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Boilers win in final two seconds

The Purdue women’s basketball team led for only two seconds against Wisconsin on Sunday in Mackey Arena. Fortunately for the Boilermakers, it was the final two seconds.

With 10 seconds left in the game, the Boilermakers (13-11, 8-5 Big Ten) had the ball under their own basket with the game tied, 56-56. They ran a play around the perimeter, but the ball ended up in sophomore Chelsea Jones’ hands on the baseline. She said she got the ball knocked away at first, but she was able to regain composure and hit a hook shot as the clock read two seconds to put the Boilers up for good, 58-56.

“The play we were running, I had a pretty good feeling that I was probably going to have to get it since they would be out on our shooters,” Jones said. “So just catching it, I was like, ‘OK, you guys, shoot it! And if I don’t make it, at least we go to overtime.’”