Jan 12, 2002
Purdue-Minnesota Box Score in PDF Format
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By DAN GELSTON
Associated Press Writer
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Kevin Burleson and Rick Rickert each scored 24 points as Minnesota rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Purdue 87-71 Saturday.
The Golden Gophers (10-5, 3-1 Big Ten) trailed by one with 9{ minutes left in the game before going on a 23-7 run to pull ahead 81-66.
Rickert put Minnesota ahead after he converted a 3-point play. Travarus Bennett and Rickert hit consecutive 3-pointers to make it 67-59.
Brett Buscher followed with a basket for the Boilermakers, but they failed to make another shot until nearly 7 minutes later when Maynard Lewis scored with 58.3 seconds remaining
Dusty Rychart scored 14 points for Minnesota, which has won three straight. Burleson scored 14 points in the second half to set his career high.
Willie Deane led Purdue (9-9, 1-3) with 29 points but 22 came in the first half. He went 9-for-10 in the first half and made all four of his 3-point attempts as the Boilermakers shot 57 overall.
As Deane went into a slump in the second half, so did Purdue. He missed all eight of his shots from the floor, and Purdue only made six baskets.
Darmetreis Kilgore added 12 points and John Allison had 10 for the Boilermakers, who were coming off a victory Wednesday over No. 9 Illinois.
The Boilermakers led 40-29 in the first half following two straight 3-pointers by Deane, but the Golden Gophers scored five straight points to make it 40-34.