Purdue basketball Iowa score updates

The Purdue Boilermakers meet the Iowa Hawkeyes for the Big Ten basketball tournament championship.

no. 3 seed Purdue (27-6) earned two hard-fought victories to get here: over Penn State and Michigan State. Jaden Ivey has scored 39 points and 16 rebounds in the two games, while Zach Edey has 26 points and Trevion Williams 24. The Boilermakers also got timely contributions from Brandon Newman vs. Penn State and Eric Hunter Jr. vs. MSU.

no. 5 seed Iowa (25-9) has three victories in the event — over Northwestern, Rutgers and Indiana. The Hawkeyes have been on a roll from long range lately, hitting 40-of-83 3-pointers in the tournament. That, of course, includes Jordan Bohannon’s game-winner against Indiana. Keegan Murray has 84 points over the past three days. Iowa scored at least 80 points in 7 of its past 8 games.

Purdue defeated Iowa twice this season: 77-70 on Dec. 3 and 83-73 on Jan. 27.

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7:17 left 2H: Iowa 57, Purdue 51

Brandon Newman’s first basket with 9:15 to go ties it at 51. Iowa’s Payton Sandfort answers with a 3. And adds another on the next possession.

Iowa’s Filip Rebraca has 4 fouls with 10:18 to go.

11:10 left 2H: Iowa 51, Purdue 47

Keegan Murray has 15 points for Iowa. Jaden Ivey has 14 for Purdue.

Turnovers: Purdue 13, Iowa 3. rebounds: Purdue 35, Iowa 19.

15:41 left 2H: Purdue 44, Iowa 42

Zach Edey has 10 points and 10 rebounds, and gives Purdue a 44-42 lead on two free throws.

Purdue’s first lead is at 40-39 on an Eric Hunter Jr. jumper with 17:40 left. Again, Keegan Murray hits a 3 (off an offensive rebound) to give Iowa the lead again.

Purdue ties it at 36 with 18:52 remaining on a Zach Edey basket, but Keegan Murray answers with a 3 on Iowa’s next possession.

Halftime: Iowa 35, Purdue 32

For teams that make a living on 3-pointers, Iowa (3-of-14) and Purdue (3-of-9) are having issues behind the line.

Iowa took advantage of a run of Purdue turnovers midway through the half, stretching its lead to 7. Iowa has just 1 turnover, but Purdue is +12 on rebounds.

Keegan Murray leads Iowa with 9 points, while Jaden Ivey has 10 for Purdue.

3:10 left 1H: Iowa 30, Purdue 23

Purdue’s Trevion Williams is active, with 5 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Iowa has not trailed today. In their previous matchups, Iowa rarely led.

With a 3-pointer, Iowa’s Keegan Murray is up to 93 points for the week, a Big Ten tournament record.

7:58 left 1H: Iowa 23, Purdue 17

Trevion Williams will come out of the timeout trying to complete a 3-point play. Kris Murray has 2 fouls for Iowa.

8:37 left 1H: Iowa 21, Purdue 14

Purdue is having trouble holding onto the ball, with turnovers on 5 consecutive possessions, 8 total. Timeout, Purdue.

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