Don't know how many read or care about this, but it is fun for me. I am not a sportswriter, just a fan:
Purdue 80; Ball State: 38. In a game that started with Purdue as mud and BSU as concrete, Purdue finally warmed up and tho they did not shoot that well ( especially Fts) it will be a long time before the Boilers rout a solid BSU program by 42 as they did tonight. They had a zillion rebounds, many of them offensive ( over 20 or those) and forced a lot of Tos behind an aggressive D that everyone seemed able to play and Versyp played everyone, even a walk on I never heard of. Ball state had only 25 pts at the end of the 3re Q and they were at home. They are a very young and inexperienced team and that showed up, but they have a veteran coach, have either beaten Purdue recently or given them a battle and they were no match at all.
The players:
MCGlaughin will be all BT either this year or sometime. She is just as solid as any player can be on every level and is deadly from three. Plus she plays virtually all of every game.
Harris had foul trouble that caused her to play about half the game but her rebounding and D are still top notch. Her two backups were impressive, especially Gony who has some hops and can rebound.
Oden started slowly and, for some reason, sat out most of the first quarter, but when it was over she scored a lot of points and played her usual super D.
Farquar who shot 89 % fts last year, missed 8 or 9 but still scored well and had 10 or more rebounds.
Altho Hardin started both halves and had a solid game, Traylor is a budding star and looks already like a veteran pg. She will be a star in her four years.
Whilby the soph transfer played noticeably well tho not a lot of minutes.
Everyone else played decently and the team after the slow start just kept playing hard on all cylinders.
Do not know what this team will do against better competition but they may be better than projected as the new players seem like they can make a critical difference.
So IF and that is a giant if, Vershy can actually keep these players, by next year this could be a really salty team. But that has been said over and over.
Purdue 80; Ball State: 38. In a game that started with Purdue as mud and BSU as concrete, Purdue finally warmed up and tho they did not shoot that well ( especially Fts) it will be a long time before the Boilers rout a solid BSU program by 42 as they did tonight. They had a zillion rebounds, many of them offensive ( over 20 or those) and forced a lot of Tos behind an aggressive D that everyone seemed able to play and Versyp played everyone, even a walk on I never heard of. Ball state had only 25 pts at the end of the 3re Q and they were at home. They are a very young and inexperienced team and that showed up, but they have a veteran coach, have either beaten Purdue recently or given them a battle and they were no match at all.
The players:
MCGlaughin will be all BT either this year or sometime. She is just as solid as any player can be on every level and is deadly from three. Plus she plays virtually all of every game.
Harris had foul trouble that caused her to play about half the game but her rebounding and D are still top notch. Her two backups were impressive, especially Gony who has some hops and can rebound.
Oden started slowly and, for some reason, sat out most of the first quarter, but when it was over she scored a lot of points and played her usual super D.
Farquar who shot 89 % fts last year, missed 8 or 9 but still scored well and had 10 or more rebounds.
Altho Hardin started both halves and had a solid game, Traylor is a budding star and looks already like a veteran pg. She will be a star in her four years.
Whilby the soph transfer played noticeably well tho not a lot of minutes.
Everyone else played decently and the team after the slow start just kept playing hard on all cylinders.
Do not know what this team will do against better competition but they may be better than projected as the new players seem like they can make a critical difference.
So IF and that is a giant if, Vershy can actually keep these players, by next year this could be a really salty team. But that has been said over and over.
