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Gold and Black Illustrated, Vol 28, Digital 2

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GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 28, ISSUE 2 76 The Captain BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com A ndreona Keys wants to intim- idate. She can frustrate opponents with her physicality on the defensive end. She can create a three-point play by charging hard to the basket, scoring through contact and yelling out in cel- ebration. If the offending defender is close by, then so be it. She can push back if pushed. She loves hearing smaller guards screaming out for defensive help when she's posting up, knowing that she's got them overwhelmed. Last season, she got so mad at an official that she picked up a technical foul. Frustration, she called it, without further explana- tion. What she doesn't always relish is the image it creates. The reality is Keys isn't the mean-mugging enforcer she portrays on the court. That's only part of the character; the other part is Keys as Purdue's undisputed leader, its only senior, its captain and the binding that holds the team together. "No. 1, Keys cares," sophomore Dominique Oden said. "For someone to care enough to get to know you, to spend time with you, she's a senior and the only senior. She has stuff to do, go get a job or keep playing basketball (after this season), she takes the time out of her day, out of her busy life, to be with teammates and get to know them. As only senior, Keys plans to lead young Boilermakers That's a really important thing for a leader. You can respect someone that you know, not as much as somebody you don't." Unfortunately, many outside the Boilermakers' locker room don't know Keys that way. It's fine if opponents don't, she wants them to shy away. But 5-year-old fans?

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