Purdue basketball vs Alabama live updates, game highlights, TV channel

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The Purdue men’s basketball team faces its toughest test of the season so far with a home game against Alabama.

Purdue (3-0) is ranked No. 12 in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll while Alabama (3-0) is ranked No. 2.

Will the Boilermakers remain undefeated? Stay tuned for live updates.

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Alabama cut Purdue’s lead to 2 points on several occasions, but the Boilermakers held the lead throughout the game.

Raleigh Burgess drilled a 3 at 7:46 to give Purdue some breathing room.

Purdue 26, Alabama 21

11:31 left 1H: Caleb Furst and Braden Smith made back-to-back baskets for the Boilermakers. Shortly after, Trey Kaufman-Renn hit a jumper.

At the 12:21 mark, Smith made a jump. Alabama’s Labaron Philon responded with a layup. Philon was brought down by Myles Colvin on the play and made the free kick. Purdue leads 15-11.

Purdue 15, Alabama 11

15:09 left 1H: Trey Kaufman-Renn opened the scoring with a 3-pointer at 18:10. Braden Smith made a layup at 15:36 to extend Purdue’s lead to 5-2.

Neither team is shooting that well so far. Purdue is 2-for-8 and Alabama is 1-for-6.

Purdue 5, Alabama 2

  • Date: Friday 15 Nov
  • Time: 19:00 ET
  • Location: Mackey Arena in West Lafayette

Purdue vs Alabama will steam at the Peacock. Paul Burmeister and Robbie Hummel and Caroline Pineda will serve as speakers. Streaming options for the game Peacock (subscribe today).

Nathan Baird, IndyStar: Purdue 86-82

“The Crimson Tide have had their own mid-major close calls early, and I’ll take the home crowd to push an ever-developing Purdue team over the top.”

ESPN’s matchup prediction giving Purdue a 52.5% chance to win.

(all times ET)

November 4: Purdue 90, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 73

Nov 8: Purdue 72, Northern Kentucky 50

Nov 11: Purdue 92, Yale 84

Fri 15 Nov: Alabama, at 19, Peacock

Tuesday 19 Nov: at Marquette, p.m. 21, FS1

Sat. Nov 23: vs. Marshall, dinner, B1G+ app

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