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Northwestern tops Purdue in strong performance

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Northwestern's Reggie Hearn celebrates a basket against Purdue Saturday during the second half.

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Reggie Hearn scored a career-high 26 points to lead Northwestern to a 75-60 victory over Purdue on Saturday. Jared Swopshire and Dave Sobolewski each added 13 points for the Wildcats (13-10, 4-6 Big Ten), who scored the game's first 12 points and snapped a four-game losing streak to the Boilermakers.