Boilers not in Mackey anymore

3 things from Purdue vs. Marquette: Boilers not in Mackey anymore

Marquette guard Chase Ross (2) and Purdue guard Braden Smith (3) chase a loose ball during the first half of their game Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)(Photo by Joshua Facemyer)

Sometimes, styles make fights. When Purdue schedules a Shaka Smart-coached team, it counts on that.

Purdue head coach Matt Painter said a variation of the boxing cliche Monday, a day before his team’s matchup with No. 15 Marquette (5-0); it isn’t always how you play but who that counts. And some teams do things that Purdue’s practices, or even Big Ten competition, can’t quite replicate.

Shaka Smart’s defense is one of those things. The Marquette coach is so enamored with that side of the ball he’s been known to play it on the sideline. And his unit was capable of things Purdue may not see for long stretches of its year.

Frenzied, stymied and hapless

“In practice, we don’t see that,” Painter said of the Golden Eagle’s defense. “Doesn’t mean we don’t have athletic players, doesn’t mean we don’t have good players, but they have a more experienced defensive group.”

Much of Purdue’s struggles were pinned on an inability to find Trey Kaufman-Renn in the post after the junior forward shot 23 times in his team’s upset of then-No. 2 Alabama last week.

“It was two-fold,” Painter said. “We missed him a couple times to start with, and then he’s just gotta do a good job of continuing to work down there. It’s maybe more than just the guy passing and the guy receiving … We never made it to where they were in danger.”

Kaufman-Renn’s three turnovers also did their part to depress his and Purdue’s shot volume.

Two of the forward’s giveaways were the product of Marquette’s defensive experience and intensity, as Kaufman-Renn, a good passer statistically and by his coach’s…

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Publish date : 2024-11-20 18:45:00

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