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Sully's Court: Purdue's Robbie Hummel is still a clutch player

Print | Comments () Posted by Joe Sullivan, Globe Staff November 18, 2011 11:27 AM

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Not dead yet: I thought Robbie Hummel looked like his two knee surgeries had diminished him as a player, and they may have to some extent, but he was still terrific Thursday scoring 24 points including the game-winning three-pointer as Purdue beat Iona 91-90 in a thrilling game in the Puerto Rico tournament. Wish nothing but the best for Hummel. I still think Iona will have a great season, possibly make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Momo Jones, the transfer from Arizona, just didn’t execute in the final possession. He had given Iona a two-point lead in the previous possession before Hummel hit his three-pointer. The Gaels are going to win a lot of games.

An actual winning streak: Fran McCaffrey is having his first good stretch at Iowa as his Hawkeyes beat Northern Illinois 88-55 for the team’s first three-game winning streak since December, 2008.

Another streak: UMass is 3-0 after beating NJIT, the Minutemen have an intriguing matchup with BC at Conte Forum Monday night.

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