It took until double overtime for someone to finally throw in the white flag Thursday night in Ann Arbor. Purdue played about as well as you can ask a road team to do so, but Michigan basketball just had a little bit more fuel left in the tank at the end.
The Boilermakers nearly stole the show in regulation and sent the crowd home unhappy. However, the Wolverines knew what was at stake in the Big Ten race and refused to leave Crisler without a victory.
Zavier Simpson stepped up in a big way for an absent Isaiah Livers.