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LIVE BLOG: Follow Purdue's Game at Michigan in Real Time

Purdue has worked its way back to the top of the Big Ten standings, and now the hard work begins to stay there, starting with a stern test on Thursday night at Michigan. Here is our live blog, straight from press row here at the Crisler Center.

Tom Brew

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Greeting from the beautiful Crisler Center at the University of Michigan, where the No. 3-ranked Purdue Boilermakers look to keep their grasp on the Big Ten lead with another showdown against the Wolverines.

The two teams just met five days ago, with Purdue winning 82-76 at Mackey Arena. Thursday's game was originally supposed to be played on Jan. 11, but it was postponed because of COVID-19 issues inside the Michigan program at the time.

If you're not familiar with our live blog, we'll keep you updated live in real time straight from press row, with news and views as they happen. We'll add highlights and opinion as well. The most recent items are on the top, so just keep refreshing.

Enjoy the game!!

FINAL: Michigan wins this one 82-54, and Purdue falls out of first place. Here's the game story ... CLICK HERE

And here's Tom Brew's column from Friday morning ... CLICK HERE

10:45 p.m. — This is getting very ugly. Hunter Dickinson hits a three and it's now 78-52 Michigan with 3:40 to go. First blowout loss of the year. 

10:33 — Michigan has been killing Purdue inside, so Matt Painter has decided to play Trevion Williams and Zach Edey at the same time. It's not working. Eli Brooks simply goes out on the perimeter and hits two three-pointers and a mid-range jumper for eight straight points. The Michigan lead is now up to 19 points and 66-47, and Painter has to call another timeout. Nothing going well.

10:22 p.m. — Jaden Ivey takes a hard fall on a drive to the basket, and comes up holding his back. Michigan continues to have its way on the offensive end, and the Wolverines lead by 16 at 55-39 with 11:41 to go.

10:14 p.m. — Michigan point guard DeVante' Jones gets into the lane too easy and scores again for the Wolverines, Suddenly the lead is up to 14 points at 50-36. Purdue's defense has been terrible tonight.

10:08 p.m. — Hunter Dickinson draws a third foul on Zack Edey, and he heads back to the bench. He's only played seven minutes so far. Michigan leads 48-36.

10:05 p.m. — Poor start for Purdue. Mason Gillis airballs a three, and then Caleb Houstan nails one for Michigan on the other end. Michigan up 41-29, its largest lead of the game.

HALFTIME — We've reached halftime here at the Crisler Center, and Michigan leads 38-29. They've been the better teams so far, for sure. Jaden Ivey has 11 points for Purdue, and Trevion Williams has 10. The rest of the team has scored just eight points in the half, on 3-of-9 shooting.

9:45 p.m. — Michigan's Hunter Dickinson hits a three-pointer right in front of the Purdue bench and then stares them down on the way back. Michigan leads by seven, 36-29.

9:35 p.m. — Sasha Stefanovic has yet to find his range for Purdue. He's 0-for-3 from three so far. Purdue is just 1-for-8 from three as a teamMichigan leads 31-24 with 3:43 to go at the last media timeout of the half.

9:30 p.m. — Hunter Dickinson hits his first three to put Michigan back ahead. That's just five points for him so far. Purdue doing a nice job on him. He had 28 at Purdue on Sunday. ... Spoke too soon. He hits a 15-footer as well, and now Michigan leads 29-24.

9:25 p.m. — Michigan has five offensive rebounds, a frustrating trend. Purdue has it tied, though, deadlocked at 24-24 with 7:54 to go in the first half. 

9:15 p.m. — Michigan's full-court pressure is causing a few problems for Purdue. Three early turnovers, and Michigan leads 20-16. Jaden Ivey is in attack mode for the Boilers. He's got 10 quick points.

9:08 p.m. — Michigan calls an early timeout to get some subs in. The Wolverines lead 13-10 with 15:13 to go. Trevion Williams and Jaden Ivey each with four points for Purdue. Isaiah Thompson and Caleb Furst enter for Purdue after the break.

9:03 p.m. — Purdue center Zach Edey picks up a foul just 39 seconds into the game, and coach Matt Painter immediately takes him out for Trevion Williams. That's a quick hook. 

9:01 p.m. — Purdue wearing the black jerseys tonight, Michigan wearing white. Several thousand empty seats. Certainly not Mackey Arena. Purdue wins the tip, and scores on a Jaden Ivey drive to the basket.

8:55 p.m. — Purdue enters the game in a three-way tie with Illinois and Wisconsin for the Big Ten lead. All three are 10-3 in the league. Wisconsin hosts Rutgers on Saturday, and Illinois hosts Northwestern on Sunday.

8:45 p.m. — Here are Michigan's starters: Moussa Diabate, DeVante' Jones, Hunter Dickinson, Caleb Houstan and Eli Brooks.

8:35 p.m. — No changes to the recent starting lineup for Purdue. It's Zach Edey, Mason Gillis, Jaden Ivey, Sasha Stefanovic and Eric Hunter Jr. 

8:25 p.m. — Purdue opened as a 3-point favorite on Thursday morning, and the line has changed ever so slightly. Here's the movement today, and a full breakdown on what both teams have done all season against the number. CLICK HERE

8:15 p.m. — Tipoff is scheduled for just after 9 p.m. ET, and the game is on ESPN tonight. Here's everything you need to know on how to watch. CLICK HERE

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Tom Brew
TOM BREW

Tom Brew is an award-winning journalist who's worked at some America's finest newspapers, including the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the Indianapolis Star. He also owns the book publishing company, Hilltop30 Publishing Group, and he has written four books and published 16 others.

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