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PURDUE 73, WILLIAM & MARY 66 takes,��� Painter said, seemed ambitious given the before openly ponderBoilermakers��� propensity for Dec. 29 ��� Mackey Arena ing the most prudent coughing it up this season, uses for his timeouts but has been reality in those Purdue���s final non-conference when his team���s givtwo games. game prior to the opening of Big ing ground. ���Instead of Takeaways Ten play didn���t go exactly as hoped, making a mistake and S It will be interesting but the result was the desired one. just leaving it alone to see how Purdue matches The Boilermakers rallied from a and moving forward, up with Michigan State now halftime deficit and the anxious we make one mistake that it has a more Michigan second-half moments that fol- and it leads to the next State-like roster physically. lowed in beating William & Mary mistake, and the next S Lawson���s progress 73-66 in its final non-conference mistake. ... It happens continues to be one of the Tom Campbell game prior to its league opener. so quick. But you can���t Ronnie Johnson eludes the grasp of a Fighting Illini player late, help- really significant stories of Purdue had numerous opportuni- call timeout every time ing Purdue milk a couple more seconds off the clock. this season for Purdue. ties in both halves to push leads somebody scores backHis 10 points and seven Marcus Thornton kept William & into comfortable margins, but as to-back baskets.��� rebounds against Illinois were has been a storyline this season, But the last run was the most Mary���s leading scorer down when crucial. Less tangible than his staPurdue needed stops. often squandered its own rallies by important run. tistics is just the life he injects into Key stretch allowing its opponent to answer Purdue was up just two with Purdue���s lineup when he���s out there. Purdue led just 66-64 with 2:21 with quick bursts. less than two-and-a-half minutes But like everyone else, he must As Painter said afterward, ���We left when Rapheal Davis grabbed remaining, when Davis made what be mindful of his strengths and don���t let people score six, seven, an offensive rebound and made might have been the game���s big- weaknesses. A late turnover oceight points in two minutes. We let two free throws, sparking the se- gest play, crashing the boards to curred when he tried to put the them do it in like 30 seconds.��� quence that carried the Boilermak- rebound Terone Johnson���s miss. Da- ball on the floor and drive it in a vis drew a foul going back up and tight situation. That tendency created an ebb ers to the win. made two free throws to make it 68and flow that saw the Boilermakers Key player S Hammons was atypically lead by as many as 10 in the first half Terone Johnson���s playing at a 64. A stop and a Lawson bucket and absent from Purdue���s offense only to trail by one at intermission. very high level right now, hanging two Ronnie Johnson free throws against Illinois, as fouls limited his Or for it to lead by seven with just 16 points against William & Mary later and Purdue was up eight. minutes and the Boilermakers Key stat under 14 minutes left only to be tied with five assists and no turnovers. struggled to get him quality touchPurdue committed a season- es when he was in the game. with a little more than 11 remaining. Also, Johnson���s defense in the ���We just compound our mis- game���s final minutes on Tribe star low seven turnovers, on the heels But seemingly without having of its nine-turnover game against to even try very hard, he produces Ball State. on the boards and on defense, finThe next Gold and Black Express will publish Jan. 14, and will Its goal, Painter said, is eight ishing with seven rebounds and continue every Monday until the end of March. or fewer per game, which has three blocks. When you���re that big, sometimes such plays just come to you. S During Purdue���s current three-game winning streak, Terone Johnson is averaging 18.3 points, six rebounds and 4.3 assists, with only three turnovers. Not a coincidence. S During that same stretch, Byrd is shooting 41 percent from three-point range. Not a coincidence. BOILERMAKERS IN THE PROS S E���Twaun Moore sustained a sprained elbow after playing just three minutes in the Orlando Magic���s 105-97 loss at the Washington Wizards and has missed the past three games. Moore���s averaging 8.9 points per game for the Magic, which has lost its last seven games. S Carl Landry came off the bench to score seven points and grab seven rebounds for the Golden State Warriors as they snapped the red-hot Los Angeles Clippers��� 17-game win streak. S JaJuan Johnson did not play in the Canton Charge���s first game after its acquisition of the former Purdue big man from the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. He is expected to debut tonight against the Springfield Armor. j GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 16��� ������ 25