The Purdue Boilermakers have found their rhythm once again. After winnin’ 19 straight and then losin’ three in a row the kids from West Lafayette have now won two straight. They road tripped over to Champaign and knocked off the Fightin’ Illini 93-86 on Thursday night.
Everyone wanted to know who was goin’ to step up in the scorin’ department for the Boilermakers since Vincent Edwards has been sidelined with a left ankle injury. Well playas…a dun with the same last name but no relation answered the door. The Sophomore, Carsen Edwards, not only answered the door but he kicked it open puttin’ up 40 points!!!
Ole boy was 11 for 19 from the field and 14 for 16 from the foul line as he became the first player from Purdue to put up at least 40 since my homeboy, Glenn Robinson, did it. He plastered 44 all over Kansas in a win in the NCAA Tournament in 1994 before he dipped to the NBA as the first overall pick but not before grabbin’ the Player of the Year Award.
Under the leadership of Edwards on the floor the Boilermakers (25-5, 14-3 Big Ten) shot 58 from the field and 48 percent from three point range.
Dakota Mathias didn’t leave his teammate hangin’ as he stepped up and knocked down 18 points for good measure. Isaac Haas dropped off 10 points on their way back to West Lafayette.
So as Matt Painter and Co. pull into the driveway for their last game of the season against Minnesota at the crib on Sunday. They’ll be lookin’ to end it on a winnin’ note. They’ve already won 25 games and they need to get one more win to have the second most wins in a single season in school history. They shouldn’t have any problems pullin’ that off and now you can stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.
2) Ole boy: noun – the person that I’m currently talkin’ about.
The G is excluded from the endings of all words because the G is near and dear to my heart because I’m from “The G” which is Gary, Indiana. So I only use the G when I’m talkin’ about “The G!”
The caption under the photo is real talk today!