Purdue Survives to #1 Again
But every offensive possession Painter could get him back on the court, he did. It paid off. Smith, despite the freshman wall, the grueling schedule, the three games in a week, despite not making a shot all game, made all 8 of his free throws, including two key ones with less than ten seconds left to push the lead back to three-points.
"End of our four game stretch, guys get really tired. It affects the mental a little bit, but we've just got to be better," Edey said after the game. Edey drew 7 fouls against Maryland despite Maryland clearly testing the refs to call the whistle on every possession. Edey hit the ground three times in the game.
It wasn't Purdue's best game, certainly not their best half, but this is a self-aware team, a team prepared for these kinds of fights.
"Any time you can get a win in this league, no matter what, you'll take it," Ethan Morton is telling us after the game. "So we're happy with that, but definitely a long way to go... hopefully we'll keep learning from these wins instead of a loss."
But every offensive possession Painter could get him back on the court, he did. It paid off. Smith, despite the freshman wall, the grueling schedule, the three games in a week, despite not making a shot all game, made all 8 of his free throws, including two key ones with less than ten seconds left to push the lead back to three-points.
"End of our four game stretch, guys get really tired. It affects the mental a little bit, but we've just got to be better," Edey said after the game. Edey drew 7 fouls against Maryland despite Maryland clearly testing the refs to call the whistle on every possession. Edey hit the ground three times in the game.
It wasn't Purdue's best game, certainly not their best half, but this is a self-aware team, a team prepared for these kinds of fights.
"Any time you can get a win in this league, no matter what, you'll take it," Ethan Morton is telling us after the game. "So we're happy with that, but definitely a long way to go... hopefully we'll keep learning from these wins instead of a loss."
