It was a pretty tough Sunday all the way around for the Iowa basketball team at Purdue’s Mackey Arena.

That extended beyond the score, where the Boilermakers used 54-percent shooting in the second half to roll to a 75-53 win over the Hawkeyes and Iowa finished with more turnovers than field goals for the third straight game.

Iowa guard Anthony Tucker received an earful of taunts from Purdue’s student section, well aware of the freshman’s December arrest on public intoxication charges.

Center David Palmer, replacing injured Cyrus Tate, performed admirably but was winded less than five minutes into the game. Palmer tugged on his jersey toward the Iowa bench a couple of trips down the floor before a replacement was brought in. Once he reached the bench, Tate playfully offered Palmer a water bottle as the junior attempted to catch his breath.

Purdue played one of its better games of the season against Iowa, allowing a typical defensive performance to fuel an effective offense.

The Hawkeyes shot 36 percent from the field, nearly mirroring the 36.1 percent Boilermakers opponents have shot this season and one reason Purdue ranks second nationally in field-goal percentage defense.

Iowa won’t have much time to worry about what transpired. The game was the first of three this week for the Hawkeyes, who host Wisconsin on Wednesday and visit Penn State on Saturday.

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