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Published Nov 22, 2019
Game 5: Purdue vs. Jacksonville State
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EMERALD COAST CLASSIC (ON-CAMPUS)

Date: Saturday, Nov. 23

Time: 8 p.m.

Venue: Mackey Arena (West Lafayette)

TV: BTN

Radio: Purdue Radio Network

Purdue Particulars: Roster | Schedule | Statistics

More: Purdue primer and GoldandBlack.com coverage

Jacksonville State Particulars: Roster | Schedule | Statistics

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NUMBERS AND SUCH
TeamAPCoachNETKenPomKenPom - Win%

PUR

RV

RV

11

97%

JSU

217

3%

PURDUE BOILERMAKERS (2-2)

PURDUE PROJECTED STARTERS
#PlayerPHT/WT/YRSTATS

1

F

6-9/205/SO

PPG: 6.7

REB: 7.7

STL: 2.3

3

G

6-3/205/SR

PPG: 17.0

REB: 4.0

3PT: 36.4%

20

G

6-7/225/JR

PPG: 6.0

REB: 4.5

AST: 4.5

2

G

6-4/175/SO

PPG: 11.7

REB: 4.0

AST: 3.7

32

C

7-3/250/JR

PPG: 13.0

FG: 68.2%

BLK: 3.7

KEY PURDUE RESERVES
#PlayerPHT/WT/YRSTATS

50

C/F

6-9/270/SO

PPG: 5.3

REB: 3.3

MIN: 13.3

12

F

6-8/220/SR

REB: 1.7

MIN: 6.3

11

G

6-1/165/FR

MIN: 11.0

55

G

6-4/195/SO

PPG: 10.0

3PT: 46.2%

MIN: 29.0

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ABOUT PURDUE

• This game is part of the Emerald Coast Classic, which will resume off campus next weekend, as Purdue will meet VCU Friday, then either Florida State or Tennessee Saturday.

• Purdue's will have had a full week between games now, an opportunity to practice, an opportunity Matt Painter covets in-season.

An emphasis: Getting the ball inside, where Matt Haarms in particularly has been under-used.

Haarms said Purdue has spent the week working on the post-entry game, including the guards and wings having to handle pressure on the perimeter as passers.

"We're saying, 'Throw it inside every time,'" Haarms said. ..."(Painter) is really making an effort to call guys out, to make sure they're throwing the ball inside, to make sure they're looking inside."

Through four games, Haarms has only gotten 12 post-up opportunities.

• Sophomore guard Sasha Stefanovic sat out the second half vs. Chicago State after apparently aggravating the foot issue — he calls it a chipped bone — he's been dealing with, then sat out practice Monday and Tuesday, but did practice on Thursday.

JACKSONVILLE STATE GAMECOCKS (1-2)

Jacksonville State Particulars: Roster | Schedule | Statistics


JACKSONVILLE STATE PROJECTED STARTERS
#PlayerPHT/WT/YRSTATS

2

F

6-8/240/SR

PPG: 11.0

REB: 5.3

24

F

6-10/235/JR

PPG: 9.7

REB: 2.3

FG: 66.7%

3PT: 55.6%

15

G

5-11/180/SO

PPG: 8.7

REB: 3.7

STL: 1.7

33

G

6-4/200/SO

PPG: 12.0

REB: 5.3

3PT: 33.3%

4

G

6-1/200/SR

PPG: 7.7

REB: 4.0

AST: 2.3

ABOUT JACKSONVILLE STATE

• Jacksonville State has played two relatively prominent programs already this season and fell 74-65 at SMU and then 93-65 to ranked VCU, Purdue's next opponent.

• Gamecock coach Ray Harper is one win away from the 500th of his head coachig career, which has also included stops at Kentucky Wesleyan, Oklahoma City and Western Kentucky, from which he resigned after three of his players were suspended by the university.

He entered the season with a 67-37 at Jacksonville State, an Ohio Valley member.

Painter has called Harper "one of the best coaches in the country."

• This is Jacksonville, Alabama, by the way.

One random, distant connection: Former Purdue center Isaac Haas' mother, Rachel works for the university.

Jacksonville is about 20 miles from Hokes Bluff, where Isaac Haas went to high school.

THREE THINGS
GET THE BALL INSIDEPOISEOFFENSIVE GLASS

Purdue has to condition itself to get Matt Haarms, and Trevion Williams, the ball, but especially Haarms. The Boilermakers' strengths lie on the interior and to this point, they're not leveraging them enough.

Jacksonville State may apply some full-court pressure. That shouldn't be much of a problem for Purdue, but it can be If the Boilermakers get too casual. Concentration hasn't been this team's strength.

It's been a strength for Purdue thus far. Embrace it, build on it and carry it on to Niceville, where two big games await.

BOTTOM LINE

Purdue's had a week to fine-tune some things, and while Jacksonville State is a far more credible opponent than last weekend's opponent, Chicago State, It shouldn't stack up particularly well against the Boilermakers on their home floor.

GoldandBlack.com Prediction: Purdue 82, Jacksonville State 64

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