WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Terone Johnson scored 16 points and A.J. Hammons overcame a sore right knee to finish with 14 points Saturday, leading Purdue past pesky William & Mary 73-66.
The Boilermakers (6-6) won their second straight to reach the .500 mark before starting Big Ten play. They barely avoided a fourth loss this season to a non-BCS conference school after an 11-day Christmas break.
William & Mary (7-4) was led by Marcus Thornton with 21 points and Tim Rusthoven with 16 points and six rebounds. The Tribe dropped to 1-5 all-time against Big Ten schools.
Purdue struggled to put the game away until a late surge. Each time it looked like the Boilermakers were about to pull away, the Tribe came right back.
But Jacob Lawson broke a 58-58 tie with a layup with 7:46 to go, and the Boilermakers outscored William & Mary 13-8 the rest of the way.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| William & Mary (7-4) | 40 | 26 | 66 |
| Purdue (6-6) « | 39 | 34 | 73 |
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| William & Mary Tribe | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Gaillard, F | 37 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| T. Rusthoven, F | 30 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| M. Thornton, G | 36 | 8-14 | 3-4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| M. Rum, G | 35 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Britt, G | 28 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Tarpey | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| F. Heldring | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Boatner | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| S. Sheldon | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-55 | 5-6 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 66 | |
| 49.1% | 83.3% | ||||||
| Purdue Boilermakers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Byrd, F | 35 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| A. Hammons, F | 26 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| J. Lawson, F | 22 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Johnson, G | 30 | 6-15 | 3-5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| R. Johnson, G | 29 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Davis | 22 | 2-6 | 3-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| A. Johnson | 17 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| T. Carroll | 10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Hale | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| N. Beshears | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-62 | 14-19 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 73 | |
| 45.2% | 73.7% | ||||||
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