Purdue knocks off No. 1 Arizona
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Purdue knew it could count on Zach Edey’s powerful inside presence.
Once Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith provided the outside game to go with it, the Boilermakers had all they needed to knock off No. 1 Arizona.
Loyer tied a career high with 27 points, Smith added 26 and No. 3 Purdue handed the Wildcats their first loss with a 92-84 win Saturday.
Edey added 22 points and nine rebounds, with the 7foot-4 All-American handling the middle while Smith and Loyer supplied the outside shot in the Indy Classic.
“To be able to have three guys play at that level offensively, I think, really puts defenses in a bind enough to where they went to something they haven’t ran all year and that 3-2 matchup zone that they were playing,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “When they are worried about Zach, we have to have that balance. Tonight we had that.”
Loyer was five for nine on threes and Smith four for seven while falling one point shy of his career high.
The Boilermakers (10-1) beat a No. 1-ranked team for the first time since beating Arizona 72-69 on Nov. 25, 2000, also in Indianapolis.
“I’m not trying to be the No. 1-ranked team in December. [The media] decides that, not me,” Wildcats coach Tommy Lloyd said. “It was two great teams going at it and thought it was a great atmosphere. It was basically a road game for the most part. I think our guys dug in and fought back. I think this is going a long way to really help our program.”
Caleb Love scored 29 points and Keshad Johnson added 24 for Arizona (8-1).
The Boilermakers led 6752 before the Wildcats answered with an 11-0 run to close the deficit to 67-63. Leading by five, Purdue finally regained some breathing room when Smith made a three-pointer and followed with a steal, leading to Edey’s jumper that made it 83-73 with 3:21 remaining.
The Boilermakers shot 54%, the Wildcats shot 52%.
“They have a good team and they’re going to beat a lot of people,” Painter said. “They’re going to be there at the end.”
Painter said the teams will meet in Las Vegas next season. He earned his 423rd victory to tie former Illinois coach Lou Henson for fourth on the Big Ten list. Edey moved into second on his school’s rebounding list.
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