Purdue’s Loss Questionable?

On November 28 the Purdue Boilermakers lost to the Oklahoma Sooners in the preseason NIT finals. The game went into overtime and some very questionable fouls were called. Including one in overtime that gave the Sooners the momentum to go ahead and take the game. The game was very well played and showed how good both teams were; in the first half there was a total of almost eight points scored by the two teams combined. The leading scorers for the Purdue Boilermakers were E’twaun Moore with twenty-two points and Nemanja Calasan with twenty points. The leading scorers for the Oklahoma Sooners were Willie Warren with twenty –two points, Taylor Griffin with nineteen points, and Blake Griffin with eighteen points. Blake Griffin is a beast because in this game he had more boards that points which in my opinion is just beasty. Blake Griffin pretty much dominated the entire game and came out with twenty one rebounds, nineteen points, three assists, two steals, and two blocks. I believe that although Purdue was dominated by Blake Griffin, which they should not have lost. The reason for the loss was both a little bit of Purdue’s fault; most of all though it was the refs fault because although Purdue put their team into this position that refs were not calling fair fouls. The foul that was definitely not fair was when E’twaun Moore was called for an intentional foul although it did not even look like he had fouled the other team’s player. Purdue was not playing well at all the whole night, though, they did not look like the team that came out and beat Boston College. They just didn’t seem like they were all on the same page so maybe they deserved to lose this game and get it out of the way.