From: ehlerswm@hackney.ecn.purdue.edu (William Mark Ehlers)
Subject: Russian Nationals vs. Purdue
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:36:22 GMT

23 November 1992 -- West Lafayette, Indiana

FINAL SCORE : PURDUE - 80 RUSSIAN NATIONALS - 72
Russians  Mns   FG      FT      REB     A       ST      BK      PF      PTS
TEAM      200   23-53   21-26   22      19      14      4       26      72

Purdue
Robinson   32   10-15   11-15   6       1       3       1       2       31
Martin     29   3-7     2-2     2       0       0       0       1       8
Stanback   33   2-3     0-0     11      2       4       2       1       4
Waddell    29   6-10    2-2     4       5       0       0       3       15
Painter    18   0-0     2-4     2       6       1       0       1       2
Darner     19   1-3     1-2     2       1       1       0       1       4
McNary     5    0-0     2-3     0       0       0       0       1       2
Roberts    11   4-6     2-4     2       0       0       0       2       11
Williams   8    1-1     1-2     0       0       0       0       2       3
Dove       10   0-0     0-0     1       1       0       0       0       1
Jennings   3    0-1     0-0     1       0       0       0       1       0
Foster     3    0-1     0-0     0       1       0       0       0       0
TEAM      200   27-47   23-34   32      17      9       3       16      80

3pt : Purdue 3-8 (Roberts 1-2, Waddell 1-2, Darner 1-2, Foster 0-1, Robinson 0-1)    Russians 5-19
Turnovers : Purdue 28  Russians 20      Attendence : 14,123
Officials : C. Osborn, R. Byrom, R. Hunt
 
Well the Boilers go 2-0 for the exhibition season for the first time in 3
years -- BARELY.  This was not one of your prettier games to watch.  Purdue
turned the ball over 28 times (17 in the first half).  Robinson has 9 of those
TOs.  But by the same token, with a young team, a win is a win.  Just like the
Bucket game on Saturday, an ugly win sure beats a loss of any kind.  This game
was a lot closer than even the 8 point margin indicated.  Purdue was down by
6 at 67-61 with about 5-6 minutes to go.  They were only up by 2 (72-70) with
about a minute left.
 
Purdue had problems with the Russians defense.  Actually, they weren't taking
care of the ball very well in the passing lanes and didn't make many crisp
passess.  Many times the Russian defender would just step in front of the pass
and be off for the races.  Purdue also had a lot of trouble on D.  This is to
be expected of a young team this early in the season.  Watch for this to really
improve as the year rolls on.
 
Robinson looked extremely freshman like in this game.  Even though he had 31
points, he had 9 turnovers and quite a few defensive lapses.  Nevertheless, he
is a true Keady type player.  He gave all he had during his 32 minutes on the
floor.  He hustled, went for loose balls, and generally worked hard.  His
mistakes were those of playing against quality opposition for the first time
not a lack of effort.  A real good sign is that he didn't get down on himself.
He scored 11 of the Boilers final 16 points.
 
Stanback looked good out there pulling down 11 boards and playing great D.
 
Next up for the Boilers will be the UCONN Huskies on Saturday in Springfield.
 
later,
                                ---Mark
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