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.

Texas A&M added a huge win to its resume with a 70-66 victory over No. 11 Purdue. The Aggies were in control of the game most of the way, leading for nearly 32 minutes of the contest. Wade Taylor IV was a prolific scoring the basketball with 15 points but