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NCAA Game Summary - Coppin State At Purdue

POSTED: 8:10 pm EST November 22, 2008

(Sports Network) - Robbie Hummel scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, leading the 11th-ranked Purdue Boilermakers to a 66-46 victory over Coppin State.

E'Twaun Moore added 10 points and eight rebounds for Purdue (4-0), which beat Detroit, Eastern Michigan and Loyola-Chicago to open up its season. Hummel shot 5-of-12 from the field, including 7-of-7 from the free throw line. Nemanja Calasan scored 11 points in the win.

Tywain Mckee scored a team-high 17 points for Coppin State (1-1), which opened up its season by beating Wilmington-Delaware, 94-73. Vince Goldsberry had 10 points, but the Eagles shot just 30 percent from the field in the game, including 3-of-18 from long range.

Purdue took a quick 12-4 lead thanks to an early run that was capped by Keaton Grant's basket with 13:28 left in the opening half. Coppin State would close to within one by scoring the next five points, but the Boilermakers went on an 11-0 burst to take a 12-point lead with 6:48 left.

The hosts maintained their lead through the rest of the half, holding a 35-22 advantage going into the break.

Purdue scored the first nine points of the second half to take a 22-point lead, and Coppin State didn't come closer than 19 the rest of the way.

Game Notes:

Purdue won the only other meeting between the schools, an 86-65 victory in 1999...The Boilermakers have won all four of their games by at least 29 points.


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