Scores

Final

Penn St 60

(10-5, 1-1 Big Ten)

Purdue 64

(12-4, 1-1 Big Ten)

12:17 PM ET, January 6, 2007

Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, IN

1 2 T
PSU 22 3860
PUR 34 3064

Top Performers

Penn State: D. Morrissey 21 Pts, 3 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl

Purdue: C. Landry 24 Pts, 6 Reb, 2 Stl, 1 Blk

Purdue 64, Penn State 60

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Carl Landry scored 24 points and David Teague added 20 as Purdue held off Penn State 64-60 on Saturday afternoon.

Danny Morrissey led Penn State with 21 points and made six of seven 3-pointers. Geary Claxton added eight points and 14 rebounds for the Nittany Lions (10-5, 1-1 Big Ten).

As Penn State entered the final minute trailing 58-55, Morrissey tried to tie the game, but missed a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left. He fouled Teague, and Teague made one of two free throws to give Purdue (12-4, 1-1) a 59-55 lead.

Free throws pushed Purdue's lead to 62-55 before Morrissey made another 3-pointer with eight seconds left, but Landry sealed the game with two free throws one second later.

Purdue had led 38-30 in the second half before Teague hit back-to-back 3-pointers to bump the lead to 44-30. The second one appearing to rimming out but then fell in and forced a Penn State timeout with 13:50 left.

Morrissey scored nine points, including a four-point play, in an 11-3 run that cut Purdue's lead to 47-41 with 11:49 to go.

Purdue led 52-45 when Morrissey made a 3-pointer, then Mike Walker made another 3-pointer to trim Purdue's lead to 52-51 with 4:20 left and set up the hectic final minutes.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
PSU
PUR
Points 60 64
FG Made-Attempted 24-53 (.453) 20-45 (.444)
3P Made-Attempted 10-20 (.500) 8-24 (.333)
FT Made-Attempted 2-7 (.286) 16-23 (.696)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 21 (0/0) 14 (0/0)
Largest Lead 2 15

2006-07 Season

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