There was no more fitting way for Purdue’s regular season to end and for senior day to play out than for the Boilermakers to find themselves in a harrowingly close game, only for its three seniors to quite literally save the day.
Behind immense contributions from Eric Hunter, Sasha Stefanovic and Trevion Williams, Purdue survived rival Indiana, 69-67.
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WHAT HAPPENED
You really couldn’t have scripted a better senior day story.
As it so often has this season, Purdue stood on the brink after Indiana had erased leads that peaked at 13 before halftime and eight after halftime, and fell behind the Hoosiers by four with less than seven minutes to play.
It was a familiar story: Missed free throws, defensive difficulties against ball-screen offense and a self-destructive stretch of turnovers, in this case five of them over the span of six trips down the floor.
Then,…
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