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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – No. 13-ranked Penn State shot 51.9 percent from the field and made 14 of 26 3-point attempts to defeat Purdue 88-76 at Mackey Arena.
Mike Watkins scored 19 points off the bench, while freshman Seth Lundy made six 3-pointers en route to 18 points to lead five Nittany Lions in double figures.
Trevion Williams scored 17 points with 10 rebounds for Purdue.
The Nittany Lions led 33-28 with just over two minutes to play in the first half, but ended on a 9-2 run to take a 42-30 halftime lead. Penn State stretched the lead to 62-39, before a fierce Purdue rally cut the lead to 81-74 with just over a minute to play. The Boilermakers would get no closer in falling to 14-11 on the season.
Purdue travels to Ohio State for a noon tipoff on Saturday.
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- Purdue fell to 14-11 overall and 7-7 in the Big Ten with an 88-76 loss to No. 13-ranked Penn State … the loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Boilermakers.
- The Penn State win was the Nittany Lions' first in Mackey Arena since Feb. 18, 2006.
- Since 2014-15, Penn State became just the sixth team to shoot over 50.0 percent from the field at Mackey Arena … it also became just the seventh team to score over 80 points in that timeframe.
- In its last 13 games as an unranked team facing a ranked team at Mackey Arena, Purdue is now 11-2 (losses to Illinois and Penn State).
- The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak during the month of February.
- Purdue has now lost three home games this year … from the 2015-16 to 2018-19 seasons, Purdue lost a total of four home games.
- Trevion Williams recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
- Eric Hunter Jr., recorded his fourth straight double-figure scoring game with 14 points.
- Isaiah Thompson's 15 points were two shy of his career high set against Chicago State (17).
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – No. 13-ranked Penn State shot 51.9 percent from the field and made 14 of 26 3-point attempts to defeat Purdue 88-76 at Mackey Arena.
Mike Watkins scored 19 points off the bench, while freshman Seth Lundy made six 3-pointers en route to 18 points to lead five Nittany Lions in double figures.
Trevion Williams scored 17 points with 10 rebounds for Purdue.
The Nittany Lions led 33-28 with just over two minutes to play in the first half, but ended on a 9-2 run to take a 42-30 halftime lead. Penn State stretched the lead to 62-39, before a fierce Purdue rally cut the lead to 81-74 with just over a minute to play. The Boilermakers would get no closer in falling to 14-11 on the season.
Purdue travels to Ohio State for a noon tipoff on Saturday.