Down goes No. 1 Purdue at Northwestern ... again
EVANSTON, Ill. — Turnovers were bound to cost Purdue eventually.
Friday night, they did, as 17 of them loomed large in the top-ranked Boilermakers stumbling out of the gate to start Big Ten playing, falling in OT at Northwestern, 92-88.
Boo Buie’s runner with 3.2 seconds left in regulation nearly won it for Northwestern without the extra session. Buie scored 29 points for the Wildcats, who handed the Boilermakers a loss in their Big Ten opener and another disappointing December loss amidst a strong non-conference season.
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Zach Edey scored 35 points with 15 rebounds, tying the game with a dramatic bucket to end regulation, before Northwestern outlasted Purdue in OT, thanks to three Boilermaker turnovers.
Purdue led by 13 in the first half.
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