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GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 23 • 13 the basket — and it produced 27 points, 20 rebounds, seven blocked shots and only two turn- overs in 67 minutes. Hammons played Sunday through an ankle injury, tweak- ing it in the second half. But showed something to his team- mates, too. "It's real important for A.J. to only sit down for four min- utes and still produce at a high rate, even when he went down," Rapheal Davis said. "He fought through it and played hard and fought for us. It's real important for us to have him going and keep him going throughout the rest of the season." Bouncing Back Painter was trying to send a message when he benched se- nior Terone Johnson against Ne- braska on Feb. 23. It got through. In Johnson's first start after that, he scored a season-high 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting and helped limit Michigan leading scorer Nik Stauskas to 5-of-18 shooting and 15 points. Painter's taken that tactic be- fore to try to fire up seniors. "He was telling me that (Lewis Jackson and Ryne Smith) stepped up when he did that and showed him that we really want- ed to be out here. I felt like going into this game that was some- thing I had to show," Johnson said. "I played pretty hard in the Nebraska game but just wasn't making a lot of shots. Tom Campbell Terone Johnson responded from being benched with a pair of good games last week, scoring a season-high 22 points against Michigan and then getting 11 points, five assists and five rebounds against Iowa. Big Ten sTandings (Through March 3) CONFERENCE OVERALL STANDINGS W-L Pct W-L Pct Michigan 13-3 .813 21-7 .750 Michigan State 11-5 .688 22-7 .759 Wisconsin 11-5 .688 24-5 .828 Iowa 9-7 .563 20-9 .690 Nebraska 9-7 .563 17-11 .607 Ohio State 9-8 .529 22-8 .733 Indiana 7-9 .438 17-12 .586 Minnesota 7-10 .412 18-12 .600 Illinois 6-10 .375 17-12 .586 PURDUE 5-11 .312 15-14 .517 Penn State 5-11 .312 14-15 .483 Northwestern 5-11 .312 12-17 .414 *Subject to credit approval. No annual fee. Introductory 1.9% APR (Annual Percentage Rate) applies to purchases, balance transfers and cash advances, and is valid for the first 12 months the account is open. APR then reverts to assigned fixed rate. New accounts only. Current Purdue Federal Visa accounts do not qualify for 1.9% APR. Rewards points not valid on balance transfers and cash advances. Federally insured by NCUA. This is your golden opportunity to put black back in your wallet. Plus, earn rewards points on all your purchases redeemable for: u 1% cash back u Gift cards u Cash contributions to the John Purdue Club Apply for your Purdue Visa ® Credit Card today. * LOVE THE BLACK LIVE LIKE Plus-minus As a reminder, the figures below show how Purdue, as a team, fared when an individual was in the game. For example, after 16 Big Ten games to date, Purdue has scored 40 more points when Kendall Stephens is on the floor and 27 fewer points than its opponents when Ronnie Johnson is on the court. OSU @ Minn Neb @Ill PSU @NU UW @UM @PSU Minn @OSU IU MSU @Neb UM @Iowa Total Kendall Stephens +1 -5 +3 +11 +10 +2 +3 -5 -10 +17 -6 +10 -11 0 +7 +13 +40 A.J. Hammons -3 -1 +9 +9 -3 +1 -3 +5 +4 +4 -3 +10 -10 -5 +9 -2 +19 Sterling Carter -5 +8 +6 -6 -3 -4 -1 -4 -3 -2 -2 +9 -14 -1 Inj. Inj. -22 Travis Carroll Inj. +2 +3 -3 -2 DNP 0 -14 +2 DNP DNP -6 -2 +4 -6 -3 -25 Ronnie Johnson -5 0 +9 +12 +3 -1 -15 -2 -9 +11 -12 +15 -8 -22 +3 +6 -27 Jay Simpson -3 -1 -5 +2 +11 -2 -11 DNP -9 +1 -15 +5 -4 -6 Inj. Inj. -38 Terone Johnson -4 +3 +2 +10 +2 -1 -14 -12 -7 -1 -17 +14 -9 -15 +11 -5 -43 Basil Smotherman -8 -1 -3 +1 +11 -4 -9 0 -11 -3 -9 +11 +7 -25 -7 -6 -56 Bryson Scott -4 +2 -2 +1 -3 -2 0 -5 -3 -10 -10 +10 -8 -7 -12 -13 -66 Errick Peck -1 -2 +4 +7 -14 +1 -8 -9 -6 -7 -5 +15 -19 -10 -1 -18 -68 Rapheal Davis -8 -20 +10 -4 -7 -5 -12 -1 -7 +5 -11 +6 +3 -15 -9 -7 -82