- Purdue improved to 29-7 overall with an 81-71 victory over No. 25-ranked and sixth-seeded Texas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
- Purdue's 29 wins are now the second most in school history (2018 - 30).
- Purdue had been defeated by Texas head coach Chris Beard twice before in the NCAA Tournament (2016 vs. Little Rock; 2018 vs. Texas Tech). Purdue entered the game with Texas with a 1-4 record against the Longhorns, including two losses in the NCAA Tournament.
- Purdue is now 6-0 all-time in NCAA Tournament in games played in Wisconsin (1969 Regionals; 2017 first and second rounds; 2022 first and second rounds). In each of the last two trips, Purdue defeated a Big 12 team to reach the Sweet 16 (2017 – Iowa State; 2022 – Texas).
- Purdue won its sixth game this season against a ranked opponent – good for the fourth most nationally.
- Matt Painter will be making his sixth Sweet 16 appearance, the 11th most for an active head coach.
- The Boilermakers will be making their fourth Sweet 16 appearance in the last five tournaments. Only Michigan and Gonzaga have made all five Sweet 16s in that span (since 2017).
- Among Big Ten teams since 2017, there have been 11 Sweet 16 appearances, with Michigan and Purdue accounting for nine of them (Michigan -5; Purdue – 4; Michigan State – 1; Wisconsin – 1).
- Purdue won both its games in Milwaukee by double-digits, being one of three teams to reach the Sweet 16 to do that (Houston, Villanova).
- Purdue's 46 free throw attempts were the 13th most in a game in school history and most since Jan. 9, 2002, vs. Illinois (46). The 33 made free throws were the 14th most in a game in school history and most since that same game (35).
- Since the 2010-11 NCAA Tournament, only Baylor (48) vs. Nebraska (March 21, 2014) and UCLA (47) vs. Michigan State (March 17, 2011) had more free throw attempts in the NCAA Tournament.
- During the two games in Milwaukee, Purdue went 60-of-79 (.759) from the free throw line. Opponents were 13-of-23 (.565).
- Purdue is now 19-0 when scoring over 80 points (26-0 when scoring 70 points) and has now won 40 straight games (Dec. 15, 2018 vs. Notre Dame) when scoring over 80 points.
- Purdue held Texas to 39.7 percent shooting from the field and during the two games in Milwaukee, opponents shot just 50-of-131 (.382) from the field.
- Jaden Ivey scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half and added three rebounds, three assists and one blocked shot.
- Since the 1992-93 season, Ivey is one of eight underclassmen (freshman or sophomore) with 600 points, 150 rebounds, 100 assists, 30 steals and 20 blocks in a season. He is one of four Big Ten players to do so in the last 30 years (Frank Kaminsky, Draymond Green, Evan Turner), and the only Purdue player to do so in school history.
- Ivey moved to 19th place on the school's single-season scoring list (615 points).
- Trevion Williams had 22 points, seven rebounds and two assists in the win. Williams now has 1,394 career points and 897 career rebounds. He needs six points and three rebounds to become the first player in school history with 1,400 points, 900 rebounds and 200 assists.
- Zach Edey recorded his 11th double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
- Williams and Edey combined for 33 points and 17 rebounds while going 12-of-19 from the field.
- Ethan Morton scored a career-high eight points and added two rebounds and two blocked shots. He made multiple 3-pointers in a game for the first time in his career.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Purdue's Jaden Ivey had to hear from Courtney Ramey all night as Texas' tenacious, talkative guard followed the future lottery pick up and down the court.
With just over a minute left, Ivey delivered the last word.
Purdue was clinging to a 74-71 lead when Ivey made a move to get clear of Ramey before sinking a 3-pointer with 1:01 remaining. That started a 7-0 run to end the game as Purdue outlasted Texas 81-71 in a second-round NCAA Tournament game Sunday night.
"All game he was chirping, just trying to get me out of rhythm," Ivey said. "I just stayed poised the whole game. That's what it comes down to. People are going to try to get you out of rhythm and try to talk to you. You've just got to stay focused on the main goal, and I felt like I did that."
Ramey sure made him work for it, though.
Ivey didn't score in the first 16 minutes of the game and didn't have a single basket in the first half. The Associated Press All-America second-team selection kept working and finished with 18 points to make sure Purdue finally got past Texas coach Chris Beard in March."Ramey's one of the best defenders in the country," Beard said. "Ivey's obviously a special player. We held him to four made field goals tonight. ... He got loose from us a few times. And give him all the credit. He's one of the quickest, fastest players that I've ever seen on tape and he was just as fast in person."
The third-seeded Boilermakers (29-7) gave away an early 14-point lead but recovered and advanced to an East Region semifinal on Friday in Philadelphia against this year's out-of-nowhere tourney darling, the 15th-seeded Saint Peter's.
"Just knowing what I've been through with those guys, it means a lot to be in this position," said Trevion Williams, who led Purdue with 22 points. "This is what we work for."
Purdue made the most of its size advantage and capitalized on a major disparity at the free-throw line. Purdue had 46 attempts, making 33, while the Longhorns went 7 of 12 on free throws.
Timmy Allen, Texas' leading scorer at 12.3 points per game, scored two points in 18 minutes before fouling out with 6:25 left. Christian Bishop also fouled out for Texas after getting 10 points and seven rebounds.
"Really the differential in the game, you guys know this, the free throws," Beard said. "(I've got to) be careful what I say. 46-12, there hasn't been a lot of games in the NCAA Tournament like that."
Beard had won each of his two previous NCAA Tournament matchups with coach Matt Painter's Boilermakers, who had the better seeding each time. Beard's Little Rock squad knocked off Purdue in the first round in 2016, and he led Texas Tech past the Boilermakers in a 2018 regional semifinal.
Marcus Carr led sixth-seeded Texas (22-12) with 23 points and Andrew Jones scored 17.
Big man Zach Edey had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Purdue, which also got 11 points from Eric Hunter Jr.
Purdue took a 28-14 lead after going on a 20-0 run as Texas went scoreless for a stretch of 9:44. But the Longhorns rallied to take the lead with just under 16 minutes left, and the game went back and forth from there.
"It just showed how tough we are, how determined we were to stay in this game," Jones said.
It was tied when Ivey drove and passed to Hunter, who sank a 3-pointer from in front of Purdue's bench with 9:17 left. Purdue stayed in front the rest of the way, though Texas kept it interesting.
Texas shrunk a 10-point deficit to three points in the span of a minute. Carr's 3-pointer made it 74-71 with 1:31 left.
Ivey then drained his long 3 and Texas never threatened again.
"To finish it the way we did is great," Ivey said. "I'm super proud of all our guys."
BIG PICTURE
Texas: The Longhorns showed in Beard's first year that they're ready to end their recent string of postseason misfortune. Their first-round victory over Virginia Tech was their first NCAA Tournament win since 2014. "This culture's strong, the coaching staff is strong, and players just got to come along with it and trust it," Jones said.
Purdue: The Boilermakers have won each of the last 31 games they've led at halftime, continuing a streak that began last season. They've outrebounded their first two NCAA Tournament foes 83-61 and have outscored them 60-13 from the foul line.
UP NEXT
Purdue is two wins away from its first Final Four berth since 1980.