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Purdue will travel to Fort Wayne for the second of their three exhibitions before starting their season with a bang against Gonzaga in Las Vegas on November 2nd. The Mastodons have enjoyed some well regarded success as they have beaten the Indiana Hoosiers twice over the last decade, notably a victory over the then #3 ranked Hoosiers at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 71-68 in overtime back in 2016. In the following season, they traveled to Bloomington and again beat the Hoosiers in dominating fashion 92-72 behind former Boilermaker Bryson Scott’s 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals.
Purdue currently holds a 6-0 advantage over the Mastodons but the exhibition game inside Allen County War Memorial Coliseum will mark the first time the Boilers have made the trip to Fort Wayne. This is on par for what Matt Painter has wanted to do for his teams over the last several seasons. A trip to a mid-major, especially an in-state one, to get the players used to travel and playing on the road, is important for a team that is looking to replace one of the most experienced rosters it has enjoyed last season.
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The trip will also be another opportunity for players to separate themselves into the roles that Head Coach Matt Painter needs for this season’s roster. In the first exhibition against Ball State, Purdue went with the veterans on the roster in CJ Cox, Gicarri Harris, Omar Mayer, Cayden Pierce, and Daniel Jacobsen. Could we see a different lineup? If this past summer trip to Canada is any indication, we very well could see some changes in the hopes that those decisions are made by the players and not by Painter himself.
PFW enters this season with a nearly all new roster that welcomed five transfers and four incoming freshman, notably Anthony Isaac Jr. (Manhattan) who averaged 9.5 points and 7.2 rebounds in 23.2 minutes and Edir Ortiz (Seton Hall) who shot 44.8% from behind the arc and started 21 games at Seton Hall. However, one of the best players in the Horizon…
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