No. 8 Duke Falls to No. 24 Purdue in PK Legacy Championship

Sunday, November 27

Portland, Ore.

3:30 p.m.

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No. 8 Duke Falls to No. 24 Purdue in PK Legacy Championship

11/27/2022 6:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freshman Tyrese Proctor scored a career-high 16 points but No. 24 Purdue claimed a 75-56 win over No. 8 Duke in the championship game of the Phil Knight Legacy at Moda Center in Portland, Ore.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke jumped on Purdue early, opening a seven-point lead at 14-7 at the 15:48-mark on a Proctor jumper.
Purdue chipped away, and Branden Smith's layup three minutes later gave the Boilermakers the lead at 17-16.
Purdue opened a lead as many 18 (46-28) before Duke closed the half on a 7-0 run thanks to four points from Proctor.
Proctor scored 10 of Duke's 18 over a stretch that spanned both halves as the freshman tried to keep his team in it.
The Blue Devils trimmed the margin to as few as seven on two occasions in the second half, but could get no closer.
Purdue's 7-foot-4 big man Zach Edey finished with a game-high 21 points and 12 rebounds, while Caleb Furst had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Fletcher Loyer scored 18 points, including 4-of-8 from three-point range.
Duke was limited to just 2-of-19 from three-point range and shot .362 (21-for-58) from the field.
Proctor scored 16 points, while Kyle Filipowski and Jeremy Roach each had 14.

NOTES

The game was the eighth in the series versus Purdue with the Boilermakers now leading, 5-3. Purdue snapped Duke's two-game winning streak in the series.
Duke is now 5-1 when playing in Phil Knight events in Portland after winning the inaugural PK80 in 2017.
Duke was out-rebounded by Purdue, 42-31 – its first game this season being out-rebounded by an opponent and the first time this season the Blue Devils failed to lead in second-chance points (8-3).
Purdue's 75 points were the most scored against Duke this season – previous high was 69 by Kansas.
Duke is now a combined 93-33 when playing in one of the 12 current NBA arenas, including 5-1 in Portland's Moda Center. The Blue Devils have won 22 of their last 28 games at NBA arenas.
Duke has now connected on at least one three-point field goal in 1,161 consecutive games – the nation's second longest active streak.
Filipowski scored 14 points with five rebounds. He has scored in double figures in every game this season.