National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Purdue 75, Illinois 67
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Where: Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana
Officials: # Bob Donato, # Pat Driscoll, # Mike Sanzere
Attendance: 14123

Seniors JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore had big nights in their final home game, and No. 6 Purdue continued its late-season surge with a 75-67 win over visiting Illinois on Tuesday.

Johnson scored 23 points and grabbed six rebounds, leading the Boilermakers (25-5, 14-3 Big Ten) to their seventh straight win and keeping them in the discussion for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Purdue overcame 18 points from Illinois star Demetri McCamey and got a clutch 3-pointer late from Moore to hold off the Illini (18-12, 8-9 Big Ten), who have lost three of four and sit squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Illinois trimmed Purdue's lead to 67-64 with two minutes to play, before Johnson hit consecutive free throws and Moore hit a deep 3-pointer to put the Boilermakers in control, up eight, with 50 seconds to play. Moore finished with 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting, five rebounds and five assists.

Purdue improved to 15-0 at home, its first undefeated home mark since 1968-69.

The Boilermakers close the regular season at Iowa on Saturday. Illinois hosts Indiana to end its regular season on Saturday.
Top Game Performances
 
Illinois   Purdue
Demetri McCamey 18 Scoring JaJuan Johnson 23
Demetri McCamey 4 Assists E'Twaun Moore 5
Mike Davis 10 Rebounds Ryne Smith 9
Mike Davis 2 Free Throws Made D.J. Byrd 5
Brandon Paul 1 Steals E'Twaun Moore 2
Mike Tisdale 2 Blocks D.J. Byrd 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Illinois 67 50.0 5-15 8-11 18 31 3 1
Purdue 75 43.1 11-26 14-19 16 30 4 5