Clemson, Purdue square off for Space Coast title

Clemson and Purdue will attempt to avoid big trouble, quite literally, when they meet Thursday night in the championship game of the Space Coast Challenge in Melbourne, Fla. Zach Edey, a 7-foot-4, 285-pound center, paced Purdue with 19 points in just 16 minutes of playing time as the Boilermakers cruised past Liberty 77-64. Clemson’s PJ Hall, a 6-10, 235-pound forward, put up a team-high-tying 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the Tigers’ 53-42 win against Mississippi State.