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Purdue (29-7) will face 15th-seeded tournament Cinderella Saint
Peter's in the Sweet 16 at Philadelphia on Friday. The Peacocks
stunned second-seeded Kentucky in the first round and then
topped No. 7 seed Murray State.
Williams scored back-to-back baskets underneath to cap a 7-0 run
and put Purdue in front 59-52 with just under eight minutes
left. Ethan Morton's wide-open 3-pointer from the right corner
pushed the lead to 65-56.
Marcus Carr's 3-pointer pulled Texas within 74-71, but Ivey
countered with a deep 3 from the top of the key with 1:01 left.
The Boilermakers closed it out with four free throws.
The Boilermakers had an overwhelming advantage at the free-throw
line. Purdue hit 33 of 46 free throws, while Texas was 7 of 12.
The Longhorns had 27 field goals, including 10 3-pointers, while
Purdue had 21 field goals and six beyond the arc.
Carr had 23 points and Andrew Jones 17 for Texas (22-12).
Zach Edey had 11 points and 10 rebounds in 15 minutes, and Eric
Hunter Jr. added 11 points for Purdue. The Boilermakers held a
41-28 rebounding edge.
"We felt like we had an advantage on the interior and we wanted
to go inside, but we also wanted to open some things up and try
to get Jaden (Ivey) in the open court, try to get him
ball-screen action and just make the right reads," Purdue coach
Matt Painter said. "I thought our guys were quick to the ball
today. Obviously, we out-rebounded them by 13. We lived at the
free-throw line and you can't ask for more."
The Longhorns withstood an early 20-point run by the
Boilermakers to get within 36-30 at the break. Dylan Disu scored
underneath to put Texas up 41-40 with 15:52 remaining, its first
lead since 14-13 with just under 12 minutes left in the first
half.
Purdue scored 20 straight points and opened a 28-14 lead as
Texas went scoreless for almost 10 minutes, missing 16
consecutive shots.
Each team had 11 first-half field goals, but Texas had 12 more
attempts. However, the Longhorns were 6 of 14 from beyond the
arc, while Purdue was 1 of 7 in the opening session. The
Boilermakers countered by making 13 of 19 first-half free
throws, to just 2 of 6 for Texas.
--Field Level Media
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