It could be too early to match 7-foot-4 freshman Daniel Jacobsen to Zach Edey, the nationwide Participant of the Yr up to now two seasons.
However Jacobsen did a satisfactory imitation of Edey in No. 14 Purdue’s season-opening 90-73 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, recording 13 factors, seven rebounds and three blocks.
Jacobsen and the Boilermakers (1-0) will attempt to construct on that effort in opposition to Northern Kentucky (0-1) on Friday night time in West Lafayette, Ind.
“I do know we’re simply beginning the season; it was most likely one of the best minutes he is had right here,” coach Matt Painter stated of Jacobsen. “I assumed he did some good issues for us. I assumed he did some actually good issues. One thing to construct on for him.”
There will likely be bumpier elements of the season forward for Jacobsen. At 230 kilos, he most likely might stand so as to add at the least one other 20 to resist the bodily rigors of the Massive Ten. However he got here up with a pair of key buckets and a blocked shot that led to a transition basket within the final 6 1/2 minutes Monday night time to assist Purdue draw back from a pesky foe.
There have been positives and negatives from a tougher-than-expected opener. The Boilermakers shot 56.4 p.c from the ground, sank 11 3-pointers and drew 24 assists off 31 made subject objectives. However in addition they had 16 turnovers in opposition to a foe that is unlikely to use up the ball strain they’re going to see in a convention sport.
“You have simply bought to maintain working as a result of the movie does not lie, the tape does not lie,” Painter stated. “You have to be sincere about issues however now you may have sport expertise the place you may see what they’re doing. We missed free throws and once we get the ball to the rim, we have got to have the ability to rating.”
Scoring was a problem for the Norse of their season opener at Florida State on Monday. They shot simply 38.8 p.c from the sphere in a 74-62 loss. In addition they bumped into turnover bother, committing 22 to assist negate a 35-32 rebounding edge in opposition to the Atlantic Coast Convention foe.
Josh Dilling scored 18 factors to guide Northern Kentucky in his first sport with the staff. Dilling is the most recent Division II switch to attempt to make an affect for coach Darrin Horn, who’s mined that stage the previous two years with nice success.
Dilling averaged 18.7 factors per sport final season at Northern State, sinking higher than 46 p.c of his 3-pointers.
“Josh is a basketball participant,” Horn stated. “Clearly, his taking pictures stands out. However he is a excessive IQ, high-character man. He is bought nice really feel for the sport. He is a ball-ahead passer. We expect he can actually assist. We spent all spring attempting to get greater and extra athletic on the perimeter. Josh is without doubt one of the guys who does that for us.”
Northern Kentucky, which has been picked to complete third within the Horizon League, additionally obtained 12 factors from Randall Pettus off the bench.
–Area Stage Media
