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303 out of 345 Division I programs from the basketball. "He's done a great job for us in free throw shooting. "That's something that needs and he's raised our energy level." to be solved right away," Scott Not free said. "It's something we work on Through its first five games, every day and we have to get betPurdue made only 62.3 percent of ter at. I feel like we're decent freeits 146 free throws. throw shooters. We just have to That's one of the worst per- concentrate more when we're at centages in the country. the line." j The Boilermakers rank No. 2013-14 PURDUE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DateOpponent Oct. 30 INDIANAPOLIS (ex.) (BTND) Nov. 4 WAYNE STATE (ex.) (BTND) Nov. 8 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (ESPN3) Nov. 13 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT (BTND) Nov. 17 RIDER (BTN) Nov. 20 EASTERN ILLINOIS (BTND) Time/Result W, 80-73 W, 91-58 W, 77-76 W,. 109-73 W, 81-77 W, 83-55 Old Spice Classic Nov. 24 SIENA* (BTN) W, 81-73 Nov. 28 vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State^ (ESPN2) Noon Nov. 29 vs. Butler/Wash State^ (ESPNU) 11 a.m./1:30 p.m. Dec. 1 vs. TBA^ (ESPNU/2/3) TBA Big Ten/ACC Challenge Dec. 4 BOSTON COLLEGE (ESPN2) 9 p.m. Dec. 7 2 p.m. EASTERN MICHIGAN (ESPN3) Crossroads Classic Dec. 14 vs. Butler& (BTN) Dec. 17 MARYLAND-EAST SHORE (ESPN3) Dec. 22 at West Virginia (ESPNU) Dec. 31 OHIO STATE (ESPN2) Jan. 5 at Minnesota (BTN) Jan. 12 NEBRASKA (BTN) Jan. 15 at Illinois (BTN) Jan. 18 PENN STATE (ESPNU) Jan. 21 at Northwestern (BTN) Jan. 25 WISCONSIN (BTN) Jan. 30 at Michigan (ESPN2) Feb. 2 at Penn State (BTN) Feb. 5 MINNESOTA (BTN) Feb. 8 at Ohio State (BTN) Feb. 15 INDIANA (ESPN2) Feb. 20 MICHIGAN STATE (ESPN2) Feb. 23 at Nebraska (TBA) Feb. 26 MICHIGAN (BTN) March 1 at Iowa (TBA) March 5 at Wisconsin (BTN) March 8 NORTHWESTERN (TBA) March 13-16 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis) * Old Spice Classic West Lafayette — ^ Old Spice Classic — Orlando, Fla. Tom Campbell 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. TBA TBA 9 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. 5 p.m. 9 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 8:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. TBA 9 p.m. TBA Bryson Scott enjoyed a solid week, averaging 15 points per game to earn him the Big Ten's Freshman-of-the-Week Award. like that, and he's been a big part of our program the past four years. He's been consistent. … He's trying to be a good leader for us. He's trying to do some of those little things. It's just good any time anyone gets recognition for hanging in there and plugging. "To me, it's about winning. It's not about scoring." Scott honored Freshman guard Bryson Scott was Big Ten back to the NCAA Tournament," Painter said. "It's great any time Freshman-of-the-Week after avanybody has an individual award eraging 15 points, four rebounds, 2.5 steals and two assists per game in two games last week. Scott is coming off the bench to replace starting point guard Ronnie Johnson. Scott averaged about 16 minutes per game last week. He was 8-of-15 shooting from the field and made 13-of-18 free throws. "He's been really aggressive for us. He's been able to defend the basketball and we're working with him getting better every single day of understanding what he has to do be successful," Painter said. "He's made strides when the ball is not in his hands or he's away from the ball defensively, but that's still his No. 1 thing to attack, learning to play the game away ... all the fun ... all the food ... all the comfort ... all the services GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 12 • 34