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volume 24, EX 18 • jan. 27, 2014 Inside | Boiler men lose two 6-7 | Ronnie Johnson feature 9-10 Football seeks new DB coach 21–22 | Recruiting news 24-25 'Be Better At What You Do' BY STACY CLARDIE SClardie@GoldandBlack.com and then Penn State on Sunday. After this week, there are only nine regular-season games remaining, and Purdue desperately needs every victory it can get to still have a shot at urdue may have lost twice last week, but that doesn't postseason play. mean Matt Painter is planning on making sweeping To trend back in the winning direction, sophomore cenchanges. Despite what he called a "difficult" double overtime loss at Northwestern early in the week followed by a double-digit loss to No. 9 Wisconsin on Saturday, Painter said the focus this week for the Boilermakers will be the same it has all season. "You're getting into January, beginning of February, you just have to be better at what you do," Painter said. "You don't get away from the fundamentals or your defensive package. There's still some basic things, taking care of the basketball, rebounding the basketball, that remains constant no matter who you're playing. It's really trying to get your team after a couple losses to hang their hat on those basics that are going to help you win basketball games." There's not much time left to perfect Painter's formula. The Boilermakers (13-7 overall, 3-4 in the Tom Campbell Big Ten) have a pair of road games this week, Matt Painter expects his team to rebound, take care of the ball and play with discipline. Those will be especially starting with ranked Michigan on Thursday key areas with two games on the road this week at Michigan and Penn State. P THE Numbers 6-7 37-4 30 4 Purdue's record all-time when it faces a team ranked No. 9, following the 14-point loss to Wisconsin on Saturday night. The Boilermakers' all-time record in Mackey Arena against Wisconsin despite the Badgers having won two straight games in West Lafayette. Players who have scored at least 1,200 points as a Boilermaker, a club Terone Johnson joined after his 10-point effort against Wisconsin. The number of consecutive wins the Boilermakers' streak hits if they win at Illinois Monday night. If they do, it will be the seventh time in the Sharon Versyp Era they have enjoyed a four-game streak in Big Ten play. ter A.J. Hammons will have to become a factor again after a rough week in which he committed 10 turnovers and missed nine of 13 shots. But it's not just Hammons that needs to start clicking. Painter has been lamenting a lack of maturity from his young players — the same issues this team had last season — and doesn't like how too many of them play through their offense. That trait doesn't fly for Painter, who always has stressed toughness and discipline on defense. Some of them need to "sit and watch," GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 18 • 1