The final 10 minutes of Monday’s first half fit right into the celebration mode of the night. Purdue raised last season’s Final Four banner before tip-off and lifted the curtain on the 2024-25 campaign, and the mix of Myles Colvin’s 3-pointers, C.J. Cox’s hustle on defense, and Braden Smith’s floor game kept the party going. However, turnovers, missed free throws, and an undersized Texas A&M Corpus Christi team scoring at will in the paint put a bit of damper on the festivities. In the end, the 14-ranked Boilermakers had to work for their 90-73 season-opening victory over the Islanders, the pr…