WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When Michigan State hosted Purdue less than two weeks ago, it went down to the final seconds, the Boilermakers getting the wining bucket from Zach Edey with 2.2 seconds to play.
The rematch at Mackey Arena on Sunday afternoon never had the same suspense as Edey, once again, had his way with the Michigan State defense as No. 1 Purdue built a big lead by halftime and held off several Michigan State runs in the second half before cruising to a 77-61 victory.
It was the sixth straight road loss for Michigan State (14-8, 6-5 Big Ten) in its series with Purdue as the Spartans not only had no answer for Edey and his career-high 38 points, but they couldn't get much going offensively.
