Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Purdue Boilermakers Match Player Stats On Feb 03, 2019

No. 17 Purdue rallied from a 13-point, second-half deficit to beat Minnesota 73-63 on Sunday at West Lafayette, Ind.

The victory moved Purdue (16-6) into a Big Ten first-place tie with Michigan State and Michigan at 9-2. The Boilermakers have won seven straight games.

Carsen Edwards scored 15 of his team-high 17 points in the second half. After hitting only one of his first 10 shots, Edwards, who was averaging 24.9 points entering the game, finished 6 of 20 from the field and was 1 of 9 from 3-point range.

Also scoring in doubles figures for Purdue were Trevion Williams with 16 points, Matt Haarms (15), Ryan Cline (11) and Nojel Eastern (11). Williams was 8 of 11 from the field. Haarms had a team-high eight rebounds as Purdue held a 36-35 rebounding edge.

Amir Coffey was high for the Golden Gophers (16-6, 6-5) with 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting. Daniel Oturu followed with 19, making 9 of 15 shots, and collecting nine rebounds. Jordan Murphy, who finished with four fouls, added 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Purdue shot 59.3 percent in the second half to finish with a 47.5 mark. Minnesota shot 42.1 percent.

After Purdue's Williams scored the first basket in the second half to give the Boilermakers a 29-28 lead, Minnesota responded with nine unanswered points to take a 37-29 edge.

The Gophers expanded the lead to 47-34 with 14:05 remaining. The Boilermakers then scored 13 unanswered points, including nine by Edwards, to tie it at 47.

Oturu put the Gophers ahead 49-47. However, the Boilermakers scored the next eight points, including two 3-pointers by Cline to take a 55-49 lead.

Purdue built the lead to nine points twice. Coffey's two free throws cut the lead to 64-59, but Grady Eifert sank a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to give the Boilermakers a 67-59 lead with 2:02 to go.

After Minnesota scored, Haarms responded with a three-point play to put Purdue up 70-61.

Minnesota closed the first half with a 6-0 run, taking a 28-27 halftime lead with Coffey's dunk with 1:10 left in the half. It was the Gophers' first lead of the game.

Edwards hit 1 of 9 from the field in the first half. Williams was 7 of 9 en route to 14 points in the first half, while the rest of the Boilermakers were 6 of 25 from the field.

Oturu hit 6 of 7 shots for 13 points in the first half for the Gophers, who shot 41.4 percent in the half

--Field Level Media