▁face ▁Pur due . ▁Pur due ▁jump ed ▁on ▁the ▁Spart ans ▁from ▁the ▁opening ▁tip ▁led ▁by ▁Rap ha el ▁Davis ▁and ▁led ▁by ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 1 8 ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half . ▁However , ▁MS U ▁showed ▁t ough ness ▁and ▁fought ▁its ▁way ▁back ▁behind ▁Valent ine ▁who ▁again ▁just ▁missed ▁a ▁triple - double ▁with ▁ 2 7 ▁points , ▁ 1 0 ▁ass ists ▁and ▁eight ▁reb ounds . ▁The ▁Spart ans ▁took ▁the ▁lead ▁with ▁ 1 : 5 9 ▁remaining ▁at ▁ 7 2 – 6 8 , ▁but ▁didn ' t ▁score ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁reg ulation . ▁Pur due ▁tied ▁it ▁and ▁Valent ine ▁had ▁a ▁weak ▁attempt ▁to ▁win ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁clock ▁exp ired . ▁In ▁over time ▁with ▁the ▁teams ▁tied ▁at ▁ 8 1 , ▁a ▁controvers ial ▁f oul ▁call ▁on ▁Valent ine ▁with ▁ 4 . 9 ▁seconds ▁remaining ▁gave ▁Rap ha el ▁Davis ▁two ▁free ▁throws ▁for ▁the ▁win . ▁He ▁made ▁the ▁first , ▁but ▁missed ▁the ▁second . ▁However , ▁Pur due ▁big ▁man ▁A . ▁J . ▁Hamm ons ▁secured ▁the ▁re bound ▁and ▁the ▁win . ▁The ▁win ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁by ▁Pur due ▁over ▁the ▁Spart ans ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁The ▁loss ▁dropped ▁the ▁Spart ans ▁to ▁ 2 0 – 5 ▁and ▁ 7 – 5 ▁in ▁conference ▁all ▁but ▁ass uring ▁they ▁would ▁be ▁unable ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Big ▁Ten ▁regular ▁season