- Purdue won its second Big Ten Tournament title with a 67-65 win over Penn State in Chicago on Sunday afternoon. The title was Purdue's first since the 2009 season.
- Purdue became the first Big Ten team since 2019 (Michigan State) to win both the regular-season title and tournament titles. The Boilermakers are the first Big Ten team to win the regular-season title by at least three games and win the tournament title.
- Purdue won its 29th game and has set the school record for most victories in a two-year span (58). Purdue is now 58-13 since the start of last season.
- The Boilermakers were making their fourth title-game appearance in the last seven tournaments, and is now 2-4 all-time in Big Ten Championship games.
- Purdue improved to 30-6 under Matt Painter against Penn State. The Boilermakers have won 16 of the last 17 games against the Nittany Lions.
- Purdue is now 5-1 in the last two Big Ten Tournaments.
- Purdue will enter the NCAA Tournament with a 17-5 record against KenPom top-50 teams – the most wins in the country against the top 50.
- The Boilermakers improved to 7-0 in neutral-site games and lead the country in wins away from home with 15.
- Zach Edey was named tournament MVP after averaging 26.0 points and 12.7 rebounds in the three tournament games.
- Edey became the first Purdue player to score 30 or more points in consecutive games since Glenn Robinson in 1994.
- Edey now has eight 30-10 games this season, the most for a major-college player in the last 15 years, surpassing the seven by Duke's Marvin Bagley and Texas' Kevin Durant.
- Edey surpassed 1,500 career points in the win over Penn State, and now has 736 points (6th in school history), 423 rebounds (2nd in school history), 69 blocks and 51 assists this season. He needs 14 points and 37 rebounds to become the first player since Navy's David Robinson (1986) to have 750 points, 450 rebounds and 50 blocks in a season.
- Edey's 78 points and 38 rebounds in a single Big Ten Tournament are both the most in school history. The 78 points are the 7th most by any player in Big Ten Tournament history while the 38 rebounds are 4th.
- Braden Smith's 17 assists in the three games were the most for a Purdue player in a single Big Ten Tournament.
CHICAGO -- Zach Edey draped the net around his neck and had no plans to relinquish it until whenever coach Matt Painter asked for it.
He wanted to soak up every last drop of this moment.
Edey scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and No. 5 Purdue hung on to beat Penn State 67-65 in the Big Ten Tournament championship game Sunday.
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. They came away with their second title to go with one in 2009. Not long after, Purdue was named a No. 1 seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament.
"It's a great feeling," said Edey, who was wearing a tournament championship cap and T-shirt to go with the net dangling from his neck. "Obviously we've got two nets, we've got two hats with the netting on them, we've got two trophies. It rewards the work that you're putting in and validates all of it."
Purdue won the Big Ten regular-season championship by three games and looked like it was well on its way to an easy victory in the conference tournament final. But Penn State (22-13) made things interesting down the stretch, particularly in the final minute.
Purdue led 66-60 when Myles Dread nailed a 3 with 16 seconds remaining. 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's Fletcher Loyer then made a free throw before missing the second. Penn State's Andrew Funk got the rebound, but after a timeout, Wynter got called for traveling just before the final buzzer.
"We're fighters, man," Penn State star Jalen Pickett said. "We got down, but we didn't want it to end. We wanted to raise that trophy at the end, and we just kept fighting. Made our way back. We started pressing a little bit, causing them problems. That's us gonna be us. We're going to try and figure something out and we're not going to give up until the end."