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Purdue drops heartbreaker to Houston in Sweet 16 matchup

Sydney Hunte

By Sydney Hunte

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Purdue suffered a heartbreaking loss in its Sweet 16 game against Houston on Friday, falling 62-60 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis as Milos Uzan drained a go-ahead layup with .8 seconds to go.

With the game tied at 60, the Cougars drew up a perfect play out of a timeout, leaving the Boilermakers a step behind as Uzan put his shot home with less than a second remaining to send his team to a second Elite 8 in 4 seasons.

Here’s how it happened:

Houston led by as much as 10, 56-46, with just under 8 minutes to go in regulation before the Boilermakers came back to tie the game at 60 on a Camden Heide three-pointer.

That eventually led to the heroics of Uzan, who finished with a game-high 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the field and 6-of-9 from three-point range.

Meanwhile, for the Boilermakers, it’s a disappointing postseason defeat for a group looking to not only make it to a second straight national championship game, but win it altogether. Matt Painter’s team knocked out 13th-seeded High Point and 12th-seeded McNeese en route to Friday’s Sweet 16 game against the Cougars, but met their match on Friday in a de facto home game in Indy — just over an hour from West Lafayette.

Purdue finishes the season at 24-12. Houston moves on to face Tennessee on Sunday.

Sydney Hunte