WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The UIndy men's basketball team opened the 2025-26 season on Wednesday with an exhibition contest at Purdue, the consensus top-ranked team at the NCAA Division I level. The Boilermakers, who wrapped up their exhibition slate against the Greyhounds, won, 92-49.
 
First-year Hounds Shaun Arnold and Carmelo Harris impressed in their respective debuts; Harris finished with a team-high 19 points, including five 3-pointers, while Arnold filled the box score with eight points, five assists, five steals, and three rebounds.
 
Kelvin Amoako led all Hounds with 33 minutes of action, recording seven boards and five points.
 
UIndy hung with the top-ranked Boilermakers for the first 19 minutes, with Elad Bakshi and Ethan Edwards joining Harris in the triple column to inch back within 10 as halftime loomed. Purdue responded, however, quickly increasing its lead to 18 at the break.
 
Bakshi, a freshman out of Tel Aviv, played with Purdue rookie Omer Mayer over in Israel on an U18 squad that advanced to the Patras finals in the Euroleague Next Gen Tournament in 2022.
 
The Boilers maintained their hot hand from deep in the second half, shooting 9-of-16 from 3-point range in the final 20 minutes. Although the shots refused to fall for the Hounds, the visitors protected the rock at a slightly better clip than their hosts with a 9-8 edge. UIndy forced 13 turnovers over the course of the evening, six more than Purdue committed against fellow top-10 opponent Kentucky last Friday.
 
IU Indianapolis transfer Nate Dudukovich logged 20 minutes in his first appearance in the Crimson & Grey, totaling six points off a triple and a 3-for-5 effort at the charity stripe.
 
Noah Kon, who saw his season last winter come to an early end due to injury, got the scoring started on Wednesday, capping an and-1 opportunity with a swish in the game's first possession. The graduate student added three boards to his final line.
 
The Greyhounds begin the regular season at in-region Kentucky Wesleyan on Friday, Nov. 14 in Owensboro, Ky. UIndy has won each of the past two meetings with KWC, including last season's opening-night overtime victory in Nicoson Hall.