Purdue University's men's basketball team secured a significant home victory against Northwestern, winning 79-61. Braden Smith led the Boilermakers with 22 points, seven assists, and six rebounds. Coach Matt Painter praised Smith's impact on the team's performance, highlighting his physical presence and ability to guard skilled opponents.
Purdue picked up an important home win over Northwestern Sunday, defeating the Wildcats 79-61. With the win, the Boilermakers improved to 3-1 in Big Ten play and 11-4 overall.
"I thought he did a really good job matching up to Martinelli tonight. Just trying to use his size and his quickness and just overall physicality with those guys. But it's different, because those guys can muscle you, they also can drive by you. He possesses both of those qualities to guard people, so he's really helped us in the last three games.": "Yeah, it's been better the last couple of games.
"We were going to switch it, and then when we had those matchups, stay square on them until they started to dribble it out and turn their back. Then we were going to double. They did a good job of diving a couple times and took out our guy who was supposed to rotate. Now, when things of that nature happen, you've got to be able to make the next play. But they didn't get to that a lot, they got to it some.
"To me, for him, it all starts with him being hungry and shooting. When he dribbles down and shoots or he doesn't pass and shoot in those situations, we encourage that, we think those are high-percentage shots. But it also keeps everybody honest. So, now, when those guys are hedging, or switching, or getting out, we just have to make the right reads. When he's making the right reads and being aggressive, we've had a lot of success.
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