GLENDALE, Ariz. — It's finally here! Purdue men's basketball is playing in their first national championship game since 1969 Monday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 9:20 p.m. at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Both the Boilermakers and the Huskies enter the game as No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament. Purdue's record stands at 34-4 while UConn's is 36-3.
Purdue has two-time and reigning AP Player of the Year Zach Edey as part of their starting five. So far this season, Edey is averaging a double-double with 24.9 points per game and 12.2 rebounds per game. He's also averaging an impressive 2.2 blocks per game, a career high.
Guards Braden Smith and Lance Jones are just behind Edey in scoring, both averaging around 12 points per game. Smith leads the team in assists with 7.5 per game as well as in steals with 1.6 per game.
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FINAL BOX SCORE
No. 1 UConn 75, No. 3 Purdue 60
PURDUE (34-5) — Kaufman-Renn 2-4 0-0 4, Edey 15-25 7-10 37, Jones 2-3 1-1 5, Loyer 0-5 0-0 0, Smith 4-12 3-4 12, Gillis 0-2 0-0 0, Heide 1-1 0-0 2, Colvin 0-2 0-0 0, Barrett 0-0 0-0 0, C.Furst 0-0 0-0 0, Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Morton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 24-54 11-15 60.
UCONN (37-3) — Karaban 2-7 0-0 5, Clingan 5-8 1-1 11, Castle 6-13 2-4 15, Newton 6-13 6-6 20, Spencer 5-12 0-0 11, Diarra 4-6 0-0 9, S.Johnson 2-3 0-0 4, Stewart 0-0 0-0 0, Ball 0-0 0-0 0, Hurley 0-0 0-0 0, Ross 0-0 0-0 0, Roumoglou 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 30-62 9-11 75.
Halftime—UConn 36-30. 3-Point Goals—Purdue 1-7 (Smith 1-2, Gillis 0-1, Jones 0-1, Loyer 0-1, Colvin 0-2), UConn 6-22 (Newton 2-5, Diarra 1-2, Castle 1-4, Spencer 1-4, Karaban 1-6, Clingan 0-1). Fouled Out—S.Johnson. Rebounds—Purdue 27 (Edey 10), UConn 32 (Spencer 8). Assists—Purdue 8 (Smith 8), UConn 18 (Newton 7). Total Fouls—Purdue 15, UConn 18.
SECOND HALF
0:00 — UConn wins back-to-back national championships as the final buzzer sounds. FINAL: UConn 75, Purdue 60
0:37 — Braden Smith misses a 3-point shot. UConn grabs the rebound and runs out the clock.
1:22 — Stephon Castle makes two free throws. Edey dunks again. SCORE: UConn 73, Purdue 60
1:47 — Another dunk from Edey brings the score to 71-58 UConn.
2:34 — Zach Edey makes a dunk to bring his point total to 33. SCORE: UConn 69, Purdue 56
2:47 — A block by Fletcher Loyer sets up a layup by Lance Jones. SCORE: UConn 67, Purdue 54
3:30 — Zach Edey makes a layup, but time is running out. SCORE: UConn 67, Purdue 52
3:42 — Braden Smith makes a free throw.
4:52 — Zach Edey pushes his point total to 29 with a jump shot. Purdue then calls a timeout. SCORE: UConn 65, Purdue 49
5:38 — Zach Edey makes one out of two free throws. SCORE: UConn 63, Purdue 47
7:05 — Alex Karaban sinks a 3-pointer for the Huskies. SCORE: UConn 61, Purdue 46
7:32 — Zach Edey makes a dunk to give Purdue four straight points when it needs them. SCORE: UConn 59, Purdue 46
7:52 — Out of the TV timeout, Zach Edey hits both free throws. SCORE: UConn 59, Purdue 44
7:52 — The third official TV timeout of the half occurs.
8:23 — The threes keep raining down for UConn. Stephon Castle hits another one to extend the Huskies lead. SCORE: UConn 59, Purdue 42
9:16 — Out of a timeout, Zach Edey scores Purdue's first bucket in nearly four and a half minutes. SCORE: UConn 56, Purdue 42
9:35 — Purdue is starting to fall further behind. UConn continues to outrebound the Boilermakers. A 3-pointer from Alex Karaban extended UConn's lead to 14. SCORE: UConn 54, Purdue 40
10:20 — Hassan Diarra fouls Braden Smith, sending him to the line for two. Smith hits both free throws. SCORE: UConn 51, Purdue 40.
11:31 — Out of the TV timeout, Edey airballs his free throw.
11:31 — Cam Spencer fouls Zach Edey, bringing Edey to the line. The foul puts Purdue in the bonus. The second TV timeout of the half occurs.
12:09 — UConn's Tristen Newton somehow makes a layup in the face of Zach Edey. SCORE: UConn 51, Purdue 38
13:13 — UConn returns to having an 11-point lead with a Cam Spencer layup. SCORE: UConn 49, Purdue 38
13:42 — Zach Edey's point total rises to 20 as he tips one in. SCORE: UConn 47, Purdue 38
14:15 — Samson Johnson fouls Zach Edey, sending him to the line. Edey sinks both free throws. SCORE: UConn 47, Purdue 36
14:41 — Newton to Johnson results in another dunk and a bigger lead for UConn. SCORE: UConn 47, Purdue 34
15:24 — Samson Johnson catches a pseudo-alley-oop for a dunk to give UConn a double-digit lead. SCORE: UConn 45, Purdue 34
15:44 — Zach Edey tries to dish the ball to Camden Heide, but Heide can't catch the ball and commits a backcourt violation.
15:54 — The first TV timeout of the second half is taken. SCORE: UConn 43, Purdue 34
16:41 — Zach Edey misses a jump shot. Camden Heide grabs the offensive rebound and dunks WITH AUTHORITY! SCORE: UConn 41, Purdue 34
16:55 — Lance Jones is called for a questionable blocking foul. Stephon Castle goes to the line and misses both free throws. SCORE: UConn 41, Purdue 32
17:40 — UConn gets a 5-2 run going to start the second half as Stephon Castle makes a layup. SCORE: UConn 41, Purdue 32
18:26 — Braden Smith dishes to Trey Kaufman-Renn who makes a layup for the Boilermakers' first points of the second half. SCORE: UConn 39, Purdue 32
19:29 — Clingan grabs an offensive rebound for the Huskies before dishing it out to Tristen Newton who knocks down a three-pointer. SCORE: UConn 39, Purdue 30
20:00 — Fletcher Loyer starts off the second half by passing to Braden Smith. Smith gives it to Edey who is fouled by Donovan Clingan.
FIRST HALF
0:00 — The final buzzer sounds on the first half. UConn leads Purdue 36-30. Zach Edey leads the Boilermakers in scoring with 16 points and five rebounds. Braden Smith has the second most points for Purdue with 9. Smith also has three assists so far. Other scorers for the Boilermakers are Lance Jones with 3 and Trey Kaufman-Renn with 2.
0:49 — UConn's Stephon Castle tips one in to extend the Huskies' lead. SCORE: UConn 36, Purdue 30
1:08 — UConn wins the battle for a jump ball.
1:33 — Out of the timeout, Mason Gillis cannot get a three-pointer to go.
1:37 — Zach Edey stands right under the net but can't get his shot to go in. Mason Gillis grabs the rebound and Matt Painter takes a timeout. SCORE: UConn 34, Purdue 30
2:00 — Out of the timeout, UConn's Tristen Newton hits a jump shot. SCORE: UConn 34, Purdue 30
2:09 — UConn calls a timeout.
2:22 — Braden Smith hits a 3-pointer to bring Purdue within two points of UConn. Smith has scored 9 points and racked up 3 assists and 3 rebounds so far. SCORE: UConn 32, Purdue 30
2:46 — UConn's Castle is called for a flop. Purdue is awarded a turnover.
3:11 — Braden Smith responds with a jump shot of his own. SCORE: UConn 32, Purdue 27
3:26 — Stephon Castle makes a highly contested jump shot in the paint to extend the Huskies' lead. SCORE: UConn 32, Purdue 25
3:49 — UConn's Cam Spencer makes a steal as the Huskies call a timeout. SCORE: UConn 30, Purdue 25
4:22 — A 9-2 run from UConn has the Huskies ahead of the Boilermakers 30-25.
5:57 — Zach Edey tips in a field goal. SCORE: UConn 26, Purdue 25
6:38 — UConn's Donovan Clingan hits a layup. Zach Edey gets a breather as Matt Painter swaps him out for Caleb Furst. SCORE: UConn 26, Purdue 23
6:50 — Purdue commits its third turnover of the game and calls a timeout. SCORE: Purdue 23, UConn 23
8:18 — Bad communication from UConn allows Fletcher Loyer to grab a steal and pass to Braden Smith. Smith then finds Edey in the paint who knocks down a jump shot. SCORE: Purdue 23, UConn 21
8:34 — UConn's Hassan Diarra is called for a foul after falling over the top of Purdue's Trey Kaufmann-Renn.
9:11 — Zach Edey grabs a defensive rebound and sets up a jump shot from Braden Smith to tie things up. SCORE: Purdue 21, UConn 21
9:49 — Hassan Diarra is called for a shooting foul on Zach Edey. Edey makes just one of his two free throw attempts. SCORE: UConn 21, Purdue 19
10:04 — Fletcher Loyer misses a layup after taking significant contact. Donovan Clinghan grabs the rebound for UConn. Tristen Newton then finds Hassan Diarra for a corner 3. SCORE: UConn 21, Purdue 18
11:15 — Samson Johnson is called for his second foul of the game. He returns to UConn's bench. SCORE: Purdue 18, UConn 18
11:28 — The second TV timeout of the night occurs.
11:35 — Myles Colvin gets his first minutes off the bench and misses a three-pointer. Mason Gillis, also off the bench, grabs the offensive rebound before being fouled by UConn's Samson Johnson.
12:00 — UConn's Hassan Diarra makes a layup to put the Huskies back in front. SCORE: UConn 18, Purdue 16
12:19 — UConn and Purdue trade layups. Donovan Clingan fouls Zach Edey, who makes both of his free throws. SCORE: Purdue 16, UConn 16
13:08 — Zach Edey grabs his seventh and eighth points of the night off a much-needed jump shot. SCORE: UConn 14, Purdue 13
13:35 — Two straight blocks for Zach Edey helps stop UConn from extending their lead.
14:01 — Braden Smith misses a layup as UConn grabs the defensive rebound.
14:29 — UConn's Tristen Newton responds to Edey's dunk with a three-pointer. SCORE: UConn 14, Purdue 11
15:00 — Purdue makes some adjustments to their rotation. Braden Smith passes to Zach Edey who SLAMS IT DOWN. SCORE: Purdue 11, UConn 11
15:04 — The first official TV timeout of the game occurs just after a UConn turnover. Purdue will have the ball when the game resumes. SCORE: UConn 11, Purdue 9
16:08 — Zach Edey responds with a layup. SCORE: Purdue 9, UConn 9
16:44 — A Trey Kaufman-Renn turnover leads to a slam dunk by UConn's Donovan Clingan. SCORE: UConn 9, Purdue 7
16:58 — Zach Edey scores his first points of the night off an assist from Braden Smith. SCORE: Purdue 7, UConn 7
17:53 — Fletcher Loyer is called for a defensive foul. Tristen Newton makes both free throws. SCORE: UConn 7, Purdue 5
18:12 — Lance Jones is fouled making a layup. He makes the free throw. SCORE: Purdue 5, UConn 3
18:40 — UConn responds with a three-pointer from Cam Spencer. SCORE: UConn 3, Purdue 2
19:00 — Braden Smith grabs a defensive rebound. Trey Kauffman-Ren makes a jump shot and gives Purdue their first points of the game. SCORE: Purdue 2, UConn 0
19:33 — Just 30 seconds in, Edey makes a jump shot, but misses. UConn rebounds.
20:00 — The college basketball national championship game is underway! Purdue's Zach Edey wins the tip and Purdue has possession first.
PRE-GAME
9:15 p.m. — Purdue's starting five is introduced.
9:10 p.m. — The National Anthem is played as the teams complete their pregame warmups.
8:52 p.m. — With tipoff less than a half hour away, here's a look at the Boilermakers' starting five.
8:36 p.m. — Retired NFL quarterback and former Purdue quarterback Drew Brees is in Arizona to see his Boilermakers play for a national championship!
8:18 — All eyes are on Edey before the game.
8:05 p.m. — Zach Edey makes warmup jump shots. His mother is also spotted courtside!
8:02 p.m. — The Boilermakers make their way out of the locker room and onto the court for pregame warmups. Tipoff is just an hour and twenty minutes away!
8:00 p.m. — 13Sports director Dave Calabro checks in from the court at State Farm Stadium.
7:33 p.m. — Former Purdue basketball head coach Gene Keady has a "P" drawn into his head to celebrate the Boilermakers' national championship appearance.
7:11 p.m. — The Boilermakers have arrived at State Farm Stadium.
4:30 p.m. — Dave and Dom are in Arizona several hours before the game. They stopped by for a live shot at a local bar that was packed with Purdue fans.