SAN JOSE, CA —Purdueis still dancing.
The No. 2 seed Boilermakers avoided the upset from 11th-seeded Texas with a last-second put-back shot by Trey Kaufman-Renn in theSweet 16to continue their March Madness run into the Elite Eight witha 79-77 win.
It was a back-and-forth game the entire way, and in the winding moments, theLonghornswere down by three points. Texas' Dailyn Swain got a bucket and foul with 11 seconds left to tie the score at 77.
The Boilermakers had the final possession and guardBraden Smithdrove into the lane for the game-winner, but missed. Luckily for Purdue, Renn was right there to clean it up, getting the putback to take the lead with 0.7 seconds left. Texas was unable to get the full-court heave to pull off the shocker.
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Renn's winning bucket capped off a big night for him, finishing with a team-high 20 points in the victory. Purdue now awaits the winner of No. 1 Arizona and No. 4 Arkansas in the Elite Eight, with a trip to the Final Four on the line on Saturday, March 28.
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