2012-13 Purdue Basketball Notes Game 22: Purdue (11-10, 4-4 B1G) Vs
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2012-13 PURDUE BASKETBALL NOTES Game 22: Purdue (11-10, 4-4 B1G) vs. Northwestern (12-10, 3-6 B1G) Feb. 2, 2013 • Noon p.m. ET • Evanston, Ill. • Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) SCHEDULE/RESULTS MEDIA INFORMATION O30 MONTEVALLO (EXH)~ W, 70-61 Tip: 12:02 p.m. ET N3 NEWBERRY (EXH)~ W, 109-68 Television: ESPN2 (Wischusen/Dakich). N9 BUCKNELL#~ L, 65-70 Radio: Purdue Sports Network (Clisby/Blackman/Scott). N11 HOFSTRA#~ W, 83-54 N15 vs. Villanova#@ L, 81-89 (OT) Satellite Radio: Sirius 123; XM 192. N16 vs. Oregon State#+ L, 58-66 Rankings: Purdue - NR/NR; Northwestern - NR/NR. N21 UNC WILMINGTON! W, 66-40 Live Stats: Live stats are available via purduesports.com. N28 at Clemson*+ W, 73-61 D1 XAVIER! L, 57-63 D4 LAMAR! W, 72-39 GAME STORYLINES D8 at Eastern Michigan^ L, 44-47 » Purdue will look to rebound from a home loss to rival Indiana when it visits Welsh-Ryan Arena to take on Northwestern in a midday battle. D15 vs. Notre Dame$@ L, 68-81 D18 BALL STATE^ W, 66-56 » Saturday’s contest is the fourth in a stretch that will see the Boilermakers play five games in 13 days, three of which D29 WILLIAM & MARY^ W, 73-66 are on the road; Wednesday’s game against Indiana wrapped up Purdue’s second three-game/seven-day stretch of the J2 ILLINOIS! W, 68-61 month-old Big Ten season. J5 at Michigan State! L, 61-84 » The Boilers have won four of the last five in Evanston; Robbie Hummel hit a baseline jumper with nine seconds to play J8 OHIO STATE% L, 64-74 to give Purdue a 58-56 win at Welsh-Ryan last season in a game that saw Terone Johnson lead the team with 14 points. J13 PENN STATE! W, 60-42 J16 at Nebraska! W, 65-56 » Since opening his Purdue head coaching career with 17-consecutive road losses, Matt Painter has guided the J19 WEST VIRGINIA& W, 79-52 Boilermakers to a 35-27 (.565) record in their last 62 games on opponents’ home floors. J24 at Michigan% L, 53-68 » The Boilermakers head into Saturday’s game as the top rebounding team in the Big Ten in conference action, grabbing J27 IOWA! W, 65-62 (OT) an average of 38.0 per game; Purdue’s average of 13.3 offensive boards per game in league play is second only to J30 INDIANA! L, 60-97 Minnesota’s 14.4. F2 at Northwestern@ Noon ET F5 at Penn State! 7 p.m. ET » Freshman center A.J. Hammons ranks fifth in the league in offensive rebounds per game (2.8) and sixth in total F9 MICHIGAN STATE! 7 p.m. ET rebounds per game (7.1) in Big Ten action. F13 at Illinois! 9 p.m. ET » Hammons was a force in the Boilers’ last outing, scoring a season-high 30 points on 10-of-14 shooting and blocking F16 at Indiana%/@ 2 p.m. ET five shots against third-ranked Indiana; Hammons and Kentucky’s Nerlens Noel are the only two freshmen in the power F24 NORTHWESTERN TBD six conferences averaging at least 10 points, six rebounds and two blocks per game. F27 at Iowa! 8:30 p.m. ET M2/3 at Wisconsin TBD » Hammons leads the Big Ten lead with an average of 3.1 blocks per game in conference action, piling up 25 in eight M6 MICHIGAN! 7 p.m. ET games; his effort has propelled the Boilermakers to the league lead with an average of 5.8 blocks per B1G game. M9 MINNESOTA! Noon ET » With Hammons as the focal point, the Boilers have scored 350 of their 648 points (54.0 percent) over their last 10 M14-17 Big Ten Tournament (Chicago, Ill.) TBD games in the painted area; for the year, Purdue is averaging 32.6 points per game in the paint and outscoring opponents by an average of 6.6 points per game on the block. # 2K Sports Classic benefitting Wounded Warrior Project (West Lafayette, Ind./New York, N.Y.) » Senior wing D.J. Byrd leads the Big Ten with an average of 2.6 three-point field goals per game in Big Ten play; since the calendar flipped to 2013, Byrd has averaged 11.2 points per game and shot 43.1 percent from beyond the arc. * ACC/Big Ten Challenge presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods $ Close the Gap Crossroads Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.) » Freshman guard Ronnie Johnson is averaging 10.4 points and 4.4 assists per game in Big Ten play; his assist average in & CBS league contests is tied for second in the league and his 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio is good for fourth. % ESPN @ ESPN2 » Playmaking brothers Terone and Ronnie Johnson account for 33.2 percent of Purdue’s scoring and 47.4 percent of + ESPNU the team’s assits on the season. ^ ESPN3 2012-13 PURDUE ROSTER ! BTN ~ BTN.com No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown ? truTV 0 Terone Johnson G Jr. 6-2 199 13.1 5.1 2.9 Indianapolis, Ind. > TNT 1 Anthony Johnson G So. 6-3 191 5.6 3.1 1.2 Chicago, Ill. 3 Ronnie Johnson G Fr. 6-0 170 9.4 3.7 3.7 Indianapolis, Ind. < TBS 11 Stephen Toyra G Fr. 6-3 165 0.0 0.3 0.0 Lafayette, Ind. 14 Dru Anthrop G Sr. 6-0 183 1.1 0.6 0.8 Lafayette, Ind. 15 Donnie Hale F R-Fr. 6-8 221 4.1 3.1 0.4 New Albany, Ind. PURDUE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS 20 A.J. Hammons C Fr. 7-0 280 10.7 6.2 0.7 Gary, Ind. 21 D.J. Byrd G/F Sr. 6-5 228 10.1 4.0 2.6 Crawfordsville, Ind. Men’s Basketball SID: Cory Walton 23 Jay Simpson F Fr. 6-9 268 2.6 2.3 0.2 Champaign, Ill. Office: (765) 494-3201 30 Neal Beshears F So. 6-6 195 0.5 0.3 0.0 Winchester, Ind. Cell: (765) 337-2063 34 Jacob Lawson F So. 6-8 217 2.9 2.9 0.4 Reidsville, N.C. 35 Rapheal Davis G Fr. 6-5 211 5.3 3.5 0.8 Ft. Wayne, Ind. Fax: (765) 494-5447 50 Travis Carroll F Jr. 6-9 229 2.2 1.7 0.4 Danville, Ind. Email: [email protected] 55 Sandi Marcius F Jr. 6-9 268 1.8 1.9 0.2 Nedelisce, Croatia PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PROJECTED PURDUE STARTING LINEUP DRU ANTHROP ..................................................... Drew Anth-rup A.J. Hammons Notes: Scored a season-high 30 on 10-of-14 shooting against RAPHEAL Davis ..................................................................... Ray-fell 20 7-0 • 280 • Fr. • Gary, Ind. Indiana ... Leads B1G with an average of 3.1 blocks per game TERONE Johnson................................................................ Ter-ohne in conference play and 2.1 in all games ... Shooting 54.3 SANDI MARCIUS ............................................ Sahndi Mar-chooch PPG RPG BPG MPG percent in league games to rank sixth in the B1G ... Averaging C 10.7 6.2 2.1 23.6 7.1 boards per game in Big Ten play to rank sixth in the league. D.J. Byrd Notes: Average of 2.6 triples per game in league play leads 21 6-5 • 228 • Sr. • Crawfordsville, Ind. the Big Ten ... Shooting 43.1 percent from long distance since PURDUE’S CURRENT STREAKS Jan. 1 ... Ranks ninth in program history with 164 three-point PPG RPG APG MPG field goals ... Shooting 73.0 percent from the free throw line ... All games ..........................................................................................1 L G/F 10.1 4.0 2.6 30.3 Average of 4.0 rebounds per game is a career best. At Mackey Arena ............................................................................1 L Averaging 14.0 points per game in Big Ten play to On the road.....................................................................................1 L Terone Johnson Notes: rank 11th in the league ... Had second-career double-double At neutral sites ...............................................................................4 L 0 6-2 • 199 • Jr. • Indianapolis, Ind. against Iowa on Jan. 27 (17p/12r) ... Scored in double figures Non-conference home games ...................................................4 W PPG RPG APG MPG in 23 of his last 28 games ... Shooting a career-best 33.8 Non-conference road games .......................................................1 L 13.1 5.1 2.9 31.7 percent (22-of-65) from three-point territory. Non-conference neutral sites games .........................................4 L G Big Ten games overall .....................................................................1 L Ronnie Johnson Notes: Already has the eighth-most assists by a freshman Big Ten home games ......................................................................1 L 3 6-0 • 170 • Fr. • Indianapolis, Ind. in program history and fourth-most assists by a frosh in Big Ten road games ........................................................................1 L the Painter Era (77) ... Averaging 4.5 assists/game with a 1.9 PPG RPG APG MPG assist-to-turnover ratio in Purdue’s last 11 games ... Has 13 G 9.4 3.7 3.7 29.5 double-figure scoring performances on the year. Rapheal Davis Notes: Averaging 6.8 points and 5.7 rebounds since moving 2012-13 HONORS AND AWARDS 35 6-5 • 211 • Fr. • Ft. Wayne, Ind. into the starting lineup six games ago ... Has four double- figure scoring games on the year ... Had a season-high eight PPG RPG APG MPG boards at Michigan on Jan. 24 ... Shooting 52.5 percent (32-of- G 5.3 3.5 0.8 16.3 61) from inside the arc this season. OFF THE BENCH Anthony Johnson Notes: Scored 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting against 1 6-3 • 191 • So.