STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Matt Painter was surprised to see his best player getting open shots early. He wasn’t surprised when Carsen Edwards made one after the other, and then drained the well-defended ones later.

The Big Ten’s leading scorer finished with 38 points, including 20 in the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — First, Purdue took a page from Michigan State’s playbook.

Then Nojel Eastern rewrote the script.

Ryan Cline scored 17 points and Eastern overcame his season-long free throw troubles by making six straight down the stretch to help the Boilermakers fend off ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Matt Painter sensed Purdue needed a change Thursday.

So he inserted Evan Boudreaux into the starting lineup, watched Carsen Edwards and Ryan Cline drive to the basket and saw a completely different team.

Edwards scored 30 points and Cline added 19 as the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Ryan Cline has turned into a key performer for Purdue.

Cline made five 3-pointers on his way to 17 points, and the 24th-ranked Boilermakers routed Robert Morris 84-46 on Friday.

Cline was 6 for 10 from the field in his sixth straight start to begin the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the Charleston Classic college basketball tournament (all times local):

10:50 p.m.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 25 points, Ahmed Hill and Justin Robinson had 23 points apiece and No. 16 Virginia Tech rallied from 12 points down in the second half ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Northeastern forward Jeremy Miller loves playing Power Five opponents. He and his teammates made sure the Huskies got a chance to play another by routing Alabama at the Charleston Classic.

Vasa Pusica had 20 points while Miller and Bolden Brace had 11 points each as ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Accustomed to dominating in stretches lately, the 14th-ranked Purdue Boilermakers found themselves on the other end of a big score and needed a savior against a gritty Penn State team on Tuesday night.

Enter Ryan Cline.

The guard scored six of his 11 points ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Ryan Cline scored six of his 11 points in overtime to lift No. 14 Purdue to a 74-70 victory over Penn State on Tuesday night.

Cline hit consecutive 3-pointers to secure his team’s sixth straight win in a game the Boilermakers led for just 9:16.

Vincent ...