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Trent Frazier added 21 points for the Illini
(14-5, 6-2 Big Ten), who extended their winning streak to five
games. Ayo Dosunmu chipped in with 18 points as Illinois won its
first game at Purdue since Dec. 30, 2008.
Nojel Eastern led Purdue with 14 points, while Trevion Williams
added 12 points and Matt Haarms had 10. The Boilermakers (10-9,
3-5 Big Ten) dropped to 8-2 at home this season and had their
string of 15 straight Big Ten wins at Mackey Arena snapped.
Trailing by a point at halftime, Illinois broke the game open by
making 11 of its first 12 shot attempts in the second half to
build a 60-45 lead on a Giorgi Bezhanishvili 3-pointer with 8:29
left.
Purdue cut the deficit to 60-51 on a steal and breakaway layup
by freshman guard Isaiah Thompson with 4:38 left. However,
Dosunmu answered with back-to-back baskets to put Illinois back
up 64-51, and the Illini went 11 of 12 from the free-throw line
down the stretch.
Illinois jumped to an early 14-7 lead on an inside basket by
Coburn. But the Illini sustained a blow when starting guard Alan
Griffin was ejected for a flagrant-2 foul for stepping on Purdue
guard Sasha Stefanovic when he was down on the court.
The ejection sparked Purdue, as the Boilermakers rallied back to
tie the score at 14 on an Eastern basket and pair of Stefanovic
free throws.
Aaron Wheeler gave Purdue its first lead, 25-24, on a 3-pointer
with 4:19 left in the half. Cockburn converted on a three-point
play to put Illinois up 29-27 with 40.8 seconds left in the
half, but Purdue's Eric Hunter Jr. answered with a 3-pointer
with 16 seconds left in the first half to put the Boilermakers
up 30-29 at halftime.
Frazier provided a lift for Illinois in the first half, scoring
9 points on 3-of-4 shooting from 3-point range. Cockburn also
had his way inside early with nine points and nine rebounds in
the first half. Stefanovic led Purdue with seven points before
the break.
--Field Level Media
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