Austin Peay State University's Elijah Hutchins-Everett tallied 19 points and seven rebounds in his team's 63-44 loss at RV/RV Purdue, Friday, inside Mackey Arena.
Hutchins-Everett scored the Governors first eight points, culminating with an old-fashioned 3-point play to trim an Austin Peay (0-2) deficit to two less than six minutes into the game. A steal and two-handed flush by Shon Robinson kept the Governors within four, 16-12, at the nine minute mark of the first half.
The Boilermakers countered with a 9-0 spurt in a span of 4:54 to grab a 25-12 upper hand following a fastbreak dunk by Caleb Furst. Cameron Copeland drained a jumper from the wing with 1:16 left before halftime to make the score 27-16, but Furst hit a layup as time expired to give his squad a 31-16 advantage at intermission.
Hutchins-Everett scored 10 of his 17 in the first 20 minutes, going 4-of-8 from the field and 1-of-2 from deep.
Zach Edey recorded 16 of his 30 points for Purdue (2-0) in the first half, shooting 8-of-8 inside the arc.
The Boilermakers were 0-of-11 from beyond the arc in the first half despite shooting 48.1 percent (13-of-27) from the floor.
Copeland and Hutchins-Everett canned consecutive treys as part of their team's 8-1 run less than four minutes into the second stanza. A Sean Durugordon fastbreak bucket trimmed the Governors' deficit to 36-26 with 16:57 to go, but Austin Peay would get no closer.
Edey finished 12-of-13 inside the arc and 6-of-10 from the charity stripe to go along with 11 rebounds in a double-double performance.
Purdue shot just 2-of-8 from deep in the second half but was 52.4 percent (11-of-21) from the field in the period.
The Boilermakers shot 50 percent (24-of-48) overall despite hitting on just 10.5 percent (2-of-19) from 3-point range. They shot 76.5 percent (13-of-17) from the line.
Hutchins-Everett, one of three Governors in double figures, was 7-of-17 from the floor and 3-of-3 from the stripe. Robinson contributed 11 points and was 5-of-6 from the free throw line. Copeland added 10 points and five rebounds.
Robinson came up with two of his team's four steals.
Austin Peay shot 90 percent (9-of-10) from the stripe after halftime and 90.9 percent (10-of-11) in the game.
The Governors forced 14 turnovers while committing only seven, their fewest since recording just six against Belmont on Jan. 28, 2021, a span of 44 games.
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