Zach Edey dropped 40 points with 16 rebounds to lead the Purdue Boilermakers to a 72-66 win over Tennessee to reach the Final Four. The Volunteers' Dalton Knecht had 37 points.
The top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers are heading to the Final Four as Zach Edey’s 40 points helped his squad take down No. 2 Tennessee on Sunday afternoon, 72-66. The stars for each team were on full display in this Elite Eight contest as Edey and the Volunteers’ Dalton Knecht traded buckets throughout the game.
Edey’s free throw with 4:42 left in the game made it 59-58, and he continued to get clutch buckets from there, including two more free throws to put the Boilermakers up three. But Knecht was trying his hardest to retake the lead with free throws of his own. After an Edey dunk made it 63-60, Purdue’s Lance Jones, who had just seven points in the game, hit his only three-pointer of the game with 2:43 left to make it a six-point game.
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