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game would have been differ- ent had the junior played, but Painter was having no part of it afterwards. "Injuries are part of the game, said Painter, repeating a familiar refrain from over the years. Terone Johnson is the Boiler- makers' top returning scorer from last season and one of their few significantly experienced players. "You miss him," said Anthony Johnson, who moved into the starting lineup in his place and came away with eight points and nine assists to no turnovers. "That's at least 15 points from one of our starters (we're missing). It hurts you. "But at the same time, we don't make any excuses. They came here and outplayed us. They out-toughed us to some balls, we took some bad shots and it led to a loss. Purdue did take bad shots, playing "like our hair was on fire," " at times, Painter said. But the Boilermakers' last shot was a good one. With a chance to tie the game in the final seconds, D.J. Byrd found himself with a wide-open three-pointer. It missed. "The exact worst thing that could have happened to us hap- due's lack of depth " at the position. So far, so good in the role of facilitator. After out Junior Terone Johnson missed Purdue's season opener with an ankle injury but returned for Game 2, playing 17 minutes in a win over Hofstra. pened to us," Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen said after two of his de- fenders fell down, freeing the se- nior for an open look. "And we just dodged a bullet. Purdue was by Bucknell 36-33 after leading on the boards at half. Bison center Mike Muscala, outrebounded who's been named to preseason All-America teams, scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds but was just 5-of-13 shooting. Donnie Hale led Purdue with 15 points, while Ronnie Johnson and Byrd added 12 apiece. Key player Anthony Johnson will be need- ed to play key minutes in a point guard role this season due to Pur- " Tom Campbell with no turnovers in the Boilermak- ers' exhibition finale against Newberry, the sophomore ac- tually one-upped it with nine assists and no turnovers. If the exhibition the eight handing assists had counted, out even more from the Bucknell game is the Boilermakers' shooting, which debuted in 2012- 13 in 2011-12 form. Purdue was just 7-of-15 from foul Date Oct. 30 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 have gone down as one of the most productive in school history from an assists-to-turnover ratio. Key stretch With just under two minutes two-game swing certainly would Nov. 11 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 left to play and Purdue trailing 65-61, the Boilermakers forced Bucknell's Cameron Ayres into a difficult jumper that missed badly. But the hard carom off the backboard bounced right to an unaccounted-for Muscala under the basket. He dunked it with two hands to put Bucknell back up by two possessions. Key stat It would be easy to go with re- bounding, which will be pivotal all year for Purdue, but what jumps 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# the line. Marcius was 1-of-1 from the line. He was the only Boilermaker who tried a free throw who didn't miss one. 2012-13 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Game 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 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 11 • 38 Time/Result W, 70-61 W, 109-68 L, 65-70 W, 83-54 9:30 p.m. 5/7:30 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 TV 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