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GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 18 • 11 and a steal — that led to a one-handed dunk — in a season-high 25 minutes. "Without Basil playing as well as he did, I don't believe we would have won the game," Davis said. Though the points and energy were nice, it was Smotherman's rebounding that especially crucial in the game's final stretch. After Iowa missed a jumper with about 20 seconds left, it was Smotherman who soared to grab the defensive rebound. Then, again, after a missed three-pointer in the final 10 seconds, Smotherman lifted above the crowd to grab an- other one. Davis called them "grown-man rebounds." "They were killing us on the rebounding all game, but you still have to rebound. When I saw the ball come off, I was just like, 'I have to go get it,'" said Smotherman, whose team allowed Iowa to get a whopping 24 offensive rebounds. "Like Ray said, he thought I touched the sky. I had to go get it because who knows what happens if we don't get the ball?" 'TREMENDOUS HONOR' Brian Cardinal couldn't quite seem to grasp how far he'd come. Even though he has been long removed from the Mackey Arena floor and the laundry list of ac- complishments had there — the 1,584 points, the 749 rebounds, the 130 three-pointers and the No. 2 all-time 259 steals. So when Cardinal was announced as one of the nine-member class for the Purdue Intercolle- giate Athletics Hall of Fame last week, he seemed floored. "It's a tremendous honor," Cardinal said. "It's pretty amazing and remarkable from when I came in just wanting to survive from a great little town in Illinois, Tolono, and now have that opportunity to go into the Hall of Fame. It's pretty special." Being able to "survive" seemed even difficult in his first days at Purdue in 1995 as a freshman. Cardinal said he vividly recalls the first open gym games when he struggled so badly that he left Mackey teary and "scratching my head, won - Tom Campbell After being buried on the bench for much of Big Ten play, sophomore Basil Smotherman broke out in a big way against the Hawkeyes with a career-high 13 points and six rebounds. PURDUEFED.COM/VISA PURDUE PRIDE THAT PAYS. *Subject to credit approval. No annual fee. Balance transfers and cash advances not eligible for rewards points. Federally insured by NCUA. Join thousands of Purdue fans who reach for their official Purdue Alumni Association Visa ® Credit Card and get rewarded for things you pay for anyway. Redeem rewards points for unlimited cash back, gift cards or a cash donation to the John Purdue Club. Apply today. *