Feb. 5, 2000
By GREG SMITH
Associated Press Writer
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Brian Cardinal scored 18 points and Carson Cunningham added 17, including three 3-pointers, to lead Purdue past Iowa 84-58 on Saturday.
The Boilermakers (15-7, 6-3 Big Ten) opened a 24-point lead late in the first half against a cold-shooting Iowa team that was coming off a 77-69 upset over No. 15 Kansas on Thursday.
Mike Robinson finished with 15 points for Purdue, which won its second straight, while Kyle Galloway scored 14 to lead the Hawkeyes (10-11, 3-6), who lost for the first time in the last three games.
Except for a few minutes early in the second half, Iowa looked nothing like the team that shocked the Jayhawks.
The Hawkeyes didn't get their first basket until Ryan Luerhsmann hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the 14:49 mark, although Purdue had just eight points at the time.
Iowa hit just nine of 28 field goals, or 32 percent, in the first 20 minutes and trailed 40-23 at halftime. The Hawkeyes did forge a 10-9 lead on a 3-point play by Jacob Jaacks, but Purdue went on a 29-4 run, capped by a free throw by Cardinal, to open a 38-14 lead with 4:46 before halftime.
Galloway scored eight consecutive points on two 3-pointers and two free throws as the Hawkeyes opened the second half with a 9-4 spurt to cut Purdue's lead to 44-32 with 16:23 remaining.
A driving layup down the lane by Duez Henderson a few minutes later pulled Iowa to within 49-38 at the 12:24 mark. But Cunningham sank a 3-pointer that started a 19-6 run, which included 10-of-10 free throws, that extended Purdue's lead to 66-44 with 6:56 remaining and the Boilermakers went on to notch their biggest win in the series since a 107-72 victory in 1975.
Purdue hit 23 of 29 free throws while shooting 58.7 percent for the game while Iowa was only 10-of-21 from the line while shooting just 33.3 percent.