MILWAUKEE — To understand what type of afternoon it was for Purdue (and for Yale), consider a moment when the ball was poked loose from Yale, which led to a break that allowed Jaden Ivey to string together a few long strides and spring high above the rim to grasp Mason Gillis’s alley-oop pass.
Ivey’s dunk attempt rolled around the rim and out. Gillis’s follow attempt also lipped out of the cup. Trevion Williams gobbled up the rebound and sent it out to Sasha Stefanovic at the top of the 3-point arc. His shot curled around the rim, kissed off the backboard and finally made its way through the basket.