No. 14 Purdue, Northern Kentucky look to build on openers

(Photo credit: Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)It might be too early to compare 7-foot-4 freshman Daniel Jacobsen to Zach Edey, the national Player of the Year in the past two seasons.

But Jacobsen did a passable imitation of Edey in No. 14 Purdue's season-opening 90-73 win over Texas AM-Corpus Christi, recording 13 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.

Jacobsen and the Boilermak