Purdue finally beat Indiana with its tenacity Tuesday night.
E’Twaun Moore scored 25 points, and JaJuan Johnson added 15 on his birthday to help the 14th-ranked Boilermakers pull away from visiting Indiana for a 67-53 victory.
The celebration doesn’t get any better than this for the two seniors, who have helped spark a resurgence in Boilermakers basketball. They have won 100 games in their careers and it came with a fourth straight over their most bitter rival. It’s the first time since 1996-97 that Purdue (19-5, 8-3 Big Ten) has taken four straight from the Hoosiers.
Indiana, which played again without injured sophomore starters Maurice Creek and Christian Watford, hung around most of the game. Freshman Will Sheehey scored a season-high 14 points and Bloomington native Jordan Hulls finished with 13 to lead the Hoosiers (12-13, 3-9), who fell under the .500 mark for the first time this season. They have also lost four straight at Mackey Arena, where they last won March 1, 2006.
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(2) CONNECTICUT 57, (17) WEST VIRGINIA 51 -- Maya Moore scored 27 points, and the visiting Huskies (23-1, 11-0 Big East) needed a second-half comeback to hold off the Mountaineers (20-5, 6-5).
(8) NOTRE DAME 89, SETON HALL 38 -- Skylar Diggins scored 14 points in a rout for the host Irish (21-4, 10-1 Big East) over the Pirates (7-16, 0-10).
(10) DEPAUL 77, SYRACUSE 61-- Deirdre Naughton hit five 3-pointers, matching her total for the season, and finished with a season-high 19 points in the visiting Blue Demons’ (22-3, 9-1 Big East) victory over the Orange (16-7, 4-6).
