From: ehlerswm@hackney.ecn.purdue.edu (William Mark Ehlers)
Subject: Purdue vs Butler
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:38:53 GMT

2 January 1993 -- West Lafayette, Indiana

FINAL SCORE : PURDUE - 80  BUTLER - 54

Butler     Min  FG      FT      REB     A       ST      BK      PF      PTS
TOTALS     200  19-54   13-18   32      7       2       0       20      54
                   3/11

Purdue
Robinson    29  10-20 0/1  1-1  8       0       3       1       1       21
Martin      25  4-8     0-0     3       2       0       0       1       8
Stanback    21  1-3     0-0     2       1       0       0       2       2
Waddell     22  2-4 1/1 0-2     2       2       2       0       1       5
Painter     24  5-6 4/5 0-0     2       6       2       0       0       14
Roberts     16  0-3 0/2 1-2     1       3       0       0       2       1
Darner      12  1-3 1/1 2-4     3       2       0       0       1       5
Dove        15  2-3     0-1     1       2       0       0       1       5
Williams    11  2-2     2-3     2       0       1       0       2       6
Jennings    11  0-2     0-0     0       1       2       0       3       0
McNary      8   3-4     3-5     3       0       0       0       2       9
Foster      4   1-1 1/1 0-0     1       2       1       0       0       3
Spiker      2   0-0     2-2     0       1       0       0       1       2
TOTALS     200  31-58   11-20   30      22      11      1       18      80
                   7/11

Turnovers : PU - 12  BU - 24            Attendence - 14,123

Well Purdue finished the preseason 9-0 with a ho hum victory against the ButlerBulldogs.  The loss dropped Butler to 3-6.  The first half lacked the
intensity and spark that Keady wanted out of the Boilers.  The result was only
a 32-24 halftime lead.  Purdue used a quick 7-0 spurt to start the second
half to put the game away.  The lead reached as many as 31 (70-39) toward the
of the game.

Robinson lead the way for the Boilers with 21 points and 8 rebounds.  Gumby
Painter chipped in with 14 connecting on 4 of 5 from three point land.  There
weren't to many highlights to this game.  It was nice to see Purdue put away a
game that they were supposed to win easily.  This year, Purdue is beating the
opponents they are supposed to by handy margins and they are finding ways to
win the close games against tough opponents on the road.  Last year this team
would probably only be 5-4 or 6-3 at best.  Granted they haven't played the topteams in the country, but they have played and beaten tough opponents on the
road ie UConn, SW Missouri State, Florida, and UTEP.

A few obervations about the season thus far going into Big Ten play.

#1 - Purdue is not a top 10 team -- yet.  I think they moved up to 9th this
     week.  They still have a lot of things to improve on.
#2 - This team is athletic.  After watching all 9 games, I can say without
     question that this is the most athletically team that Gene has had.  It
     remains to be seen if it will be one of his best.  It would take a lot of
     doing to top the 1987-88 team.  This team has quickness that can't be
     taught and this translates to tough defense.
#3 - Painter is not having a fluke season, he is taking what the defense is
     giving him and hitting the shots.
#4 - Robinson needs to move more in the offense, work on his ball handling, and     take better care of the basketball.  On the other hand, he is the real
     thing.
#5 - The freshman are contributing, especially Roberts.
#6 - Williams has been a bit of a disappointment.  To many fouls.
#7 - Ian Stanback is thriving at center with Robinson at PF
#8 - Martin is showing that Keady didn't make a mistake by making a sophmore a
     team captain.  He is acting like a seinor on the floor.  In addition he
     has improved his scoring.  You just can't say enough for his defense.
 
Next up for the Boiler will be Michigan on Thursday.  Will be a real tough testbut at least Purdue will be competitive against them.  Look for Martin to guardJalen Rose in that game.
 
later,
                                        ---Mark