The Boilermakers are the No. 1 seed in this week's Big Ten tournament.
Newman's story has been well documented by now.
Newman spent the first 29 games this season coming off the bench, seeing varying degrees of playing time until the second half of a Feb. 25 game against Indiana in Mackey Arena where his defense and effort earned him his first start of the season at Wisconsin Thursday. Even though Purdue let a 24 point lead slip away against the Illini, the Boilermakers got a go-ahead bucket from Edey in the final minute, exceptional defense from Morton after and some clutch free throws to seal the game, four of those from Newman.The Boilermakers, a team most expected to be in the middle of the pack this season, won the Big Ten championship by three games.
David Jenkins Jr., with nearly 2,000 career points, transferring to Purdue to play a big part on a Big Ten team. Instead, he's averaged less than 15 minutes per game and on his senior night Sunday played just 8:42 and scored two points. He's supplying limited minutes off the bench while two freshmen eat a playing time at the positions Jenkins came to West Lafayette to play.
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