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It is also shooting 35 percent
from three-point range.
Painter would attribute so
much of that to "shot selection," a
familiar refrain from past seasons
even with a largely renovated ros-
ter now.
Delineating Purdue's makes
and misses on a shooter/
non-shooter basis, though, would
show some encouraging things
about the Boilermakers' perimeter
arsenal.
Through his struggles, Ste-
phens is still shooting 45 percent
from three-point range. Edwards
has given Purdue near-40-percent punch from the front-
court. Mathias is shooting 37 percent, but capable of bet-
ter. Thompson is certainly capable of shooting better than
his 28 percent but he's made clutch threes against N.C.
State — the biggest shot in one of Purdue's biggest wins
— and North Florida.
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Tom Campbell
Matt Painter likes the makeup of his
young team, but must navigate the
bumps in the road. Kendall Stephens
(below) has been hot and cold.
