IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jarryd Cole had 16 points and 10 rebounds in his final home game and Iowa stunned No. 6 Purdue 67-65 Saturday, putting the Boilermakers' hopes for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament in jeopardy and clinching the Big Ten title for top-ranked Ohio State.
Bryce Cartwright and Matt Gatens each added 13 points for the Hawkeyes (11-19, 4-14), who snapped the Boilermakers' seven-game winning streak and took down their first ranked opponent this season.
Cartwright then hit a floater that bounced up and in with 31 seconds left to put the Hawkeyes ahead 65-61. Purdue's Lewis Jackson answered with a layup, but Gatens raced down the floor and hit two game-icing free throws with 6 seconds left.
JaJuan Johnson had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Purdue (25-6, 14-4), which went 5 of 25 from 3-point range and shot just 36.2 percent from the field.
It took 30 games for Iowa to put it all together, but the Hawkeyes finally came through by pulling off perhaps the Big Ten's biggest upset of the year.
Purdue, which trailed most of the second half, finally grabbed the lead back with 4:44 left, as D.J. Byrd drilled a long 3 from the wing to put the Boilermakers up 56-55.
But Cole answered with a quick jumper, and Basabe threw down a rousing dunk off a miss to give Iowa a 59-56 lead.
Cole rattled home a short jumper to put the Hawkeyes ahead 63-59 with 1:44 left. Jackson answered with a layup after a missed free throw by Iowa, but the Boilermakers couldn't get any closer.
Jackson had 13 points and E'Twaun Moore added 11 for Purdue, which lost its first road game in a month.
Iowa took a 40-38 lead on freshman Melsahn Basabe's dunk with 18:21 left, but Cartwright had to he helped off the court after the play because of a leg cramp. The Hawkeyes extended their lead without him, as Gatens hit a layup after a steal by Eric May to push them ahead 44-40.
Iowa appeared ready to blow things open with Purdue playing out of sync, but the Boilermakers trailed 53-48 midway through the second half despite scoring just four points in a 7-minute stretch.
Cartwright, who also had seven assists, re-entered the game with 7:19 left and the Hawkeyes up 53-50. He was on the floor as Iowa's fans stormed the court following the program's biggest win in years.
After a sluggish start, Iowa pulled to 19-17 midway through the first half. Purdue's Terone Johnson answered with a 3, though, and Basabe blew an open dunk after a defensive lapse by the Boilermakers.
The Hawkeyes kept threatening to take the lead late in the half — and finally did when Cartwright's baseline jumper put them ahead 36-34 with 1:06 left.
Purdue went into the break tied at 36 despite getting owned on the boards, 28-16, and hitting just five of its 11 free throws.
Saturday's game was the home finale for Cole, the last Iowa player linked to former coach Steve Alford.
Cole was recruited by Alford, who left for New Mexico before Cole's freshman season, and played for Todd Lickliter and first-year coach Fran McCaffery. He finally beat Purdue on what was likely his last try, as Iowa snapped an eight-game losing streak against the Boilermakers dating to 2007.