Category: Purdue

Ben Fahrbach’s Boilermakers-Gophers photos

ISL’s Ben Fahrbach took photos at Purdue’s 41-13 loss to Minnesota. Purdue has lost four straight overall and eight straight in the Big Ten play. The Boilermakers have just two wins over FBS opponents during Darrell Hazell’s 3-year tenure. First, here are links to AP Sports Writer Michael Marot’s two stories on the game: Minnesota […]

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Fahrbach: Photos of Purdue-Indiana State

Ben Fahrbach attended Purdue’s game against Indiana State on Saturday. Here is the collection of his photos, with story below: Austin Appleby threw four touchdown passes to help Purdue defeat Indiana State 38-14 last Saturday in a warmup for this week’s game against Virginia Tech. Appleby completed 20 of 34 passes for 289 yards. His […]

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Walker decommits from Purdue basketball

By JAMES HOWELL, Jr. ISL Purdue Writer Purdue Boilermakers basketball commitment C.J. Walker (Indianapolis Arsenal Tech) announced via his Twitter account on Saturday afternoon that he has decided to re-open his recruitment. “I’m sorry to all fans, coaches, and players but I’ve decided to de-commit from Purdue and open my recruitment!,” the ex- 2016 commit […]

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Purdue is dancing, faces Cincinnati in NCAA tourney

By JAMES HOWELL, JR. ISL Purdue Writer The Purdue Boilermakers are officially in the NCAA Tournament. It seemed far fetched in December of this season when the Boilermakers lost games to teams such as North Florida and Gardner-Webb on the court of Mackey Arena, but the Boilermakers got it done. On Sunday evening the NCAA […]

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Purdue awaits selection committee

By JAMES HOWELL, Jr. ISL Purdue Writer The remainder of the Boilermakers season now rests in the selection committee’s hands. On Saturday afternoon Purdue was unable to knock off the No. 6 ranked Wisconsin Badgers to clinch a spot in the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game. Purdue led by five at halftime, but the Badgers […]

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Purdue drops second straight on the road

By JAMES HOWELL, Jr. ISL Purdue Writer The Purdue Boilermakers may be closest to the bubble that they ever have been after dropping a second consecutive Big Ten road game on Wednesday night in East Lansing. After leading by as many as nine points in the first half, the Boilermakers caved and lost 72-66. The […]

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Purdue’s A.J. Hammons is Big Ten Player of the Week

From Purdue Athletics: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue’s A.J. Hammons was named the Big Ten Player of the Week after a dominating performance in the Boilermakers’ 67-63 win over Indiana last Thursday. It marks the first Player of the Week accolade for the 7-foot junior center from Gary, Indiana, and is the first Player of the […]

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Purdue finishes sweep of Indiana

By JAMES HOWELL, Jr. ISL Purdue Writer On the opening possession of the game, center A.J. Hammons took a turnaround jumper and missed everything. The cheers of “Air Ball” rang down on the court of Assembly Hall from the crazed fans of the Indiana Hoosiers. The Hoosiers faithful did their best to shake Purdue’s 7-foot […]

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