Big Ten Tournament Day 4: Live Updates

The Big Ten Tournament has been a stimulating showcase of the best in college basketball thus far. As we draw closer to the title game, Day 4 — featuring two hair-raising Semifinal showdowns — will tipoff at 1:00 p.m. EST. Before a champion can be crowned on Sunday, let’s check out the stupefying action taking place on Saturday.

No. 10 Penn State (21-12) and No. 3 Indiana (22-10) tipped off the second game of the day as the Nittany Lions tried to keep their title hopes alive. The Hoosiers entered Saturday as four-point favorites, but found themselves trailing Penn State at halftime after going just 3-for-17 over a 10-minute stretch. The Nittany Lions were able to capitalize and eventually head to the locker room with a 34-26 lead, thanks in large part to going 9-for-9 from the free throw line and keeping Indiana off the charity stripe.

Penn State had a 15-point lead with two minutes to play, but Indiana came back to make it interesting down the stretch. The Hoosiers got within one point in the final seconds, but two Penn State free throws put the Nittany Lions back on top by three. Jalen Hood-Schifino’s three-pointer rimmed out with five seconds left, and Camren Wynter made a free throw to all but seal the 77-73 victory and send Penn State to the Big Ten Tournament championship. Nittany Lions star Jalen Pickett led all scorers with 28 points while Trayce Jackson-Davis had 24 points for the Hoosiers.

2023 Big Ten Tournament schedule, results

All times eastern

Wednesday, March 8
First Round

No. 13 Ohio State 65, No. 12 Wisconsin 57
No. 14 Minnesota 78, No. 11 Nebraska 75

Thursday, March 9
Second Round

No. 9 Rutgers 62, No. 8 Michigan 50
No. 13 Ohio State 73, No. 5 Iowa 69
No. 10 Penn State 79, No. 7 Illinois 76
No. 6 Maryland 70, No. 14 Minnesota 54

Friday, March 10
Quarterfinals

No. 1 Purdue 70, No. 9 Rutgers 65
No. 13 Ohio State 68, No. 4 Michigan State 58
No. 10 Penn State 67, No. 2 Northwestern 65 (OT)
No. 3 Indiana 70, No. 6 Maryland 60

Saturday, March 11
Semifinals

No. 1 Purdue 80, No. 13 Ohio State 66
No. 10 Penn State 77, No. 3 Indiana 73

Sunday, March 12
Big Ten Championship

3:30 p.m – No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 10 Penn State

Purdue 70, Rutgers 65

The first game of the day, between Rutgers and top-seeded Purdue, was incredibly physical. The Scarlet Knights started hot before the Boilermakers fought their way back into the game, taking a one point lead into the half. That physicality continued into the second half, where Purdue built a small lead. The Boilermakers still held that lead when Rutgers’ Caleb McConnell fouled out with just over two minutes left. From there, Purdue increased its lead slightly on the way to a win.

Purdue’s Mason Gillis led all scorers with 20 points. Meanwhile, Zach Edey had a double-double, scoring 18 points with 13 rebounds.

Ohio State 68, Michigan State 58

Ohio State took the court against Michigan State looking to pull off another upset in a surprising run and did just that. The Buckeyes took a 33-24 lead on the back of eight point performances from Justice Sueing and Bruce Thornton. Thornton continued to star in the second half, finishing with 21 points as the Buckeyes won 68-58 without top scorer Brice Sensabaugh. The Buckeyes, a No. 13 seed, are the lowest seeded team to reach the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.

Penn State 67, Northwestern 65 (OT)

It was only right that a game with a one-point margin at half time and where each team traded blows in the second half went to overtime, and that’s just what happened between Northwestern and Penn State. After being knotted at 56 at the end of regulation, it was Penn State taking the win, 67-65 in overtime, behind 16 points from Seth Lundy and 15 points from Jalen Pickett, who scored six in overtime. A Chase Audige heave in the final seconds of OT didn’t fall and with the win, Penn State is on to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.

Indiana 70, Maryland 60

The stars for Indiana — Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino — lived up to the billing, putting together a second-half surge to beat Maryland, 70-60, and advance to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. Jackson-Davis scored 24 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished seven assists, while Hood-Schifino scored 19, including a clutch 3 with around two minutes to play that put Indiana up by nine. With the win, the Hoosiers will face Penn State on Saturday afternoon in the semis.

Purdue 80, Ohio State 66

The magical run for No. 13 Ohio State came to an end in Saturday’s first game, as No. 1 Purdue exerted their dominance over the Buckeyes, winning by a score of 80-66. The Boilermakers booked their ticket to the Big Ten Tournament title game behind the play of star big man Zach Edey, who scored a resounding 32 points.