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LIVE BLOG: Follow Purdue Basketball's NCAA Tournament Game With Texas in Real Time

Purdue basketball faces off against Texas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night inside Fiserv Forum. The two teams are playing for a spot in the Sweet 16, where Saint Peter's awaits the victor.

D.J. Fezler

LIVE BLOG: Follow Purdue Basketball's NCAA Tournament Game With Texas in Real Time
LIVE BLOG: Follow Purdue Basketball's NCAA Tournament Game With Texas in Real Time /

MILWAUKEE — Purdue basketball tips off its second-round NCAA Tournament matchup against Texas on Sunday night inside the Fiserv Forum arena. Both teams battling it out with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line. 

The Boilermakers advanced to the 2017 Sweet 16 out of Milwaukee, defeating another Big 12 team in Iowa State 80-76. 

Here's how our live blog works. We'll keep you updated on everything that goes on in the game in real time, keeping you up to date on rotations, scoring plays and trends. Highlights will be included as they become available.

Saint Peter's awaits the winner of the matchup. The latest items will be at the top. 

11:32 p.m. ET, FINAL — Purdue takes down Texas 81-71 to advance to the Sweet 16. The Boilermakers shot 46 free throws in the game. Trevion Williams led the way with 22 points. Jaden Ivey added 18. 

11:30 p.m. ET — Sasha Stefanovic to the line. He knocks them both down. Purdue has this one won. 

11:29 p.m. ET — Christian Bishop fouls out for Texas. Eric Hunter Jr. heading to the line to shoot a pair of free throws. He knocks them both down, and Purdue leads by eight. 

11:26 p.m. ET — Jaden Ivey calling for an isolation play, and he gets enough space to drill another 3-pointer for Purdue. The team has found itself in close games before, and Ivey doesn't want to leave anything to chance. 

Boilermakers lead 77-71 with 49.8 left to play. 

11:21 p.m. ET — Marcus Carr hits a huge 3-pointer for Texas, and he's up to 23 points in the game. Purdue leads 74-71 with 1:13 left to play. 

11:16 p.m. ET — Jaden Ivey drills a 3-pointer for Purdue. He's up to 14 points on the night, including 11 in the second half. 

11:15 p.m. ET — Marcus Carr hits a tough basket and comes up favoring his ankle. He has to check out for Texas. 

11:13 p.m. ET — Andrew Jones picks up his fourth foul for Texas. The Longhorns have five players with at least three fouls that can still enter the game. Jaden Ivey knocks down both of his free-throw attempts. 

11:09 p.m. ET — Texas takes a timeout after a bucket, and Purdue leads 65-58 with 4:26 left to play. Trevion Williams with 21 points for the Boilermakers. 

11:07 p.m. ET — Jaden Ivey sprints down the court in transition and finds Ethan Morton in the corner. He hits his second deep shot of the night, putting Purdue ahead by nine points. 

11:05 p.m. ET — Trevion Williams heading to the line for Purdue. Timmy Allen fouls out for Texas. Williams hits one of his two shots from the free-throw line. 

11:00 p.m. ET, UNDER 8 — Not much time passes before the media timeout. Purdue leads 59-52 with 7:04 left to play. 

10:56 p.m. ET — Texas takes a timeout as Purdue jumps out to a 59-52 lead thanks to a 7-0 run. 

10:53 p.m. ET — Huge shot from Eric Hunter Jr. on a pass from Jaden Ivey. He knocks down a 3-pointer after the team couldn't hit on a shot for four minutes. 

10:51 p.m. ET — Zach Edey picks up his third foul trying to fight for position on a rebound. In comes Trevion Williams. 

10:49 p.m. ET — Purdue will be in the double bonus for the rest of the game. There's still 11:37 left to play. Texas has 21 fouls in the contest. 

10:48 p.m. ET — Both free throws fall for Zach Edey. He has 10 points and is now 6-10 from the line. 

10:44 p.m. ET, UNDER 12 — Fouls mounting for Texas in the second half. Longhorns sit with nine as Purdue leads 48-46 with 11:58 still to play. The Boilermakers have shot 27 free throws with two more on the way. 

10:43 p.m. ET — Jaden Ivey splits two defenders and tries to throw down a hammer on top of two more Texas players. He loses the ball as he's fouled but is able to knock down both free throws. 

10:41 p.m. ET — Caleb Furst gets Purdue's second 3-pointer of the game to fall. He's only been on the court for a total of three minutes, but he has four points and gives the team the lead. 

10:40 p.m. ET — Caleb Furst checks in for Purdue. Texas leads 44-43 after Zach Edey hits a free throw. 

10:36 p.m. ET — Purdue hasn't scored in more than two minutes and Texas has taken a 41-40 lead. 

10:33 p.m. ET, UNDER 16 — It's a one-point game as Purdue leads Texas 40-39. The Boilermakers are 15-23 from the free-throw line, and there's still 15:58 to play in the game. 

10:32 p.m. ET — Trevion Williams checking in for Purdue. The team hasn't made a shot in almost three minutes. 

10:30 p.m. ET — Zach Edey gets two chances underneath the rim, but he's blocked twice. 

10:24 p.m. ET — Mason Gillis comes down with an offensive rebound for Purdue and fires a great pass into the lane for Jaden Ivey, who elevates and throws down a dunk. It's his first attempted shot from the field, and he has five points. 

10:23 p.m. ET — Texas opens the second half with a basket, making it a four-point game. 

10:00 p.m. ET, HALFTIME — Purdue leads Texas 36-30 at the break. Trevion Williams led all scorers with 14 points. Marcus Carr had 11 for the Longhorns, who shot 6-14 from the 3-point line in the first half. 

9:55 p.m. ET — Purdue in the double bonus with under two minutes to play in the first half. Jaden Ivey hits two from the line. He still has yet to record a shot from the floor. 

9:54 p.m. ET — Trevion Williams checks back in for Purdue after Zach Edey is called for his second foul. 

9:50 p.m. ET — Jaden Ivey gets his first points of the first half after making one of his two free throws. 

9:47 p.m. ET — Texas right back into the game after a quick 10-2 run. Purdue leads 30-24 with 3:43 left before halftime. Back-to-back 3-pointers for the Longhorns. 

9:45 p.m. ET — Andrew Jones finally puts a ball through the basket for Texas. Trevion Williams forces a pass on the other end of the court, leading to a fastbreak dunk for the longhorns. 

9:43 p.m. ET — Eric Hunter Jr. makes two free throws. Purdue is in the bonus with just under six minutes to play. 

9:40 p.m. ET, UNDER 8 — Trevion Williams is taking over in this first half. He's 6-6 from the floor and has 12 points to lead all scorers. Purdue up 26-14 with 6:08 left to play before halftime. Texas hasn't scored in nearly nine minutes. 

9:35 p.m. ET — It's a 16-0 run for Purdue as Ethan Morton knocks down an open 3-point jumper. Texas hasn't scored in the last 7:26 and the Boilermakers have a 24-14 lead with 7:37 left before halftime. 

9:33 p.m. ET — Trevion Williams is 4-4 from the floor and is up to eight points for Purdue. The Boilermakers are on an 11-0 run, and Texas hasn't scored in more than six minutes. 

9:30 p.m. ET — Zach Edey knocks down a pair of free throws, and Purdue has a 15-14 lead. Texas hasn't scored in nearly five minutes. 

9:24 p.m. ET, UNDER 12 — Zach Edey finds his first bucket of the game for Purdue to make it a 14-13 game in favor of Texas. Boilermakers have five turnovers and five fouls with 11:21 still to play in the first half. 

Longhorns have seven offensive rebounds already. 

9:21 p.m. ET — Jaden Ivey has the ball poked away from his arms while driving into the lane, and it looked like Texas would get an easy bucket in transition. But Ivey chased down the attacking guard and swatted the ball off the backboard. 

9:19 p.m. ET — Caleb Furst gets fouled and takes a hard fall while trying to go up for a dunk. He gets two free throws but splits the pair. Purdue is 3-5 from the line to start the game. 

9:16 p.m. ET — Caleb Furst and Isaiah Thompson check into the game for Purdue. Sasha Stefanovic shooting three free throws. He misses the first before hitting on his next two. 

9:13 p.m. ET, UNDER 16 — Texas leads Purdue 14-8 with 14:48 to play in the first half. The Boilermakers have made their last three shot attempts, but the Longhorns have hit a trio of 3-pointers to jump ahead early. 

Sasha Stefanovic will head to the foul line after the media timeout. 

9:12 p.m. ET — Texas has knocked down three straight 3-pointers and took a 12-6 lead before Mason Gillis got a layup to fall. Longhorns are getting open looks and have been extremely active on defense. 

9:11 p.m. ET — Trevion Williams backs down Christian Bishop and gets his second made shot of the game. 

9:09 p.m. ET — Trevion Williams snatches an offensive rebound and puts Purdue's first basket through the net off the glass. Both teams are struggling to find a rhythm here early. 

9:08 p.m. ET — Zach Edey called for an early foul, and Trevion Williams comes into the game in his place. Marcus Carr is fouled by Eric Hunter Jr. during a shot attempt, but he misses the front end of his pair of free throws before knocking down the second. 

Longhorns have the first lead of the game. 

9:06 p.m. ET — Purdue wins the tip, and Christian Bishop rejects Zach Edey's shot attempt to open the game. Texas isn't able to come away with a basket on its first offensive possession, either. 

PREGAME — Purdue will tip off with the same starting lineup, as expected, for its game against Texas. 

  • Sophomore forward Mason Gillis
  • Sophomore center Zach Edey
  • Sophomore guard Jaden Ivey
  • Senior guard Eric Hunter Jr.
  • Senior guard Sasha Stefanovic

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D.J. Fezler
D.J. FEZLER

D.J. Fezler is a staff writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Hailing from The Region, he is from Cedar Lake in Northwest Indiana and has spent the last two years covering Purdue football and basketball. 

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