{"id":201653,"date":"2026-03-22T19:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T19:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201653\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T19:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T19:28:12","slug":"miami-falls-to-purdue-in-ncaa-tournament-round-of-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201653\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami falls to Purdue in NCAA Tournament Round of 32"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">ST. LOUIS \u2014 What a story it was for first-year head coach Jai Lucas and the Miami Hurricanes Men\u2019s Basketball Team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">That special story came to an end Sunday at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, as No. 7 seed Miami (26-9) fell 79-69 to No. 2 seed Purdue (29-8) in the West Region second round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The two teams traded punches throughout the first half, with the Hurricanes jumping out to a quick 5-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Purdue took a seven-point lead, its largest of the half. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami responded with a brief surge and led by as many as seven, but the Boilermakers would not go away. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Led by forward Malik Reneau, who finished with 16 points, freshman Shelton Henderson\u2019s 18 points and Tre Donaldson\u2019s playmaking, Miami took a two-point lead into the locker room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The second half saw the veteran presence of senior guards Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith flip the game in Purdue\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Loyer finished with 24 points, including a perfect 4-for-4 from three-point range, and Smith added 12 points, going 6-for-6 from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">While the Hurricanes\u2019 season comes to an end, Purdue will face No. 11 seed Texas in the Sweet 16, with the date and time to be announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This will be the Boilermakers\u2019 third consecutive Sweet 16 appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LOUIS \u2014 What a story it was for first-year head coach Jai Lucas and the Miami Hurricanes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,52362,87989],"class_list":["post-201653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-npstrans","tag-toppic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}