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On Sunday, the No. 17 Boilermakers did, and they overcame a 13-point second-half deficit to win their seventh straight game, 73-63 over Minnesota before another sellout crowd of 14,804 at Mackey Arena.
Purdue (16-6, 9-2) has won 10 of its last 11 contests and moved into a first-place tie in the Big Ten Conference with Michigan and Michigan State. Both the Wolverines and Spartans lost earlier this weekend.
Minnesota (16-6, 6-5), which had won three of its previous four, led 47-34 with 14 minutes left before the Boilermakers outscored the Gophers 39-16 the rest of the way. A Ryan Cline 3-pointer with 8:39 remaining put Purdue ahead for good at 52-49, and 37 seconds later he drained another one - the 200th of his career - to cap a 21-2 barrage.
The Golden Gophers still had a chance trailing 64-59 with two and a half minutes to go, but Grady Eifert beat the shot clock with a 3-pointer of his own to cap Purdue's 11th home-court win this season without a loss.
Behind freshman Trevion Williams, Purdue led most of the first half. He scored 10 points in helping the Boilermakers build a 25-18 advantage with six minutes left before intermission. But the Gophers subsequently outscored the Boilermakers 10-2 to take a 28-27 lead into the locker room.
Minnesota continued its assault in the second half, using a 19-7 run to create some serious separation before the Boilermakers regrouped and responded.
Williams (season-high-tying 16 points) and Matt Haarms (15) combined for 31 points, playing together at times in the second half. Haarms also contributed eight rebounds and five blocked shots, both career-high-tying totals.
Carsen Edwards, limited to two first-half points, finished with 17 to pace Purdue. Cline and Nojel Eastern both added 11.
Purdue shot 47.5 percent from the field but just 20.8 percent from 3-point range (5 of 24) and 58.8 percent from the free throw line (10 of 17). The Boilermakers outrebounded the Gophers 36-35, including 21-12 in the second half.
Minnesota's Amir Coffey led all players with 22 points.
In the first six victories of their winning streak, the Boilermakers trailed for just 19:23 of 250 minutes, including merely 3:34 after halftime. Minnesota led this game for 11:12, but Purdue found another way to win.
Purdue now has six days until its next game. Nebraska visits Mackey on Feb. 9 for an 8:30 p.m. ET tip. The game is sold out and will be televised by BTN. It is the Boilermakers' Hammer Down Cancer Game, with the jerseys being auctioned and proceeds going to the Tyler Trent Endowment Fund at the Purdue Center for Cancer Research.
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#BoilerNotes
- Purdue improved to 16-6 overall and moved into a first-place tie in the Big Ten race at 9-2 with a 73-63 win over Minnesota at Mackey Arena on Sunday.
- Purdue is now 40-7 all-time at Mackey Arena against Minnesota and is 10-1 under Painter at home against the Gophers.
- Purdue has won seven straight Big Ten games, five of them coming by double-digits … Purdue trailed 47-34 with 14:05 to play, but outscored the Gophers 39-16 during the remainder of the game to rally for the win … the 13-point, second-half comeback is Purdue's first second-half double-digit comeback since beating Notre Dame on Dec. 17, 2016.
- Purdue's seven straight league wins is tied for the fourth-longest streak during the Painter era … Purdue is now 11-0 at home, having won 13 straight games dating to last year … the Boilermakers are now 38-4 against Big Ten opponents in Mackey Arena since the start of the 2014-15 season … Purdue is 59-4 at Mackey Arena since the start of the 2015-16 season.
- Matt Painter moved into 13th place on the Big Ten's regular-season wins list for league games only with 151 victories.
- Purdue trailed for 11 minutes, 12 seconds against Minnesota, just the second time during the seven-game win streak that an opponent led for more than 10 minutes (Ohio State – 11:22).
- Purdue has won 29 of its last 30 games when committing fewer turnovers and outrebounding its opponent.
- Purdue's senior class has now won 99 games, needing one more to become the fifth class in school history with 100 victories … the school record is 107 (Class of 2011).
- Purdue made a season-low five 3-pointers and shot a season-low 20.8 percent from deep (5-of-24).
- Purdue is 24-5 in Big Ten play since the start of last year.
- Purdue scored a season-best 48 points in the paint.
- Purdue has had five players in double-figures in each of the last two games after not doing so in the season's first 20 games.
- Purdue's seven turnovers were its lowest in Big Ten play.
- Purdue's two post players, Trevion Williams and Matt Haarms, combined for 31 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks on 15-20 FGs … Williams tied a career-high with 16 points (8-11 FGs) with four rebounds, while Haarms had 15 points, eight rebounds and career-high five blocked shots (7-9 FGs).
- Ryan Cline became the eighth player in Purdue history to connect on 200 career 3-pointers … he tallied 11 points with three assists and is now 36-of-71 (.507) from 3-point range in Big Ten play.
- Carsen Edwards tallied 17 points with five rebounds, five assists and two steals … he moved into seventh on the single-season 3-pointers made list at Purdue (85) … he passed Brian Cardinal for 19th on the school's career scoring list, now with 1,585 points.
- Nojel Eastern scored 11 points with, six rebounds, four assists and two steals … he is now 29-of-35 (.829) from the free throw line in the last seven games after going 5-of-6 today … he saw a streak of 18 straight made free throws end with 21 seconds left.
On Sunday, the No. 17 Boilermakers did, and they overcame a 13-point second-half deficit to win their seventh straight game, 73-63 over Minnesota before another sellout crowd of 14,804 at Mackey Arena.
Purdue (16-6, 9-2) has won 10 of its last 11 contests and moved into a first-place tie in the Big Ten Conference with Michigan and Michigan State. Both the Wolverines and Spartans lost earlier this weekend.
Minnesota (16-6, 6-5), which had won three of its previous four, led 47-34 with 14 minutes left before the Boilermakers outscored the Gophers 39-16 the rest of the way. A Ryan Cline 3-pointer with 8:39 remaining put Purdue ahead for good at 52-49, and 37 seconds later he drained another one - the 200th of his career - to cap a 21-2 barrage.
The Golden Gophers still had a chance trailing 64-59 with two and a half minutes to go, but Grady Eifert beat the shot clock with a 3-pointer of his own to cap Purdue's 11th home-court win this season without a loss.
Behind freshman Trevion Williams, Purdue led most of the first half. He scored 10 points in helping the Boilermakers build a 25-18 advantage with six minutes left before intermission. But the Gophers subsequently outscored the Boilermakers 10-2 to take a 28-27 lead into the locker room.
Minnesota continued its assault in the second half, using a 19-7 run to create some serious separation before the Boilermakers regrouped and responded.
Williams (season-high-tying 16 points) and Matt Haarms (15) combined for 31 points, playing together at times in the second half. Haarms also contributed eight rebounds and five blocked shots, both career-high-tying totals.
Carsen Edwards, limited to two first-half points, finished with 17 to pace Purdue. Cline and Nojel Eastern both added 11.
Purdue shot 47.5 percent from the field but just 20.8 percent from 3-point range (5 of 24) and 58.8 percent from the free throw line (10 of 17). The Boilermakers outrebounded the Gophers 36-35, including 21-12 in the second half.
Minnesota's Amir Coffey led all players with 22 points.
In the first six victories of their winning streak, the Boilermakers trailed for just 19:23 of 250 minutes, including merely 3:34 after halftime. Minnesota led this game for 11:12, but Purdue found another way to win.
Purdue now has six days until its next game. Nebraska visits Mackey on Feb. 9 for an 8:30 p.m. ET tip. The game is sold out and will be televised by BTN. It is the Boilermakers' Hammer Down Cancer Game, with the jerseys being auctioned and proceeds going to the Tyler Trent Endowment Fund at the Purdue Center for Cancer Research.