Purdue: Awaits its fate and seeding for the NCAA Tournament.Error fetching data. Penn State was in position to make it in 2020, but the tournament got canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Penn State: The Nittany Lions are headed to the NCAA for the first time since 2011, when they lost to Temple in the second round. Purdue: The Boilermakers have some momentum on their side after going 4-4 over the final eight regular-season games. But they could be a tough team to beat in the NCAA Tournament. Penn State: The Nittany Lions had no answers for Edey and came up short on a day when the shots weren’t falling.
The lead hit 17 when Mason Gillis nailed a 3 and Edey scored on a hook, making it 60-43 with 6:18 remaining. Purdue went on a 9-0 run early in the second half to break open a 43-38 game.Įdey and Caleb Furst got it started with layups, and Trey Kaufman-Renn finished it with a three-point play that stretched the lead to 52-38 with 10:10 remaining. But the Nittany Lions - one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the country - made just 7 of 23 from beyond the arc. Seth Lundy led Penn State with 19 points and Wynter scored 14. The Nittany Lions were the third double-digit seed to reach the Big Ten final and first since Illinois in 2008. Penn State had won eight of nine to put itself in position to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 12 years. scored 11 for the Boilermakers, who beat the Nittany Lions for the 16th time in the past 17 games. The 7-foot-4 center made 12 of 17 shots.ĭavid Jenkins Jr. Penn State’s Andrew Funk got the rebound, but after a timeout, Wynter got called for traveling just before the final buzzer.Įdey, the Big Ten Player of the Year, shook off the constant double teams and delivered another big performance for Purdue’s fifth straight win. Purdue’s Fletcher Loyer then made a free throw before missing the second. Evan Mahaffey then stole Brandon Newman’s inbound pass and fed Camren Wynter for a layup that made it a one-point game with six seconds remaining. Purdue led 66-60 when Myles Dread nailed a 3 with 16 seconds remaining. Penn State (22-13) made things interesting in the final minute. They came away with their second title to go with one in 2009. The Boilermakers (29-5) led by as much as 17 in the second half, only to have the lead shrink to one in the closing seconds.
5 Purdue hung on to beat Penn State 67-65 in the Big Ten Tournament championship game Sunday. CHICAGO (AP) - Zach Edey scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and No.
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