PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Purdue‘s Zach Edey, the reigning faculty basketball participant of the hour, wasn’t overly serious about changing into simply the 6th participant in Weighty Ten Convention historical past to have 2,000 issues and 1,000 rebounds.
The senior, who scored 26 issues to surpass 2,000 for his collegiate profession, known as it simply some other accomplishment.
Beating Rutgers at the highway on Sunday? That gave the weighty Canadian heart a significantly better feeling next he led the Incorrect. 2 Boilermakers to a difficult 68-60 win over the Scarlet Knights.
“I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a matchup I was looking forward to,” Edey stated next Purdue (19-2, 8-2) ended a three-game dropping streak at Jersey Mike’s Enviornment, making it the extreme convention highway venue the place he had now not gained. “It was definitely a game that I wanted to win a lot.”
It used to be most effective Purdue’s 3rd win over Rutgers (10-9, 2-6) within the extreme 8 conferences, and this one didn’t come simple in spite of the Boilermakers taking a 14-point top early in the second one part.
“It’s a tough challenge,” Boilermaker schoolteacher Matt Painter stated. “They have been better than us. It’s that simple. We might be better in winning games, but in head-to-head matchups, they are better than us.”
The Scarlet Knights rallied and two times were given to inside two issues of the top. The second one hour, safeguard Braden Smith accident a grasp floater to focus on a 19-point efficiency and provides Purdue its 5th instantly win.
Aundre Hyatt had 15 issues and Cliff Omoruyi 13 for Scarlet Knights, who made it a competition by means of capturing 50% in the second one part. Freshman Gavin Griffiths got here off the bench and accident a jumper with 5:19 to play games to snip the Purdue top to 55-53.
Next Smith accident his weighty shot, Omoruyi made considered one of two independent throws, Fletcher Loyer after made 3 independent throws next being fouled on a long-range shot, Smith accident a layup and Edey had a dunk to position the sport out of achieve.
“Not many people have a 7-4 guy that catches everything and makes free throws and does what he does,” stated Rutgers schoolteacher Steve Pikiell, whose workforce outrebounded Purdue 36-32, together with 15-6 at the offensive forums. “I thought Cliff battled him pretty good.”
Rutgers had incorrect ground objectives within the ultimate 2:02 and most effective two within the ultimate 5:19 in dropping at house for the second one hour in 11 video games this season.
“Basketball is a game of runs,” stated Purdue safeguard Lance Jones, who had season highs of 10 rebounds and 8 assists in offsetting a 1-of-10 capturing night time. “They were bound to make one or two (runs) at home in front of a nice crowd, so it was bound to happen. But we stuck together and weathered the storm.”
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Purdue: Hosts Northwestern on Wednesday.
Rutgers: Hosts Penn Order on Wednesday.
