INDIANAPOLIS — Any questions about Michigan State basketball’s toughness and talent should be gone, along with the question of whether the Spartans will make the NCAA tournament.
But a gritty comeback in which three guards suffered ankle injuries wasn’t enough to overcome No. 9 Purdue’s interior strength Saturday.
The top-seeded Boilermakers went on a 9-0 run after No. 7 seed MSU cut a 13-point deficit to one to eliminate Spartans in the Big Ten tournament semifinals with a 75-70 defeat.
Zach Edey and Trevion Williams combined for 26 points and 17 rebounds as Purdue turned 15 offensive rebounds into 22 second-chance points.