Three key takeaways from Purdue’s exhibition win over Grand Valley State

Three key takeaways from Purdue’s exhibition win over Grand Valley State

Purdue Boilermakers head coach Matt Painter watches a drill Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, during basketball practice at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind. © Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images (Photo by © Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Purdue basketball wrapped up its preseason slate in impressive fashion, doing what it was supposed to, cruising to a 99-41 victory over Grand Valley State in the final exhibition matchup before the bullets start flying for real on Monday.

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The Kaufman-Renn we’ve heard about is coming: 

In a game Braden Smith was held in check, at least from a scoring perspective, Trey Kaufman-Renn provided a glimpse into what the offense looks like running through him. The results were perfect, literally.

Kaufman-Renn finished the night with 15 points on a perfect 7-7 clip, and had a team-high ten rebounds.

The junior forward got going early and often, scoring eight of the first 16 points of the game for the Boilermakers. Mixing in jumpers with a pair of easy layups courtesy of PJ Thompson play calls. The fast start guided Purdue to a 16-3 advantage to begin the game. A theme of strong starts out of breaks continued in the second half as Kaufman-Renn knocked down an early three and had a put back layup in the paint.

Fletcher Loyer has seen it in practice, which makes the last two games unsurprising.

“Just intensity. I think we see it every day in practice. We’ve seen it all summer, every drill, even if it’s not even live. You see him locked in and ready to go. So I knew come game time, he’d be ready to go and ready to hit somebody for an offensive rebound, defense rebound, whatever it was,” Loyer said.

It seems obvious to say this is the best version of Trey Kaufman-Renn we’ve ever seen, but he is rounding into form as was the expectation coming into the year. He displayed the total package that…

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