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the 10 rebounds, that was awesome. Coach Painter, with every huddle we had, it was, ���You���ve got to rebound the ball.��� So I just went after it every time.��� Hale got his first start since Dec. 8 against the bigger and more physical Spartans and made three of his four Tom Campbell shots, scoring six points, Donnie Hale recorded his first double-double for Purdue early and had three rebounds in the week at Penn State and was rewarded with a start later and a block. against Michigan State. Davis at the 4. But Hale snatched 10 rebounds to go with 10 points in a victory over the Nittany Lions. ���I was feeling good, playing with confidence, like I���ve been trying to do the past couple of games,��� Hale said. ���It was cool to hear I had Off the mark D.J. Byrd is Purdue���s top threepoint shooter, making 35 percent of his attempts this season. But Byrd has been off lately, missing all six of his attempts against Penn State and his only one against Michigan State. Maybe that���s why the Boilbig ten STANDINGS (through Feb. 10) ermakers have struggled from W-LPct W-L Pct long range. 1. Indiana 9-2 .818 21-3 .875 Purdue missed all 10 of ������ Michigan State 9-2 .818 20-4 .833 its three-pointers against the 3. Michigan 8-3 .727 21-3 .875 Nittany Lions ��� the second ������ Wisconsin 8-3 .727 17-7 .708 5.�� Ohio State 7-4 .636 17-6 .739 time this season it has gone 6. Minnesota 5-6 .455 17-7 .708 0-fer ��� and made only 1-of���� PURDUE 5-6 .455 12-12.500 5 three-pointers against the 8. Illinois 4-7 .364 17-8 .680 Spartans. Against the Lions it ������ Iowa 4-7 .364 15-9 .625 marked the just the third time ���� �� Northwestern 4-7 .364 13-11 .542 11. Nebraska 3-8 .273 12-12 .500 since the three-point shot was 12. Penn State 0-11 .000 8-15 .348 officially instituted in the col- lege1986-87 that the Boilermakers failed to hit a three, yet won the game. The last occurrence was on Jan. 17, 1990 at Wisconsin. Byrd simply couldn���t get free against Michigan State, but he also played only 22 minutes because of foul trouble. ���I thought Michigan State took him out of some things by just staying with him, and then I also thought he took himself out by having a couple silly fouls,��� Painter said. ���Then once you get into foul trouble and you go in and out, now you���re not into a rhythm. Now it���s harder.��� Byrd had a similar woeful stretch earlier this season, going 0-for-14 on three-pointers over three games from Dec. 1-8. He responded with at least one threepointer in 13 consecutive games after that, making at least three in eight of those games. Indiana tops the ���Bilas Index,��� Michigan is No. 2, Ohio State is No. 10, Michigan State is No. 12, Minnesota is No. 15, Wisconsin is No. 26, Illinois is No. 46 and Iowa is No. 47. S Sports Illustrated/CBS Sports analyst Seth Davis has called Purdue a ���rebuilding bubble team,��� but that hasn���t stopped him from loving the atmosphere in Mackey Arena. In response to someone who said���People show up when the team wins,��� Davis tweeted: ���Seen Purdue this season? Mackey is packed and hoppin every night. REAL fans.��� Postseason In Play Despite its current 12-12 record and the possibility of a losing season in 2012-13, Purdue still has a reasonable chance to play in the postseason in 2013. In addition to the NCAA Tournament, the 32team National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and the 16-team College Basketball Invitational (CBI) host postseason tournaments. It is important to note the NIT and CBI are not prohibited from taking teams with a sub-.500 record. The NIT, though, has yet to select a team with more losses than wins. National chatter S In his ���top 68��� index last Friday, ESPN analyst Jay Bilas moved Purdue off the list. Schools such as Indiana State, La Salle, Ohio and Stephen F. Austin moved in ahead of the Boilermakers. The Boilermakers are one of only four Big Ten teams not included on the list. DISCOVERY IS OUR MISSION FINDING A CURE IS OUR GOAL www.cancerresearch.purdue.edu GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 21��� ������ 19