Michigan State Spartans @ Purdue Boilermakers

21-7, 9-6 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Michigan St MSU	37	31	68
Purdue PUR	26	35	61

Purdue BoilermakersPurduePUR

20-8, 9-6 Big Ten

Michigan State upsets No. 25 Purdue for 1st win over ranked opponent

Updated: Feb 28, 2013, 09:53 pm

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Annalise Pickrel scored 18 points and Jasmine Thomas and Klarissa Bell scored 17 apiece to lead Michigan State to a 68-61 victory over No. 25 Purdue Thursday night.

The Spartans (21-7, 9-6) led 37-26 at halftime and maintained the advantage the rest of the way to post their first win over a ranked opponent this season.

Purdue (20-8, 9-6) twice closed the gap to one point in the second half, and trailed just 63-61 with 4 minutes to play but the Boilermakers didn't score again in losing for the fifth time in their last seven games.

Drey Mingo and KK Houser led the Boilermakers with 16 points each and Taylor Manuel scored 12.

Purdue won the earlier meeting 67-62 in overtime on Jan. 27 in East Lansing, Mich.

Game Information

West Lafayette, IN

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UCLA	18-0	-	37-1
Michigan	15-3	3	28-7
Iowa	15-3	3	27-7
Ohio State	13-5	5	27-8
Minnesota	13-5	5	24-9
Maryland	11-7	7	24-9
Michigan State	11-7	7	23-9
Washington	10-8	8	22-11
Illinois	9-9	9	22-12
USC	9-9	9	18-14
Oregon	8-10	10	23-13
Nebraska	7-11	11	19-13
Indiana	6-12	12	18-14
Wisconsin	5-13	13	16-18
Purdue	5-13	13	13-17
Penn State	4-14	14	11-18
Northwestern	2-16	16	8-21
Rutgers	1-17	17	9-20

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