Tennessee 78, [18] Purdue 75 (OT) / Battle 4 Atlantis

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Tennessee 78, [18] Purdue 75 (OT) / Battle 4 Atlantis

 

#BoilerNotes
• Purdue fell to 4-1 on the season with its 78-75 overtime loss to Tennessee … Purdue was trying for its second 5-0 start in three years.
• Purdue saw its 11-game winning streak in regular-season tournaments end in today’s loss … Purdue’s last loss in a tournament came in a 2014 Maui Invitational first-round setback to Kansas State.
• Purdue is now 7-4 under Matt Painter against SEC teams, seeing its three-game win streak against the league end today.
• Purdue shot just 12-of-32 (.375) from inside the three-point line in the loss to Tennessee.
• Purdue has allowed two of its first five opponents to grab at least 20 offensive rebounds (SIU Edwardsville – 24; Tennessee – 20).
• Tennessee had a 41-21 advantage in points off turnovers and second-chance points.
• Purdue’s minus-9 rebound margin was its largest since March 13, 2016, vs. Michigan State (41-31).
• Carsen Edwards recorded his third career 20-point game with 21 points, five rebounds and three assists … two of his three 20-point game have come against SEC teams (Auburn, Tennessee) … Edwards went 9-of-9 from the free throw line and will enter tomorrow’s game with Western Kentucky having made 15 straight free throw attempts.
• Vincent Edwards tallied his third double-double in the last four games with 11 points, 13 rebounds and five assists … his 13 rebounds tied a career high.
• Dakota Mathias scored 15 points and tied a career high with eight rebounds … Mathias now has 170 career 3-pointers to move past Ryne Smith into 10th place on the career 3-pointers made list at Purdue.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Tennessee kept attacking the glass and playing aggressive defense on No. 18 Purdue’s shooters.

Once Grant Williams got going, the Volunteers had enough scoring punch, too.

Williams scored all 22 of his points after halftime and hit the go-ahead shot with 14.5 seconds left in overtime to lift Tennessee past No. 18 Purdue 78-75 in Wednesday’s opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

The Volunteers (3-0) trailed by 11 points in the first half, needed to make a late 3-pointer to force overtime and fell behind by five in the extra period before rallying for the win.

”I thought we really showed the toughness we’ve been looking for from them,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said, adding: ”I thought our guys just kept finding ways to fight back.”

After P.J. Thompson missed a jumper for the lead, James Daniel hit two free throws with 2.0 seconds left to push the margin to three. The Boilermakers had one more chance to tie, but Kyle Alexander intercepted Dakota Mathias’ long inbounds heave to end it.

Williams, a 6-foot-7 sophomore, missed both of his first-half shots and had one rebound while playing eight scoreless minutes with two fouls. But he made 8 of 16 shots with seven rebounds from there while the Volunteers kept running their offense through him at the top of the key and in the post.

”Just keep playing, because when you’re in foul trouble you tend to get out of your mind a little bit,” Williams said. ”You’ve just got to stick to it and be yourself, because I knew guys were going to hit shots.”

Tennessee shot just 36 percent but dominated the boards (50-41), finished with 21 second-chance points and scored 20 points off turnovers.

The Volunteers also got a huge lift when Lamonte Turner buried a tying 3-pointer from near his bench with 5.1 seconds left in regulation. Purdue called a timeout, but Carsen Edwards’ 3 for the win hit the front rim as the horn sounded.

Edwards scored 21 points to lead the Boilermakers (4-1), who never got their high-scoring offense rolling.

”We have a skilled team, but we’ve got to win the possession wars,” Purdue coach Matt Paintersaid. ”We’ve got to outrebound our opponent. We have to have fewer turnovers. When you do, now that skill is really going to help you. I thought tonight we gave Tennessee a lot of help.”

BIG PICTURE

Tennessee: The Volunteers were trying for their first 3-0 start since the 2010-11 season, along with earning their fourth win against a ranked opponent under their third-year coach. They certainly found a thrilling way to do it, from Turner’s 3 to Williams’ huge effort after a scoreless first half.

Purdue: Offense sure didn’t come easily for a team that entered as one of the nation’s best offenses. The Boilermakers were averaging 102 points per game and shooting nearly 57 percent from the field. They also were shooting roughly 49 percent from 3-point range after making a school-record 19 3s against Fairfield on Saturday. But Purdue shot just 37 percent and had 18 turnovers.

”We’ve got to do a better job with decision-making,” Painter said. ”We’re a good offensive team, we’ve got to allow ourselves to be a good offensive team. When we go too quick or we force things and we turn it over, now we’re not rewarding ourselves.”

BIG SHOTS

Tennessee came up with two huge 3s late, the first from Turner to force overtime.

”Up until that point, I felt like I was losing the game for us,” Turner said.

Then Alexander hit one after Purdue had raced out to a 70-65 OT lead. The 6-11 junior was 1 for 6 from behind the arc in his career before that shot.

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