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m e e t t h e b o i l e r m a k e r s 3 Ronnie Johnson Sophomore Guard • 6-0/178 Indianapolis (North Central) As a Freshman (201213): Played in all 34 games, making 28 starts and averaging 10.3 points, 4.1 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 31.2 minutes per contest ... Finished the season ranked second on the program's freshman charts in assists (139), sixth in both steals (33) and starts (28), seventh in points (350) and ninth in scoring average (10.3) ... Ranked third in the Big Ten in assists (4.1), sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5) and 29th in scoring (10.3) in overall games ... Ranked second in the Big Ten in assists (4.6), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8) and 25th in scoring (10.3) in conference games ... Led the Boilers in assists 18 times, steals 13 times, points three times and rebounds on three occasions ... Netted double-figure points in 21 of 34 games, and broke the 20-point barrier once. High School: Ranked with four stars, ranked as the No. 94 overall recruit and the No. 14 point guard in his class by Rivals.com ... A first team Associated Press all-state selection in 2012 … Selected as an Indiana All-Star in 2012 38 and an Indiana Junior All-Star in 2011... Averaged 20.1 points per game as a senior in 201112 ... Averaged 14.5 points and 5.0 assists per game as a junior in 2010-11, leading North Central to a regional title ... Teamed with brother and current Purdue teammate Terone to lead North Central to the 2010 Indiana Class 4A championship as a sophomore ... Coached by Doug Mitchell. Personal: Full name is Te'Ron Stephon Johnson ... Majoring in organizational leadership and supervision ... Born on Dec. 12, 1993 ... Son of Terone and Rona Johnson ... Younger brother of Purdue teammate Terone Johnson ... Also has a brother, Ty'Riek. School, where he averaged 12.5 points per game as a freshman and 13.8 points per game as a sophomore ... Coached by his father, Basil Smotherman, Sr., at Heritage Christian and then by Jack Keefer at Lawrence North. Personal: Full name is Basil Ahmed Smotherman ... Majoring in organizational leadership and supervision ... Born on Dec. 27, 1994 ... Son of Basil and Larita Smotherman ... Has a sister, Annie. game ... Averaged 20.0 points per game as a sophomore ... Coached by Clayton Callan. Personal: Full name is Stephen Jay Toyra ... Majoring in management ... Born on Oct. 15, 1993 ... Son of Jay and Karen Toyra ... Father is a Purdue alum ... Has three sisters, Martha, Hope and Susanna. 12 Bryson Scott Freshman Guard • 6-1/201 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop) High School: A four-star 11 recruit, Scott was ranked No. 75 on the Rivals 150, Stephen Toyra and was named one of the Sophomore Guard • 6-3/177 10 best perimeter defenders Lafayette, Ind. (Faith Christian) in the country by Rivals. As a Freshman (2012com ... Finished fourth in 13): Saw time in 11 games, the voting for Indiana's Mr. averaging 0.2 points and 0.4 Basketball in 2013 ... Averaged rebounds in 2.7 minutes per 5 23.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, contest ... Scored two points 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals per and handed out an assist in Basil Smotherman the home win over Northwest- game while being presented Freshman Guard • 6-5/222 the Tiffany Gooden Award Indianapolis (Lawrence North) ern ... Played a season-high (most outstanding player in High School: A four-star seven minutes in the win at the Summit Athletic Conferrecruit, Smotherman ranked Penn State, recording two as the No. 112 overall prosrebounds and taking a charge ence) ... Led Northrop to three consecutive SAC Tournament pect by Rivals.com and the ... Grabbed a rebound in the fourth-best prospect in the home win over West Virginia Championships as well as a state of Indiana by ESPN.com ... Picked up a rebound in the sectional title ... Was named second-team Associated Press ... Averaged 16 points, eight home win over Lamar. rebounds and six assists en High School: A three-year All-State during his last two years at Northrop, being the route to being named to the basketball letterwinner at only junior (in 2012) to be Indiana All-Star Team, leading Faith Christian ... Averaged Lawrence North High School 23.0 points and 8.0 rebounds named on the top two squads ... Averaged 25.2 points per to a 16-6 record, the program's per game as a senior ... game as a junior and finished best record in four years ... Averaged a double-double as his high school career with Spent his first two seasons a junior with marks of 22.0 at Heritage Christian High points and 10.0 rebounds per 2,042 points to rank 33rd on IllustrateD volume 24, issue 2 f