-3 0-0 0; M. Rogers 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 20-52 12-21 58.

Three-point goals: PUR 6-12 (E. Moore 2-4; R. Smith 3-4; K. Barlow 0-1; D. Byrd 1-1; T. Johnson 0-2), VALP 6-19 (C. Johnson 0-4; B. Wood 4-5; E. Buggs 0-1; M. Kenney 0-3; R. Broekhoff 2-4; J. Harris 0-1; K. Van Wijk 0-1); Rebounds: PUR 33 (J. Johnson 8), VALP 27 (B. Wood 5); Assists: PUR 16 (L. Jackson 4), VALP 14 (B. Wood 3); Total Fouls -- PUR 22, VALP 19; Fouled Out: PUR-None; VALP-E. Buggs.