No. 2 Purdue basketball continues Maui Invitational action with a semifinal game against No. 8 Tennessee.
The Boilermakers (4-0) blitzed No. 10 Gonzaga in the second half of their opener as Zach Edey and Braden Smith got help from Lance Jones and Myles Colvin.
Tennessee (4-0) stifled Syracuse and got strong performances from Dalton Knecht (17 points, 3-of-4 3-pointers), Josiah-Jordan James (15 points, 12 rebounds) and Jonas Aidoo (14 points, 11 rebounds).
The Boilermakers are 3.5 favorites, according to BetMGM. The over/under is 134.5 total points. Moneyline: Tennessee +135, Purdue -160.
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7:06 left 1H: Tennessee 22, Purdue 15
In true Tennessee defensive style, the Boilermakers can’t make a thing (23% from the field). They went scoreless for almost 6 minutes before Zach Edey made 2 free throws with 8:34 to go. Edey is 2-of-5 from the field and 2-of-8 on free throws.
11:32 left 1H: Tennessee 14, Purdue 11
Fletcher Loyer has 9 points. The rest of the Boilermakers are struggling. Those guys are 0-of-6 on free throws and 1-of-7 from the field.
Dalton Knecht, Tennessee’s leading scorer, has 2 3-pointers already and 7 points.
15:05 left 1H: Tennessee 10, Purdue 9
Zach Edey, who missed his first 2 free throws, will be at the line coming out of the timeout. Fletcher Loyer, blanked from the field vs. Gonzaga, hits a 3-pointer on the game’s first play and has Purdue’s first 7 points in 2 minutes.
Synchronized celly vs. Gonzaga
Maui Invitational schedule
Monday, Nov. 20, 2023
2:30 p.m. ET, Game 1: Tennessee 73, Syracuse 56
5 p.m. ET, Game 2: Purdue 73, Gonzaga 63
9 p.m. ET, Game 3: Kansas 83, Chaminade 56
11:30 p.m. ET, Game 4: Marquette 71, UCLA 69
Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023
2:30 p.m. ET: Gonzaga 76, Syracuse 57
5 p.m. ET: UCLA 76, Chaminade 48
8 p.m.. ET: Tennessee vs. Purdue, ESPN
10:30 p.m. ET: Kansas vs. Marquette, ESPN
Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023
2:30 p.m. ET: Third-place game, ESPN2
5 p.m. ET: Championship game, ESPN
9:30 p.m. ET: Seventh-place game, ESPNU
Midnight ET: Fifth-place game, ESPN2