Purdue edges Texas 79-77

#2 Purdue Boilermakers held off #11 Texas Longhorns 79-77 on Thursday at SAP Center at San Jose.

The first half made the difference: Purdue outscored Texas 39-35.

Purdue shot 48% to 52% and won the boards 32-31.

For Purdue, Trey Kaufman-Renn (F): 20. For Texas, Tramon Mark (G): 29.

Purdue improves to 30-8. Texas falls to 21-15.

Attendance: 15,341.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.