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Boilers Feel Good About Closed Scrimmage two hands on an opponent. the floor and gives play56 Fouls? Also, a defender can draw ers options to score. In the 40-minute scrim- a charge only when she es"If (the defense is) denying, it gives us an mage against ISU, officials tablishes position prior to the Purdue traveled opportunity to drive called 56 fouls, dividing them offensive player starting an to Terre Haute Satpast them," Williams evenly between the two upward motion, not prior to a urday for a closedplayer leaving the floor, as it's said. "It gives the post squads. door scrimmage, its The foul fest was the result been in previous years. players the opportunity first action this fall "It's going to be tough," to shine. … It gives so of the NCAA's new emphasis against players in much space to be able on limiting defensive contact. Versyp said. "Our crowd won't opposing colors. "The (officials) want to do like it. It's supposed to clean up to move and not clutter Although final that, but I'm like 'Are you going the game, but if there are many things up." statistics weren't reBut the offense, Ver- to continue to call it this way fouls, it could take two-and-aleased, Versyp was syp says, is still a work after the fourth game of the half hours for a game. We'll pleased with the in progress. Against season?' " Versyp said. "I want wait and see." Boilermakers' effort. the Sycamores, it was to help my players adjust and That's particularly so No. 23 in preseason it's going to be a learning curve "herky-jerky" at times. in the second half, In the preseason USA Today "When we just did for everybody. It's going to be probably because Coaches Poll, Purdue is ranked half-court possessions, subjective." the inexperienced This offseason, it was No. 23, one of four Big Ten it was great," she said. Tom Campbell Boilers — Purdue "Then, in the full court, stressed to officials that they schools in the top-25. Coach Sharon Versyp knows it will take an adjustment for the has three freshmen Boilermakers to get used to new NCAA foul rules. Nebraska is in at No. 12; we were trying to settle must call hand-checking when and multiple others things down. We had the a player keeps a hand or fore- Penn State at No. 15 and Michithought that was a good result, who have played only sparingly new offense and then I made ad- arm on an opponent, when a gan State at No. 18. j especially in the second half. the last couple years — were a "In the first half, we were justments in the second half and defender uses an arm-bar to bit shaky at the start. just really got the ball down low impede progress of a player trying to figure things out." "It was great to play against The Boilermakers have as much as possible. Some re- and when a defender places someone different and realspent the preseason adding a ally good things ize where we are and get the four-out, one-in offense (four h a p p e n e d For daily headlines on recruiting and other Purdue nerves out, not having a lot of perimeter players with a post) there, and then players who have played a lot sports news, check out to their existing sets, hoping we were able to of minutes," the eighth-year get back in the the new look will take advancoach said. "I really loved how tage of a roster that is thin in flow of new ofwe pressured the basketball, the frontcourt. Senior wing fense, but that's how we got a lot of steals and Dee Dee Williams says the of- still something how we played our type of upfense is one of Purdue's best we're working tempo that we're trying to do. I right now, because it spreads on." GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 8 • 37