Purdue coach Matt Painter said Wednesday he’s happy Purdue will play its third road game of the season tomorrow (if you count an exhibition against Creighton — Painter is).
This will be a good challenge against perimeter pressure calling card Penn State (7-1), a challenge multiplied by road location as was the case in the No. 8 Boilermakers’ lone loss (7-1). ) this year against Marquette.
“Who else is going to be competing in their third rope match at this point in the year?” said the painter. “Apart from the people who get bought?”
Against the Golden Eagles, Purdue succumbed to turnovers. Painter views Thursday night’s game as an indicator of improvement in that area, despite the fact that Ole Miss was also a frenzied team on the perimeter when Purdue narrowly beat it in last week’s Rady Children’s Invitational. The difference is that Painter’s team is back in enemy territory.
“I put that in their system,” Painter said of Marquette’s loss Wednesday. “I put that on how well they played, but I also put that on being on the road. In this one, you go back to the Marquette game going, ‘Okay, from the Marquette game to Penn State, where have we made improvements?’ ?””
He said he won’t know until the end.
Caleb Furst explained what it meant to be able to play the character of Buddy the Elf for Purdue, and for a good cause. He also spoke about the shape of his career and the opportunity he has this year.
Trey Kaufman-Renn discussed his growing role as the No. 1 in Purdue’s offense and why winning Big Ten Player of the Week for the first time didn’t mean much to him.
