Valparaiso Stuns Purdue With Double-ot Buzzer-beater, 83-80

WHO:

Hammer and Rails - Purdue’s Jack Benter scored 2-of-4 from three-point range in the first half, while the rest of Purdue’s team shot 2-of-9 from three.

Hammer and Rails - Raleigh Burgess served as Purdue’s backup center; Enzo Shahrvin did not play.

Hammer and Rails - Antione West Jr. fouled out in the second overtime, after which Omer Mayer entered the game.

NCAA Basketball - Valparaiso head coach Roger Powell’s “full-circle moment” was connected to the win over Purdue.

CBS Sports - Valparaiso guard Justus McNair hit the game-winning corner three-pointer; Rakim Chaney made the three-pointer that sent the game to double overtime.

Bleacher Report - Valparaiso true freshman Rakim Chaney scored a career-high 35 points, with 14-of-22 shooting, eight rebounds and six assists. Justus McNair had 17 points, five rebounds and one assist; JT Pettigrew had 11 points, eight rebounds and two assists.

Bleacher Report - Purdue’s Daniel Jacobsen had 28 points, 10 rebounds and two assists on 9-of-13 shooting; C.J. Cox had 13 points, 12 rebounds and four assists; Caden Pierce had two points, seven rebounds and one assist.

Hammer and Rails - Purdue had four new starters. Daniel Jacobsen led Purdue with 28 points. The article said Omer Mayer was 1-of-11 from the floor, and that Mayer, Cox and Harris combined to shoot 7-of-24.

WHAT:

Hammer and Rails - Purdue committed two turnovers in the first half and shot 4-of-13 from three; Valparaiso shot 1-of-11 from three in the first half.

Hammer and Rails - Purdue’s Daniel Jacobsen tied the game with 4.4 seconds remaining before Valparaiso scored the winning three.

Bleacher Report - Purdue opened the season with a loss to No. 15 Gonzaga.

CBS Sports - Oklahoma lost to East Texas A&M as a 28.5-point favorite on opening night.

CBS Sports - Valparaiso defeated Purdue 83-80 in double overtime, with McNair’s shot going in as time expired. The result left Purdue 0-2, its first such start since the 1976-77 season.

CBS Sports - Purdue led by as many as 15 points in the first half; Valparaiso tied the game at 70 on Chaney’s buzzer-beating three.

Bleacher Report - Purdue opened with a 19-4 lead and held Valparaiso to two field goals in the first half. Valparaiso later tied the score at 48 with five and a half minutes remaining in regulation. Chaney’s three sent the game to double overtime; after Chaney fouled out, McNair hit the second Valparaiso buzzer-beater to win.

CBS Sports - Purdue was a 19.5-point favorite and had a 23-game November home winning streak. The loss was its first at Mackey Arena against a Missouri Valley Conference opponent since 1978.

Bleacher Report - Purdue reportedly paid $90,000 to play Valparaiso and was ranked 28th in the preseason AP Poll, ending a streak of 79 consecutive weeks in the Top 25.

Hammer and Rails - Purdue scored 32 points in the first half and led 32-20 at halftime. Purdue shot 5-of-28 from three; Valparaiso shot 7-of-27.

WHERE:

CBS Sports - The game was played at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana.

WHY:

CBS Sports - Purdue was in a transition after Braden Smith, Trey Kaufman-Renn and Fletcher Loyer departed; the trio had helped the team reach the Elite Eight.

HOW:

Hammer and Rails - Valparaiso’s first buzzer-beating three came after Purdue fouled up three, Valparaiso missed its first free throw, recovered the rebound and made a contested shot.

CBS Sports - McNair’s corner three at the buzzer decided the double-overtime game.

Bleacher Report - Valparaiso came back from Purdue’s first-half lead and won through two buzzer-beating three-pointers, one to force double overtime and one to end it.

Valparaiso stunned Purdue 83-80 in double overtime, winning on Justus McNair’s buzzer-beating three. Freshman Rakim Chaney scored 35 points, then sent the game into overtime. Purdue fell to 0-2, while Daniel Jacobsen led the Boilermakers with 28 points.