No. 4 Purdue's 9-Game Win Streak Over Indiana Snapped 68-65No. 4 Purdue's 9-Game Win Streak Over Indiana Snapped 68-65

No. 4 Purdue's 9-Game Win Streak Over Indiana Snapped 68-65

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Indiana 68, [4] Purdue 65 (Postgame Notes)
  • Indiana ended Purdue's nine-game win streak in the series with a 68-65 decision on Thursday night. It was Indiana's first win over Purdue since Feb. 2016, snapping the longest win streak for Purdue in the series in almost 90 years.
  • Purdue is now 0-3 this season when being held under 70 points. The Boilermakers were held under 1.00 points / possession for the first time all season.
  • Purdue saw a 31-game win streak snapped when shooting a higher field goal percentage than its opponent (Purdue 46.3 percent; Indiana 42.9 percent).
  • Purdue's bench scored just 4 points. It had scored at least 25 points in all the 12 previous games.
  • Purdue was outscored at the free throw line, 14-7, the second time all season it has been outscored from the free throw line (Rutgers).
  • Purdue's center tandem of Zach Edey and Trevion Williams combined for just 14 points. The duo's previous low was 19 points vs. Iowa.
  • Purdue starters went 23-of-45 (.511) from the field. Its bench went just 2-of-9 (.222).
  • Trevion Williams passed Vince Edwards for eighth on Purdue's career rebounds list, now with 780.
  • Jaden Ivey scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Rob Phinisee scored a season-high 17 points in the first half and then made the decisive 3-pointer with 16.5 seconds left to send Indiana past No. 4 Purdue 68-65 on Thursday night.

Phinisee finished with a career-best 20 points as the Hoosiers (14-4, 5-3 Big Ten) snapped a nine-game losing streak in the series against their top rival and improved to 12-0 at home this season — sending fans streaming onto the court. Xavier Johnson added 18 points and Phinisee had four steals.

Jaden Ivey scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half for Purdue but missed two potential go-ahead shots in the final seven seconds, including a 3 at the buzzer. Mason Gillis had 13 points and seven rebounds as the Boilermakers (15-3, 4-3) lost for the first time in their last six trips to Assembly Hall.

In a game when All-American hopeful Trayce Jackson-Davis struggled with early foul trouble, Phinisee became the star against his hometown school. He made his first six shots, his first three 3-pointers and came within one point of matching his career high — at halftime.

With Jackson-Davis on the bench and Phinisee leading the way, Indiana methodically erased an early 16-8 deficit and then used a 14-0 run to take a 35-24 lead late in the first half.

Ivey led Purdue back in the second half. The Boilermakers used a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to 59-58, and tied the score at 63 on Ivey's mid-range jumper with 3:36 left. And on its third chance to take the lead, Purdue finally did — courtesy of Gillis' layup with 1:08 to go.

But Phinisee won it on a 3 from the corner with 16.9 seconds left. Jackson-Davis added two free throws with 5.1 seconds remaining to close out the scoring.