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GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 25 • 19 And after averaging eight points per game and falling just short of a Purdue freshman record for three-pointers, Stephens was named to the Big Ten's All-Fresh- man team. "I wasn't expecting it," said Stephens, whose 64 triples fell two short of E'Twaun Moore's freshman record (in fewer games and minutes). "I came into this year really just wanting to contrib- ute. ... But it's definitely been one of my goals when I was getting ready to come to Purdue for my freshman year and I'm definitely thankful for it." SIMPSON DEALING Jay Simpson, now retired from basketball after being diagnosed with an often-fatal heart condi- tion, spoke publicly for the first time about the episode last week, calling himself "blessed" for his ail- ment to have been discovered when it was. As for his basketball career ending, that's the difficult part, the redshirt freshman big man said. "Basketball, that's pretty much all I knew," he said. "That's all I ever did growing up and for it to just be gone like that, it's mind- blowing. It's hard. It's going to take some time to get over, but I'll get through it." Simpson, who doesn't yet know what other limitations will be placed on him due to the con- dition, said he intends to remain at Purdue to see his education SPEAkEr cAPturES bASkEtbALL MEDIA MANIA tItLE Jon Speaker has won the 2014 basketball portion of the Media Mania competition after a strong week of picks during the Big Ten Tour- nament. For his success this winter, Speaker has earned the Golden Typewriter. Speaker was also the winner for the Big Ten Tournament week after correctly picking three of the five games for 11 points. Kelly Kitchel also finished with 11 points, but Speaker's tiebreaking guess was closer to the point total in the Purdue-Ohio State game. Jon Speaker, Guest Fan (11/110) Nate Barrett, Purdue Sports Radio Network (9/102) Alan Karpick, Gold and Black (6/102) Pete DiPrimio, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (9/101) Nathan Baird, Journal and Courier (9/101) Craig Graham/Phil Arth, Underwood Agency (8/101) Ross Bolin, News Channel 18 (8/101) Rob Hughes, News Channel 18 (9/99) Orlando Itin, Guest Fan (9/99) Kyle Charters, Gold and Black (9/96) Brian Neubert, Gold and Black (8/95) Clayton Duffy, BoilerRadio.com (5/94) Mike Carmin, Journal and Courier (3/91) Brandan Alford, Gold and Black Student Staff (7/90) Stacy Clardie, Gold and Black (9/85) Kevin Keckler, Gold and Black Alumnus (7/84) Greg Rakestraw, 1070 The Fan (7/83) Kelly Kitchel, Purdue Sports Radio Network (11/80) Matthew Brann, Gold and Black Alumnus (8/79) underwoodagency.com Our Knowledge is Your Best Insurance ISU Insurance Services Underwood Agency Lafayette Office 3990 State Road 38 East, Suite 5A Lafayette, Indiana 47905 (765) 742-7320 800-852-5447 Columbus Office Jay Neeb 8011 S 100 W Columbus, IN 47201 (812) 342-8201 Established 1865 ® Craig W. Graham, CIC, CCCSRM Connie Webber, Commercial Patrick MacDonald, Personal Phil Arth, Accounting Cynthia Bir Angela Fleming PLuS-MINuS As a reminder, the figures below show how Purdue, as a team, fared when an individual was in the game. For example, through 19 Big Ten games, Purdue scored 50 more points when Kendall Stephens was on the floor and 31 fewer points than its opponents when Travis Carroll was on the court. OSU @ Minn Neb @Ill PSU @NU UW @UM @PSU Minn @OSU IU MSU @Neb UM @Iowa @WIS NU OSU Total Kendall Stephens +1 -5 +3 +11 +10 +2 +3 -5 -10 +17 -6 +10 -11 0 +7 +13 +10 -3 +3 +50 A.J. Hammons -3 -1 +9 +9 -3 +1 -3 +5 +4 +4 -3 +10 -10 -5 +9 -2 0 -3 -1 +15 Ronnie Johnson -5 0 +9 +12 +3 -1 -15 -2 -9 +11 -12 +15 -8 -22 +3 +6 -1 0 +15 -13 Sterling Carter -5 +8 +6 -6 -3 -4 -1 -4 -3 -2 -2 +9 -14 -1 Inj. Inj. Inj. Inj. Inj. -22 Travis Carroll Inj. +2 +3 -3 -2 DNP 0 -14 +2 DNP DNP -6 -2 +4 -6 -3 -1 -5 0 -31 Jay Simpson -3 -1 -5 +2 +11 -2 -11 DNP -9 +1 -15 +5 -4 -6 Inj. Inj. Inj. Inj. Inj. -38 Terone Johnson -4 +3 +2 +10 +2 -1 -14 -12 -7 -1 -17 +14 -9 -15 +11 -5 -17 +2 +2 -56 Basil Smotherman -8 -1 -3 +1 +11 -4 -9 0 -11 -3 -9 +11 +7 -25 -7 -6 -1 -6 -11 -74 Errick Peck -1 -2 +4 +7 -14 +1 -8 -9 -6 -7 -5 +15 -19 -10 -1 -18 -17 -8 -3 -96 Bryson Scott -4 +2 -2 +1 -3 -2 0 -5 -3 -10 -10 +10 -8 -7 -12 -13 -7 -14 -19 -106