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Purdue came into this game looking to avoid their first 0-3 start since the 1950-1951 season. A season in which they finished 8-14 and 4-10 in conference play. Standing in their way was an Illinois State team from The Valley. Purdue changes up the starting lineup as you would expect with Antione West Jr. and Jack Benter being slotted in place of Omer Mayer and Gicarri Harris. The writing was on the wall with that one given the substitution pattern you saw in the two overtimes from the game against Valparaiso.
John Wooden Memorial Player of the Game (JWMPOTG): Giving this one to Antione West Jr. in what I hope is his coming out party. The redshirt freshman went 7-11 from the floor including 3-4 from three and helped spark the run that put this game out of reach.
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Purdue needed to do a number of things to return a little bit of hope to the fanbase. First and foremost they needed to win. That’s always number one. Second though, they needed to shoot the ball better, show better effort on defense, and maybe, just maybe, play a full 40 minutes.
If Buddy the Elf can recharge in just 40 minutes there’s no reason that this Purdue men’s basketball team can’t play a good 40 minutes of basketball.
While Purdue looked better in the first half than they did the last 30 minutes we saw them play, the second half and double overtime against Valparaiso, they still had plenty of problems. Purdue’s offense too often resulted in clumps of players around the perimeter just sort of standing there. That’s no way to run an offense. Purdue was also incredibly streaky in the first half. At one point they hit seven shots in a row. Then, toward the end of the half they went 1-9. I won’t say it was feast or famine because what we watched was no feast.
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Purdue did shoot the three better in the first half but that might be partly because they shot far fewer. In the first half they went 4/10 from three. West hit two threes while Benter and Jacobsen added one a piece. Yes, Jacobsen. He…
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