WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Every single one of the 5,000 VIP All Sports cards that were allocated to Purdue students for the 2009-10 school year have been sold.

Purdue students may still purchase a football season ticket for $119. The season ticket includes general admission seating in the student section at all seven home football games, which includes Notre Dame and Ohio State. This price represents a savings of nearly 50 percent compared with purchasing student single-game tickets.

“We appreciate the support of our students in purchasing all the VIP All Sports cards that they could,” first-year head coach Danny Hope said. “We hope their classmates who did not purchase them will buy season tickets and help add to the great student support section at Ross-Ade Stadium. The energy and enthusiasm of our students means a lot to our football team.”

Hope and the Boilermakers open the 2009 season Sept. 5 against Toledo at Ross-Ade.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — DeShawn Sims scored a career-high 29 points and Manny Harris had 27 points and eight rebounds to lead Michigan to an 87-78 victory over No. 16 Purdue on Thursday night.

The Wolverines (18-11, 8-8 Big Ten) improved to 3-4 against ranked opponents and added an important victory to the ones it had over Duke and UCLA, when both teams were ranked fourth in the nation. Michigan is trying for its first NCAA tournament bid in more than a decade.

Robbie Hummel scored 24 points for the Boilermakers (21-7, 10-5), while E’Twaun Moore had 18 and Keaton Grant added 11.

Purdue, which had won four straight, fell two games behind Big Ten-leading Michigan State and a half-game behind Illinois.

The Boilermakers trailed by three midway through the second half, but couldn’t stop Sims or Harris during a 19-6 run that decided the game.

The Wolverines haven’t earned an NCAA tournament bid since 1998, but they’ve got a shot to end the drought with two talented upperclassmen–Sims and Harris — recruited by former coach Tommy Amaker, gutsy freshmen and savvy coaching by John Beilein, who is in his second season.

Michigan was coming off a deflating loss to Iowa, the 10th-place team in the Big Ten, in which Harris was benched during the overtime. But Harris and the Wolverines bounced back with an inspired effort in their regular-season home finale.

Harris became the sixth player in Michigan history to reach the 1,000-point mark as a sophomore, joining Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Phil Hubbard, Mike McGee and Louis Bullock.

The shooting guard forced Purdue to extend its defense with his outside shooting.

Boilermakers coach Matt Painter, meanwhile, struggled to defend Sims inside because 6-foot-10 forward JaJuan Johnson had three fouls midway through the first half and was called for a fourth early in the second.

After taking a 16-point lead with 4 1/2 minutes left, Michigan added some drama because it missed the front end of some 1-and-1 opportunities and missed a slew of other free throws in the closing minutes.

The Wolverines were 11-of-21 at the line in the second half, giving Purdue a glimmer of hope.

Purdue hurt its Big Ten title chances, but the team can be encouraged by the play of Hummel. He fell only one point of his career high, showing he seems to be regaining his form after missing three games earlier this month with a fracture in his lower back.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Seniors Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton and Danielle Campbell couldn’t have scripted a better senior night as both players put up career numbers in a 70-53 win over Michigan on Thursday night. Wisdom-Hylton finished with a career-high 15 rebounds en route to her 23rd career double-double, while Campbell scored a season-high 18 points.

Purdue began the game playing fairly tight with Michigan, but managed to take a 34-21 lead into the locker room at halftime after a 13-point first half performance by Campbell. The Boilermakers went on to start the second half on a 11-4 run powered by Wisdom-Hylton and fellow senior Lakisha Freeman. Freeman finished with six points, three assists and four rebounds.

In her last game in Mackey Arena, Wisdom-Hylton scored 13 points, 15 rebounds, dished out four assists, stole four and swatted two blocks.

Senior Campbell scored a season-high 18 points on six of eight shooting from the floor and six of seven shooting from the free-throw line. Campbell also grabbed seven boards, three assists and two steals.

Senior Natasha Bogdanova got into the action with her 45th career three-pointer midway through the second half. Bogdanova finished with seven points, five rebounds and an assist.

Lauren Mioton was the only senior not to score in a night dedicated to Purdue’s five graduating seniors. Mioton missed her only two attempts from the floor in nine minutes of play.

Chantel Poston provided a spark off the bench, scoring six points and pulling down three boards, all of which came during a critical stretch in the first half. Poston also added a steal.

Carly Benson and Melinda Queen provided the scoring for Michigan, each scoring 13 points, while Krista Phillips used her 6-6 frame to record a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

After the game, Purdue’s graduating seniors Natasha Bogdanova, Danielle Campbell, Lakisha Freeman, Lauren Mioton and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton were honored with a ceremony that included career highlights, a framed jersey and speeches by head coach Sharon Versyp.

The Boilermakers will finish their Big Ten regular season this Sunday, Mar. 1 when they travel to East Lansing, Mich. to take on Michigan State at noon.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The 2009 Purdue football Black & Gold Game will be played Saturday, April 18, at Ross-Ade Stadium. Start time is 1 p.m. Admission will be free, as will parking. More details about the game and related festivities will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Black & Gold Game will culminate the allotted number of 15 spring workouts for head coach Danny Hope’s Boilermakers, who will get started Wednesday, March 25, and practice Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

April 18 will be an exciting day on campus, as the Purdue baseball, men’s golf, softball, women’s tennis and men’s and women’s track and field teams all have home events, and Spring Fest gets under way.

The day will begin with the Purdue Cancer Center Challenge . The 5K run/walk begins and ends at Ross-Ade. Hope is the event’s spokesman and is asking Boilermaker fans to “Take the Challenge, Get Up, Get Fit and Give Back” by raising funds for cancer research at Purdue.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Joe Tiller savored every moment from Saturday’s send-off.

He raised his arms in victory after twice getting doused with ice cubes. He conducted the Purdue band as it played the school fight song one last time. He cherished the opportunity to speak to players and fans from the field, inviting them to visit him in Wyoming and even shedding a few tears.

Yes, it was a fitting tribute for the man who spent a dozen seasons restoring Purdue’s pride, and the Boilermakers made sure nothing would detract from Tiller’s farewell party.

Curtis Painter threw for 448 yards and five touchdowns, and Purdue opened with 10 straight scoring drives as the retiring coach reclaimed the Old Oaken Bucket with a 62-10 rout over Indiana.

“Does it get any better than this, I don’t know? What a way of finishing the season and finishing a career,” Tiller said. “They got me with the bath. My shorts are stuck to me right now, I actually need to go take a shower.”

It looked like a throwback to Tiller’s early days when the innovative spread offense confounded Big Ten defenses – except Saturday’s finale was far sweeter.

Purdue produced the fourth-highest point total in the history of a 111-game series, and the 52-point margin was the largest between the teams since the turn of the century – the 20th century. The last time a Bucket game was this lopsided: Purdue 64, Indiana 0 in 1893.

Tiller wasn’t the only one celebrating.

Running back Kory Sheets ran 15 times for 61 yards, passing Otis Armstrong for second on the school’s career list in yardage. He also broke the school’s single-season record for rushing touchdowns, scoring twice in the first half to surpass the 14 scored by Tony Butkovich, Leroy Keyes and Mike Alstott. Sheets added No. 16 on a 17-yard run late in the third quarter.

Painter was 38-of-54, throwing for a season-high in yards and moving into third on the Big Ten’s career list for total offense.

And Tiller finished with win No. 87 – three more than Jack Mollenkopf won during his 14 seasons in West Lafayette.

“He gave us all a chance and we owe him everything,” linebacker Anthony Heygood said. “This is a great way to send him out.”

The Boilermakers were almost perfect.

Painter opened the game with a 9-yard TD pass to Desmond Tardy, followed that with a 79-yard TD pass to Aaron Valentin and then the Boilermakers recovered a pooch kick that Indiana couldn’t get to. The miscue led to a 24-yard field goal from Carson Wiggs to make it 17-0 just 8:54 into the game, and the rout was on.

But the Boilermakers were only getting started.

Before the quarter ended, Painter hooked up with Brandon Whittington for a 5-yard TD and before the half ended, Sheets had scored two more times.

Indiana’s answer was a 27-yard field goal, not nearly enough with Purdue building a 41-3 halftime lead.

“I think they played a great football game,” Indiana coach Bill Lynch said. “They certainly executed well on offense. They did what they had to do, we just didn’t do enough on offense to keep them off the field.”

After adding two more TDs in the third quarter, the party really kicked into high gear.

Purdue’s players listened attentively as Tiller’s wife, Arnette, addressed the crowd between quarters and when music played, the defensive players danced.

Indiana did get a 16-yard TD pass from Kellen Lewis to Ray Fisher, but that only made it 55-10.

Keith Smith caught 12 passes for 136 yards, while Tardy finished with nine receptions for 114 yards and the band played “Happy Trails to You” as Tiller walked off the field for the final time, with his family.

“It just means I’m going to have one more Miller Lite,” Tiller said. “I was going to limit myself to 12 or 13. This game won’t change my mind (on coming back). I’m done with coaching.”