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Johnson Reaches Milestone
BY STACY CLARDIE
SClardie@GoldandBlack.com
due's team in his final season.
The latter is a role he hasn't
always felt comfortable in, both
erone Johnson cherishes his in his ability to be vocal but also
captain label and is trying to by example and having enough
emerge as a true leader on Pur-
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of a work ethic for teammates to
follow.
That's changed since his
junior season ended with the
Boilermakers' first losing season
2005-06. Johnson's been the team
spokesman, been the one who
pushes the group, the one who
tries to set the tone.
He doesn't want to be part of
another below-.500 Purdue team.
So after Johnson scored his
1,000th career point Sunday
against Siena, he said the necessary things, about how great of
an accomplishment it was, about
how his parents are proud of him.
But he's been telling teammates throughout this young
season that he doesn't want individual statistics to define him.
Johnson hears the same thing
from Coach Matt Painter.
Before Johnson reached 1,000
points, Painter said "we need him
to play like a senior, and seniors
don't care about scoring. Seniors
care about winning."
That thought was reiterated
after Purdue's 81-73 victory over
Siena Sunday in which Johnson's
one-handed floater with just under three minutes to play gave
him 15 points in the game and hit
the career milestone.
"I've harped on it a lot — his
legacy as a player is getting back
in winning ways and getting us
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Per usual, The Paint Crew was prepared for a milestone. As soon as senior Terone Johnson reached 1,000 points against Siena on Sunday, some
members of Mackey Arena student section whipped out an appropriate tribute for No. 0.
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