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steals and blocked three shots in 17 minutes, such production being part of the reason he too moved into the starting five. Coming off his outstanding game against Oregon State in New York City, Hammons strug- gled to get established offensively in the first half against Wilming- ton, then got it figured out in the second. Purdue salted the game away by hammering the ball in- side to the 7-footer. All nine of his points came in the game's final six minutes. Key player Terone Johnson has been in- jured this season, slowed by the bum ankle sustained a few days before the opener. Against Wilmington — and, yes, it was only Wilmington — he looked great. The odds-on favorite to lead Purdue in scoring this season, the junior made jump shots and looked good doing it against the Seahawks and scored in a variety of ways, playing very efficiently, reminiscent of some of the big games he had late last season during the final stretch of the Big Ten season and in the NCAA Tournament. Key Stretch Purdue seized control of the game in the first minutes of the of them obviously coming after the Boilermakers had blown the game open. TAKEAWAYS S good basketball, as evidenced by the second half; but it also keeps showing flashes of not-so-good basketball, as evi- keeps showing flashes of Purdue very ily, shooting, as Purdue posted against Wilming- ton, would be cause for celebra- tion foul D.J. Byrd had 10 points against Wilmington, and he also delivered several of his signature hustle plays. second half, not allowing a field goal until 10-and-a-half minutes had passed. Key stat You're not going to lose very Tom Campbell many games in which you allow on 12 second-half points. That's all Wilmington mustered, many S He's not putting up big numbers and he's obviously shar- ing minutes with other big men, but Carroll is playing very well for Purdue right now, making the most of his reduced minutes by giving outstanding effort, re- time. But history says let's see them do it a couple games in a row. around this bounding, making jump shots and playing solid defense. Hammons, meanwhile, is be- coming a focal point for Purdue of- fensively, a departure from his two Date Oct. 30 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 8 denced by the first. S Ordinar- 20-of-24 Dec. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 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# vs. Oregon State# UNC-WILMINGTON at Clemson! XAVIER LAMAR WILLIAM & MARY ILLINOIS seasons in prep school, where he was surrounded by so much tal- ent that he barely touched the ball within the framework of the season. He moved into the starting 2012-13 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Game Time/Result W, 70-61 W, 109-68 L, 65-70 W, 83-54 at Eastern Michigan vs. Notre Dame& BALL STATE at Michigan State OHIO STATE PENN STATE at Nebraska WEST VIRGINIA at Michigan IOWA INDIANA Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 24 Feb. 27 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 13 • 34 L, 81-89 (OT) L, 58-66 W, 66-40 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 BTN Digital BTN Digital BTN Digital BTN Digital ESPN2 TV 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