Kam Jones gets triple-double as Marquette ends Purdue streak

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MILWAUKEE -- Kam Jones had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists as No. 15 Marquette defeated No. 6 Purdue 76-58 on Tuesday night to end the Boilermakers' 39-game regular-season nonconference winning streak.

Purdue (4-1) hadn't lost a regular-season nonconference game since falling 58-54 at Miami on Dec. 8, 2020, compiling the fourth-longest such streak in NCAA history. The record is held by Syracuse, which won 52 straight nonconference regular-season games from Dec. 17, 2008 to Dec. 17, 2012.

Before Tuesday, which marked his 108th career game, Jones had never had 10 rebounds or 10 assists in a game.

It was his first game since learning about the death of Terry Tippett, who…