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Valparaiso stuns Purdue: Buzzer-beating 3-pointer in 2OT sends Boilermakers to first 0-2 start since 1976
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Key Points:
- Valparaiso upset Purdue 83-80 in double overtime on Friday night in West Lafayette, with Justus McNair hitting a game-winning corner 3-pointer as time expired.
- Rakim Chaney forced the game into double overtime by making a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to tie the game at 70, despite Purdue leading by as many as 15 points in the first half.
- Purdue, favored by 19.5 points, fell to 0-2 for the first time since the 1976-77 season, continuing a trend of early-season upsets for high-major teams.
- The loss ended Purdue’s 23-game November home winning streak and was their first home defeat to a Missouri Valley Conference team since 1978.
