The Cinderella run for Saint Peter's continued in Philly Friday night! Saint Peter’s became the first ever No. 15 seed to qualify for the Elite Eight after a 67-64 victory over No. 3 Purdue. Full recap HERE:
As expected, the Peacocks brought the intensity right out of the gate. Purdue matched it, leading to a close back-and-forth affair. Saint Peter’s had taken a 23-19 lead, its largest of the first half, with 7:18 remaining, but the Boilermakers flipped the script and made it 33-29 at the end of one.
The second half lacked points for a long time. Purdue went over six minutes without a point as Saint Peter’s perimeter defense stopped everything the Boilermakers tried to run. Eventually, Trevion Williams made three straight baskets down low to get things flowing for Purdue, and Saint Peter’s had a four-minute scoring drought afterwards.
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