MARCH MADNESS LIVE: Purdue throttles Yale in NCAA tournament first round
The Purdue Boilermakers try to avoid the March Madness upset bug when they meet the Yale Bulldogs.
Purdue (27-7) is the No. 3 seed in East Region and was runner-up in the Big Ten tournament. Jaden Ivey, Zach Edey and Trevion Williams lead the Boilermakers.
Yale (19-11) is the No. 14 seed and won the Ivy League tournament. Azar Swain and Jalen Gabbidon lead the Bulldogs.
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FINAL: Purdue 78, Yale 56
The No. 3-seeded Boilermakers (28-7) play the winner of the No. 6 Texas-No. 11 Virginia Tech game on Sunday.
Jaden Ivey scores 22 points and Zach Edey 16, all without doing much in the final 15 minutes. Purdue holds Yale (19-12) scoreless for a 9+ minute stretch of the second half.
Caleb Furst scores 10, while Trevion Williams adds 8 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
Free throws: Purdue is 27-of-33, Yale 6-of-11.
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3:47 left 2H: Purdue 74, Yale 48
The second team — Trevion Williams, Caleb Furst, Isaiah Thompson, Brandon Newman and Ethan Morton make a pretty strong second group — is keeping things steady. Only Morton hasn't scored yet.
7:42 left 2H: Purdue 68, Yale 44
Caleb Furst is Purdue's third-leading scorer with 8, along with 3 rebounds and 2 steals.
"Beautiful cut, right down Broadway." @BoilerBall's Caleb Furst with the two-handed jam. pic.twitter.com/w0UALbJFHg
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 18, 2022
Yale scores with 9:49 to go, snapping a scoreless slump of 9+ minutes.
11: left 2H: Purdue, Yale get sloppy
Purdue leads 61-39. The Boilermakers are committing some turnovers, but the Bulldogs go 7+ minutes without scoring on 12 straight misses.
15:47 left 2H: Jaden Ivey, Zach Edey keep leading Purdue
The Boilermakers lead Yale 59-39 after a pair of Sasha Stefanovic 3-pointers, his first points of the game. The Bulldogs have 5 fouls in the half.
Jaden Ivey has 22 points and Zach Edey 16, with 9 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.
Yale starts the second half with a 4-point play (basket, foul, missed foul shot but Purdue bats the ball out of bounds, basket).
This may be the most humiliating sequence of basketball I’ve ever seen. If you’re a Yale fan look away#MarchMadness #yale #purdue pic.twitter.com/u6xr6lMIEe
— Gym Class All-Stars (@GymClassPod) March 18, 2022
Zach Edey is a problem 😳
pic.twitter.com/R2Ar5fjlJP— Def Pen Sports (@DefPenSports) March 18, 2022
Boilers alum Vincent Edwards comments on the action
I like what I saw the first half, how we feeling? #boilernation🚂
— Vincent M Edwards (@VE_12) March 18, 2022
Halftime: Purdue 46, Yale 33
Jaden Ivey comes out hot and has 18 points, while Zach Edey has 13 points and 7 rebounds. The Boilermakers are shooting 56% and have committed just 4 turnovers.
Yale's Azar Swain was hot early in the first half and has 13 points, but he has just one basket in the closing 13 minutes. The Bulldogs are shooting 46%.
Purdue is 14-of-19 on free throws. Yale hasn't shot any.
Zach Edey made that bucket look so easy 👀@BoilerBall takes its biggest lead of the day. pic.twitter.com/aNseokV6uB
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 18, 2022
Edey with the HUGE rejection 🚫 @BoilerBall pic.twitter.com/sc2Gv1fN85
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 18, 2022
3:48 left 1H: Purdue 37, Yale 26
Jaden Ivey has 16 points, Zach Edey 7, and Eric Hunter Jr. and Trevion Williams 4 each. Yale's Azar Swain is getting help late in the half. Williams picks up his second foul with 4:48 to go, bringing Edey back in.
7:36 left 1H: Purdue 27, Yale 20
Yale's August Mahoney shot-puts a 3 (maybe a 2) into the basket. Upon review, it's a 2.
10:29 left 1H: Jaden Ivey vs. Azar Swain
Purdue leads Yale 25-16 on Eric Hunter's 3 with 11:05 left.
Jaden Ivey has 15 points.
ANOTHER three for Jaden Ivey!
He already has 15 points 🤯#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/g6EDc0Y1ZW— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 18, 2022
Azar Swain is 5-of-5 from the field and gives Yale a 16-15 lead with 13:04 left. He has 11 points.
Azar Swain gives @YaleMBasketball its first lead of the day!
He's 5-for-5 from the field 🔥 pic.twitter.com/hA9ERJjseP— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 18, 2022
15:33 left 1H: Purdue 11, Yale 8
Jaden Ivey is 2-of-2 on 3-pointers and has 8 points already. Sasha Stefanovic is 0-of-3 from deep. Yale's Azar Swain has 6.
Jaden Ivey starting off HOT from three for the Boilermakers 🎯 #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/Xzj2tKwC3M
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 18, 2022
Purdue's first basket, to little surprise, is a Zach Edey putback.
Yale coach James Jones spends the timeout talking to the officials.
Topic, I'm guessing, is Edey— mike carmin (@carmin_jc) March 18, 2022
Purdue has a decided height advantage
Biggest starter for Yale today is nearly a foot shorter than 7-4 (officially; he’s closer to 7-6) Purdue center Zach Edey.
😳 pic.twitter.com/2BfyoqjXZw— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelStar) March 18, 2022
😳😳😳 pic.twitter.com/X8Afq75umL
— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelStar) March 18, 2022
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