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ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 2 39 f ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 2 39 f 2 Jon McKeeman Junior • Guard • 6-1/190 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Carroll H.S.) As a Sophomore (2013-14) : Appeared in five games for a total of 10 minutes, scoring five points with four rebounds … Tallied five points, the first of his career, in the win over Central Connecticut State. Was named to the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar List after recording a 4.00 GPA during the 2013-14 academic year. As a Freshman (2012-13): Played one minute in the win over Western Illinois in the first round of the CBI. High School: Earned sec- ond-team All-NHC honors as a se- nior after averaging 11.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game … Served as team captain and was named first-team Academic All-State as a senior … A Nancy Rehm Border Wars All-Star in his final season at Carroll … Coached by Marty Beasley. Personal: Full name is Jonathan David McKeeman … Majoring in chemistry … Born on Christmas Day in 1993 … Son of David and Marcia McKeeman … The eighth member of his family to attend Purdue, in- cluding both grandfathers and both parents … Has a sister, Sara, and a brother, Daniel. 3 P.J Thompson Freshman • Guard • 5-10/188 Indianapolis (Brebeuf Prep) High School: A three-star re- cruit by Rivals.com … Averaged over 24 points per game as a senior and was named an Indiana All-Star and a Hoosier Basketball All-Star … Named All-Marion County three times and earned a spot on the 10-member In- dianapolis Star Super Team in 2014 … Named one of the three most-un- derrated recruits in the Big Ten by SportsWatch.com … Averaged almost 24 points per game as a junior and was selected as a 2013 Indiana Junior All-Star … Averaged 18.4 points per game as a sophomore and 14.2 points per game as a freshman. Personal: Born Feb. 24, 1996, in Indianapolis, Ind … Son of LaSalle and Tonja Thompson … Has a young- er brother, Isaiah … Father, LaSalle, played basketball at Indiana State and Ball State and competed on the Indiana All-Star Team with former Boilermaker great Glenn Robinson. He played several years overseas fol- lowing his collegiate career. 5 Basil Smotherman Sophomore • Forward • 6-5/222 Indianapolis (Lawrence North) As a Freshman (2013-14): Smotherman had a strong fresh- man campaign, appearing in all 32 games with 16 starts and averag- ing 5.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game while shooting 58.0 percent from the field (65-of- 112) … Known for his electrifying dunks, his dunk against Rider was selected to the "SportsCenter" Top 10 Plays of the Day (No. 10) … His 58.0 percent field goal shooting was the third-best percentage by a fresh- man in school history … Recorded first career double-double with a 12-point, 10-rebound effort against Penn State (Jan. 18) … Shot 66.7 percent (24-of-36) from the field in non-conference action and 59.3 percent (16-of-27) against national- ly-ranked teams (9 games) … Shot a sizzling 70.7 percent (41-of-58) from the field in the second half of games … Averaged 6.7 points in the first 18 games of the season, but just 2.8 points in the final 14 games of the season. High School: A four-star recruit, Smotherman ranked as the No. 112 overall prospect by Rivals.com and the fourth-best prospect in the state of Indiana by ESPN.com … Aver- aged 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists en route to being named to the Indiana All-Star Team, lead- ing Lawrence North High School to