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GoldandBlack.com Analysis: Purdue-Texas

Texas' pressure on Purdue's guards seemed to disrupt the Boilermakers offensively.
Texas' pressure on Purdue's guards seemed to disrupt the Boilermakers offensively. (AP)

Saturday night, No. 23 Purdue dropped a rare home game, falling 70-66 to Texas.

Below, we break down a few of the finer points of the Boilermaker loss.

PRESSURE OF ALL KINDS AFFECTED PURDUE

Yes, Matt Haarms and Trevion Williams got 17 shots between them, but shots and quality low-post opportunities are two different things, and the Boilermakers didn't get all that many of the latter, especially early in the game.

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