- Purdue improved to 17-1 overall and 6-1 in the Big Ten with a 64-63 victory over Michigan State in East Lansing. The win was Purdue's fourth in a row, three of which have come on the road (Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan State).
- Purdue will play its last road game in a "four-in-five" game stretch on the road on Thursday at Minnesota. The Boilermakers are 4-0 during this stretch – it's most-difficult stretch of the season.
- Purdue has won eight of its last 11 games against Michigan State, its best stretch against the Spartans since going 8-3 against Michigan State from 1992 to 1998.
- Purdue's 17-1 start is the program's best 18-game start since the 1987-88 season (17-1). Purdue has never started 18-1 through 19 games.
- Purdue is now 5-0 on the road, the most road wins this season for any power-conference program. The five-game road-winning streak is the third-longest road winning streak under Matt Painter.
- The victory was Purdue's seventh quad-1 victory, the most in the country. Six of them have come away from Mackey Arena. Purdue is unbeaten in quad-1 games away from Mackey Arena.
- Head coach Matt Painter became the seventh Big Ten coach with 200 conference victories. He is now 200-116 in his 18th season in the Big Ten.
- Purdue has held every opponent this season to 70 points or fewer. Purdue has won 40 straight games when holding foes to 70 points or less.
- Purdue went 16-of-18 from the free throw line in the victory.
- Zach Edey scored the go-ahead basket with 2.2 seconds left to give Purdue the 64-63 win. It marks the second time this season that Purdue has scored the go-ahead basket in the last 12 seconds to win (Fletcher Loyer vs. Ohio State).
- Zach Edey continued his National Player of the Year campaign with 32 points, 17 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. He now has four 30-10 games, one of four players in school history with at least four 30-10 games (Terry Dischinger, Dave Schellhase, Glenn Robinson).
- Edey recorded his 10th straight double-double, now the third-longest streak in Purdue history (Terry Dischinger – 12; Dave Schellhase – 11).
- Edey is now the only Big Ten player in the last 25 years with multiple 30-15 games in a season. His two 30-15 games are the second most in the last 25 years behind Duke's Marvin Bagley (4).
- Edey became just the third-high major player in the last decade (North Carolina's Luke Maye and Brice Johnson) to have at least 32 points and 17 rebounds in a road victory.
- Fletcher Loyer scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half, including 11 points in the final 5:35 of the contest.
- Loyer is now averaging 17.7 points and shooting 21-of-47 (.447) from 3-point range in Big Ten play. He also has 20 assists against just 10 turnovers.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Zach Edey made a go-ahead shot at the front of the rim with 2.2 seconds left and finished with a career-high 32 points and 17 rebounds to help No. 3 Purdue hold off Michigan State for a 64-63 win on Monday.
A 51-second sequence earlier in the second half, though, showed just how dominant the 7-foot-4 Edey can be at both ends of the floor.
Edey blocked a shot, had an alley-oop dunk, a defensive rebound and a layup to turn a one-point deficit into a three-point lead.
"He opens up a lot for us," Boilermakers coach Matt Painter said.The Boilermakers (17-1, 6-1 Big Ten) have won 17 of their first 18 games, matching a school mark set during the 1987-88 season.
The Spartans (12-6, 4-3) dropped a second straight game after winning seven in a row.
Tyson Walker put Michigan State ahead with 11 seconds remaining with a mid-range jumper, giving him a season-high 30 points, and Edey scored the winner on the ensuing possession.
After Edey's last basket, A.J. Hoggard's long inbound pass was knocked out of bounds by Purdue's Brandon Newman with 1.8 seconds left. That left Tom Izzo with a chance to draw up a play to potentially win the game on Purdue's end of the court.
Walker was set up with what seemed to be an open jumper on the left wing only to have Boilermakers guard Ethan Morton get a hand up to deflect the shot, leaving it short of the rim.
Purdue freshman guard Fletcher Loyer had 17 points, including a go-ahead free throw with 25.7 seconds left in a game that had the intensity of a matchup in March.
"I've known him since he was very young," Izzo said. "The last give minutes of the game, he just took it over."
Loyer's older brother, Foster, played for the Spartans before transferring to Davidson.
Fletcher Loyer, a 6-4 freshman, scored a season-high 27 points Friday night in a win over Nebraska.
"He's very aggressive, very sure of himself," Painter said. "He's not scared of the moment."
Hoggard had 14 points and eight assists, playing well in the backcourt with Walker.
"I didn't think we did a very good job of guarding their guards," Painter said.
Joey Hauser added 10 points for the Spartans, who looked like they were going to be overmatched early in the game.
Purdue led by 13 points with 5:47 to go in the first half, but was ahead by just two at halftime after Michigan State started to make shots and cut down on turnovers.
"We lost the game in the first minutes with the ridiculous turnovers," Izzo said.
The Spartans surged ahead by five points early in the second half before both teams took turns with the lead in a closely contested game with 13 lead changes and eight ties.
"In my heart I believe we competed well enough to win the game, but give them credit," Izzo said.
BIG PICTURE
Purdue: Edey's improved play and conditioning makes his tough to stop and sets up everything for coach Painter's offense that runs through the junior from Toronto.
"I love playing inside out," Painter said. "If you don't have the horses, those plays don't work."
Painter said Edey has learned how to stay on the floor.
"When he first got here, he couldn't pass and couldn't play without elbowing people in the head," he said.
Michigan State: Izzo said senior forward Malik Hall will be out "a while," with a foot injury that is potentially a major setback for a team that lacks front court depth.
"Whether it's the full year or not, we don't know," Izzo said.