College Basketball Roundup : Purdue Ends Indiana’s Winning Streak, 75-64

Purdue had just taken down Big Ten leader Indiana, but Coach Gene Keady wasn’t satisfied.

Troy Lewis scored 18 points as the sixth-ranked Boilermakers defeated the third-ranked Hoosiers, 75-64, Thursday night at West Lafayette, Ind. The victory left Purdue (22-3 overall, 13-2 in the Big Ten) a half-game behind the Hoosiers (23-3, 14-2).

“We’re still climbing the ladder, playing for the (conference) championship,” Keady said after his team snapped the Hoosiers’ nine-game winning streak. “That’s just one more rung.”

Purdue made 24 of 32 free throws as three Indiana starters fouled out.

Lewis made only two field goals, both three-pointers, but he sank 12 free throws--including 5 after Indiana narrowed a 12-point deficit to one point in the final minutes.

The Hoosiers had seven free throws in an 11-2 spurt to pull within 51-50 on a field goal by Joe Hillman.

The Hoosiers again closed within 53-52 before Lewis’ three-pointer halted the comeback for good. The Boilermakers’ lead wasn’t safe, however, until after they made 9 of 11 free throws down the stretch.

Purdue’s Todd Mitchell had 17 points, including five free throws late in the game, and Everette Stephens added 14.

Daryl Thomas scored 18 points for Indiana, while Rick Calloway and Steve Alford had 15 each.

North Carolina 77, Duke 71--Kenny Smith scored 22 points, and the second-ranked Tar Heels held off the 17th-ranked Blue Devils in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Tar Heels (26-2, 13-0) built a 43-25 halftime lead and increased it to 53-27 early in the second half before Duke (21-7, 8-5) rallied.

The Blue Devils went on a 28-8 run to get back into the game, and closed to 61-55 on Danny Ferry’s three-point shot with 2:22 left.

But Duke’s chance to cut the lead to three points disappeared when Ferry’s inbounds pass after a North Carolina turnover went out of bounds with 50 seconds left. North Carolina the made 5 of 6 free throws in the final 49 seconds.

Iowa 93, Michigan State 64--Roy Marble scored 18 points, and the seventh-ranked Hawkeyes scored a school-record 24th victory by trouncing the Spartans at Iowa City, Iowa.

B.J. Armstrong scored 11 first-half points to carry the Hawkeyes (24-4, 11-4) to a 44-26 halftime lead.

Vanderbilt 84, Florida 76--Barry Goheen scored 10 of his 25 points in the final five minutes, and the Commodores upset the No. 18-ranked Gators in a Southeastern Conference game at Nashville, Tenn.

Will Perdue scored 22 points for Vanderbilt (15-14, 6-11), while Andrew Moten led Florida (21-7, 12-5) with 14 points. Vernon Maxwell, the Gators’ leading scorer for the season at 22.3 points per game, had only 11 points and was ejected from the game with 2:28 left due to a flagrant foul.

Florida State 108, Miami 84--Pee Wee Barber scored 40 points and the Seminoles reversed an earlier defeat by beating the Hurricanes at Tallahassee, Fla.

Barber connected on 14 of 26 shots, including 5 of 9 from three-point range, for Florida State (17-9), while Tito Horford had 30 points and 16 rebounds for Miami (13-15).

St. Peter’s 71, Army 68--The Peacocks trailed by 22 points in the second half, but scored the final nine points to beat the Cadets at West Point, N.Y., and win the Metro Atlantic Conference regular-season championship. St. Peter’s is 20-6 and 11-3.

Kevin Houston, the nation’s leading scorer, had 44 points for Army (13-14, 8-6).