Purdue vs. Saint Peter's score: Peacocks keep Cinderella run alive with Sweet 16 upset over Boilermakers
Fri, Mar 25, 2022
NCAAB News (AP)
No. 15 seed Saint Peter's made NCAA Tournament history on Friday evening, knocking off No. 3 seed Purdue 67-64 in a Sweet 16 stunner and becoming the first 15-seed ever to advance into the Elite Eight. The Peacocks' win over the Boilermakers gave them their second victory as a double-digit underdog in three 2022 March Madness wins, something no team before them had ever accomplished. They will face off against either No. 4 seed UCLA or No. 8 seed North Carolina on Sunday in the East Region final.
The Peacocks' NCAA Tournament run to this point already put them in historic company after shocking No. 2 seed Kentucky in the first round as an 18.5-point underdog, signifying one of the largest upsets in the history of the Big Dance. Their win over Purdue as a 13-point dog put them alone atop the great Cinderella stories, though, as it pulled off what the two other No. 15 seeds who had previously made the Sweet 16 -- Oral Roberts and Florida Gulf Coast -- could not: survive and advance.
AP Sports will update this story shortly with takeaways and more as the Cinderella story Peacocks have advanced to the Elite Eight.
