WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.-  The University of Indianapolis men's basketball team tipped-off its 2007-08 campaign with an 89-65 exhibition loss at host Purdue University.  The game was the first in a pair of preseason tuneups for Indianapolis prior to the official start of the season vs. Brescia on Nov. 15.

It was a turnover prone game early on, with both teams combining for eight miscures prior to the first television stoppage.  DeAndre Brock hit a tough off-balance deuce from the corner to knot the score at 5-5 with 15:11 remaining on the clock.  The score was retied at 13-13 on Braxton Mills' trey and Tyler Kitchel followed with a triple of his own as the teams picked up the scoring pace.

The Boilers built a lead of 19 thanks to an 18-5 run near the end of the half.  Purdue went into the locker room at half with a 46-30 edge.  UIndy struggled from the line in the opening 30 minutes, connecting on just 6-of-14 freebies.  The Hounds also turned the ball over 13 times in the opening frame to contribute to the deficit.

PU upped its lead to as many as 27 before the Greyhounds put together a small run late in the second half.  UIndy spread out its scoring, with nine Hounds finding the scoresheet.  Brock led UIndy with his 15 points while Tyke Cockerham added 12 points.  Mills and Myron Jackson each had a team-high eight rebounds with Jackson chipping-in three steals.

The Greyhounds will play their final tuneup on Monday, prior the start of the regular season.  UIndy heads to Wright State University for the second straight season for a battle with the host Radiers, led by former Greyhound assistant coach Brad Brownell. 

Notes:  All ten Greyhounds that dressed for the game, saw minutes on the court, led by Cockerham's 28 minutes ... Two UIndy players did not dress (Jordan Barnard- injury and Sebastian Moore- football) ... It marked the third straight season that the Hounds have played a Big Ten foe in an exhibition (Indiana the past two seasons).