INDIANAPOLIS — Texas A&M's defense put on a masterclass against a Purdue basketball team that has had its way in recent years at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Boilermakers came out cold from the outside and had no semblance of an inside game, seeing passing ...

As Purdue prepared to set its halfcourt offense, guard Fletcher Loyer turned and appeared to more or less toss the ball right to an Aggies defender. No need to single out Loyer, responsible for merely two of the Boilermakers' 16 turnovers.

Two separate scoring droughts that amounted to more than 10 total minutes proved costly in Purdue's 70-66 loss to Texas A&M in Saturday's Indy Classic.