Articles Tagged: Purdue Boilermakers

Say what you will about the NCAA transfer portal, it sure pumps out some wild stories that would have been unbelievable not long ago.

When Real Woods advanced to the NCAA wrestling finals, the Iowa celebration was subdued. The win came on the heels of a crushing loss that shocked the Hawkeyes and most of the wrestling world when Purdue’s Matt Ramos derailed Spencer Lee’s attempt for a fourth national title.

Iowa beat Purdue 69-58 in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Big Ten women’s basketball tournament Friday.

Iowa’s 69-58 win over Purdue in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals was the Hawkeyes’ second-lowest-scoring game of the season and the lowest-scoring win of the season.

No. 1 Purdue built a big first-half lead behind freshman guards, then held on to hang an 87-73 loss on Iowa.

Behind a career-high 24 points by freshman Braden Smith, Purdue goes to 23-2 and ends Iowa’s three-game winning streak.

Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith were starters on Day 1 this season for Purdue. That was 22 wins and just two losses ago.

How to watch Thursday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at No. 1 Purdue. It’s a rematch of last year’s Big Ten championship game, but without two lottery picks.

Zach Edey is the National Player of the Year-in-waiting, and he and No. 1 Purdue host Iowa Thursday night.

The Hawkeyes seek a second win over a No. 1 team in Fran McCaffery’s tenure at Iowa.

Watch or listen to the January 11, 2023 Pinning Combination podcast, talking all things wrestling in Iowa. On this episode: Big wins for Iowa, UNI and Iowa State and a packed weekend of high school tournaments.

Wrestling action resumed at full-throttle this weekend. College teams competed at all levels with conference duals and multi-divisional national duals. High schools held their first Saturday of tournaments since the break. Here is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

Second-ranked Iowa closed with five straight victories in a 37-6 dual win over Purdue. Iowa received pins from Spencer Lee and Abe Assad.

Iowa returned to Big Ten women’s basketball play with an 83-68 win over Purdue at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday.

Monika Czinano joined Caitlin Clark (and three others) in the Iowa women’s basketball 2,000-point club, McKenna Warnock and Hannah Stuelke make major contributions and No. 12 Iowa whipped Purdue, 83-68. A crowd of nearly 12,000 included signee Ava Jones.