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needed to do on the boards af- ter halftime, playing with some authoritativeness against a physically overmatched team. It outrebounded the Wolves Key stat Again, Purdue did what it S Purdue is undoubtedly pleased with the way junior An- thony Johnson played in the ex- hibition season in a point guard role, one he's going to be count- ed on in this season in reserve of Ronnie Johnson. Against Newberry, Anthony Johnson handed out eight as- sists with no turnovers in 21 minutes off the bench. He's expected to be Purdue's 33-16 after halftime. TAKEAWAYS primary backup at the point this season, though he'll also see sig- nificant minutes playing away from the ball or on the wing. S Purdue might be a low- volume three-point-shooting team this season, as evidenced by its modest 13 tries against Newberry, though the Boiler- makers' success on the interior (58 paint points) and in transi- tion kept Purdue out of long- range situations. Less might have to be more for this particular Boilermaker alyst it didn't have much of last season. Purdue blocked 16 shots in exhibition play, eight in each game, with four different players Date Oct. 30 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 8 Rookie Jay Simpson is still rounding into form as he battles conditioning issues. But against Newberry, he showed glimpses of the ability Matt Painter's spoken so much about in advance of this season. He will "definitely" not redshirt this season, Painter said. team, which won't shoot as many threes as last year's team but will want to be efficient with game basis. the ones it does launch. S Painter has a good prob- lem on his hands — depending on your perspective — with his six big men. It will be a challenge to get all of them regular minutes, but each of them showed in exhi- bitions that they're different enough to play varying roles. Purdue's rotations are a Tom Campbell Dec. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 A.J. Hammons is going to play a major role on this team, at both But one thing is clear: Center ends of the floor. S Purdue is very much a work in progress defensively. Very much. But it looks like a team ca- pable of generating offense off its defense. Ronnie Johnson, Terone work in progress and might be determined on a game-by- Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 19 Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 5 Feb. 9 MONTEVALLO (exhibition) NEWBERRY (exhibition) BUCKNELL* HOFSTRA* vs. Villanova# having already blocked two or more in a game. ers shots per game. Time/Result W, 70-61 W, 109-68 7 p.m. 2 p.m. vs. Alabama/Oregon State# UNC-WILMINGTON at Clemson! XAVIER LAMAR at Eastern Michigan vs. Notre Dame& BALL STATE WILLIAM & MARY ILLINOIS at Michigan State OHIO STATE PENN STATE at Nebraska WEST VIRGINIA at Michigan IOWA INDIANA Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 24 Feb. 27 Johnson and Davis have been excellent in transition off steals, long rebounds or blocked shots, the latter being an offensive cat- at Northwestern at Penn State MICHIGAN STATE at Illinois at Indiana March 2/3 March 6 March 9 NORTHWESTERN at Iowa March 14-17 at Wisconsin MICHIGAN MINNESOTA * 2K Sports Classic — Mackey Arena # 2K Sports Classic – New York City (Madison Square Garden) ! ACC/Big Ten Challenge & Crossroads Classic — Indianapolis (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) Big Ten Tournament (Chicago) GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 10 • 37 9:30 p.m. 5/7 p.m. 8 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Noon 9 p.m. TBA 9 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA 8:30 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. Noon Last season, the Boilermak- averaged three 2012-13 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Game TV blocked BTN Digital BTN Digital BTN Digital BTN Digital ESPN2 ESPNU BTN BTN ESPN3 ESPN2 ESPN3 ESPN3 BTN BTN ESPN BTN BTN CBS ESPNU/ESPN2 BTN ESPN/ESPN2 BTN BTN ESPN2 BTN BTN BTN ESPN/ESPN2 TBD BTN TBD BTN BTN