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GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 9 • 38 you make shots. We struggled from beyond the arc in the last (scrim- mage). This one, we didn't shoot free throws as well, but we made a lot of threes and that opened up a lot of different things." To finish the scrimmage, a team full of almost all newcomers defeated a team of all returnees. Rapheal Davis scored 24 points with nine rebounds. A.J. Hammons finished with 22 points and eight rebounds. Stephen Toyra handed out seven assists. Jon Oc- teus, in his Mackey Arena debut of sorts, handed out 10 assists with no turnovers, and grabbed seven rebounds. He scored three points, mak- ing 1-of-5 from both the field and foul line. Dakota Math- ias scored 16 points, making 4-of-7 from three, and Vince Edwards scored 17, with six boards, three assists and a steal. Jacquil Taylor made 4-of-7 shots and finished with 11 points. HAMMONS WILL LOOK TO SHOOT One of the interesting de- velopments from Purdue's scrim- mages was the effectiveness with which Hammons shot the ball from the perimeter, making three three- pointers — and looking good do- ing it — on five tries between the two sessions. "I didn't put that much work into (shooting this summer)," Ham- mons said, "because I had to (focus on) my post game, with what my bread-and-butter is. But I did put a little more work into it, because when I do play with Isaac (Haas), I'm going to have to step out." Painter has indicated that Hammons, who missed all five of his three-point tries as a sopho- more, has the green light to shoot threes as long as they're "good, rhythm shots." j ... all the services ... all the food ... all the comfort ... all the fun YourWindow_GoldandBlack_August10_electronic.indd 1 8/20/2010 2:26:24 PM FLASH FORWARD Opponent: California (Pa.) Location: Mackey Arena When: 2 p.m. Sunday Notables: Purdue's exhibition opener will be played against a Vulcan team coached by Bill Brown, who the Boilermaker staff has a relation- ship with because of his involvement in some of the foreign tour trips he's taken Purdue players on in past summers. … Purdue's riding a 23-game exhibition winning streak dating back to a 2002 loss to the Harlem Globetrotters. … This will be the Mackey Arena game-day debut for freshmen Dakota Mathias, Jacquil Taylor, Isaac Haas, Vince Edwards and P.J. Thompson and new fifth-year senior Jon Octeus. … As of Wednesday, Purdue's starting lineup had not yet been determined, though center A.J. Hammons, guard Kendall Stephens and forward Rapheal Davis look like certainties. Bryson Scott and Octeus were still competing for the nod at point guard; Edwards and Basil Smotherman were doing the same in the frontcourt. — Brian Neubert Bob Smith A.J. Hammons spent the bulk of his offseason working on post moves, as expected, but also could show some perimeter game this year.