How one sophomore picked up for the other to lead Purdue basketball to March Madness win vs Miami
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ST. LOUIS — As one Purdue men’s basketball sophomore guard lit up the Enterprise Center with a shooting display, the other cheered, waiting for his chance to back it up. As that first player ran sprints in the locker room behind the stands, the other stepped into the middle of an important defensive stand. C.J. Cox might have saved the 2-seed Boilermakers when he shot them back into a tie in an eventual 79-69 victory over 7-seed Miami in the West Region NCAA Tournament Round of 32. They also saved themselves when Harris and the rest of the defense repelled the Hurricanes in the second half. Too many Purdue postseason dreams have been diverted due to injury. Cox’s right knee, preliminarily,...