GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Fairleigh Dickinson 63, Purdue 58
(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
By TOM WITHERS
AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense.
The shortest team in the tourney, the Knights (21-15) showed no fear in swarming 7-foot-4 All-America center Zach Edey from the start. FDU’s players were quicker and more composed than the Big Ten champion Boilermakers (29-6).
FDU held Purdue scoreless for more than 5 1/2 minutes down the stretch and moved ahead by five on a 3-pointer by Moore with 1:03 left. The Knights held on from there, becoming the second straight double-digit seed to send the Boilermakers home. Purdue was a 3 seed when it lost to 15 seed Saint Peter’s in the Sweet 16 last year.
March 17, 2023
| Fairleigh Dickinson | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Almonor | F | 25 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| G. Singleton | G | 35 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 0-6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| D. Roberts | G | 33 | 4-11 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| S. Moore | G | 28 | 7-17 | 2-2 | 3-10 | 2-5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| J. Munden Jr. | G | 20 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| H. Bligen | 20 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| C. Tweedy | 18 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| B. Reynolds | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| J. Emanuel | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 24-62 (.387) |
8-10 (.800) |
7-23 (.304) |
11-33 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 63 | |
| Purdue | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Gillis | F | 31 | 3-10 | 3-3 | 1-7 | 3-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Z. Edey | C | 36 | 7-11 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 6-15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| B. Smith | G | 34 | 2-10 | 2-2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| F. Loyer | G | 27 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| B. Newman | G | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Jenkins Jr. | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| E. Morton | 17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Furst | 9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| T. Kaufman-Renn | 8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 200 | 19-53 (.358) |
15-19 (.789) |
5-26 (.192) |
15-42 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 58 | |
