In the end, the 73–63 final score in Purdue’s home win over Michigan State on Sunday represented not how the overall game went, but a tale of two halves in West Lafayette.
After the Boilermakers raced out to a 37–19 halftime lead that would balloon to as many as 22 in the second half, the Spartans showed off why they entered the day as the country’s No. 6 team by taking control and reeling off a 19–3 run that helped them close to within five with 4:34 to play.
But that was the last field goal Michigan State would make.