WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue head coach Matt Painter addressed the media following a 58-55 victory over Maryland on Sunday at Mackey Area.

This is the whole lot he needed to say, with the entire transcript and full video of his postgame interview hooked up to this text. 

On the significance of studying from a detailed sport whereas additionally popping out with a win

Painter: Yeah, it is a effective line. They’re one possession higher or we’re one possession worse, we’re dropping that sport. And provides Maryland credit score. I believed they had been actually good within the second half. I believe we helped them. 

You are struggling to move and catch and make easy passes. For us, it type of put us in a gap. After which it simply appeared like we had been enjoying drained. They bought the vitality hastily we did not. However greater than something, simply caring for the basketball and giving ourselves an opportunity to attain, giving ourselves an opportunity to offensive rebound. 

After which they get 4 or 5 run-outs. It appeared like they had been simply continuously getting in transition, and we needed to get them to play within the half courtroom and attempt to get him to earn it. Which they will, they’ve excellent gamers. 

Every sport, particularly with a workforce — we now have some youthful guys that get heavy minutes. You are all the time studying. You’d prefer to study via wins, proper? So we’re very lucky we gained this, however we now have loads to look at and to get higher. Like I mentioned earlier, this might have went both means.

On Ethan Morton’s function as a defender in opposition to Maryland

Painter: His capacity to protect totally different folks actually helped us. You see how Maryland goes and also you see Jahmir Younger, he is simply had a wonderful yr. And we’re lucky he missed that dunk too. 

He was attending to the rim, we had about two or three blown assignments that wasn’t on Ethan in what we had been doing in a few of their ball display screen Spain motion. He simply causes issues together with his measurement and his capacity to maneuver his toes. So when he will get quickness on him, when he first bought right here, that was arduous for him. And now he is higher. 

It is not like he can preserve all people in entrance of him, however he simply has good measurement and he makes it arduous. Simply offers you that man which you could shut down — that he can guard a 4, he can guard a degree, he can guard a two or a 3, so it simply relies upon. Now we now have him selecting up the basketball and a few level guards. It simply depends upon matchups for the workforce, however he simply does plenty of little issues to assist us win. 

On Purdue’s sluggishness within the second half

Painter: It is the passing and catching. I do know that is elementary and it is elementary, nevertheless it’s what it comes right down to. We needed to make higher passes out of the publish. We drove the ball a few instances into crowded areas, you all the time should assault into house so you have got room to play. 

We have been actually good on the first 5 minutes of the second half this season, throughout the board. We’ve not been excellent, however we have been fairly good and fairly constant there. However we simply weren’t. You begin the second half, you miss a layup. You are taking an out-of-rhythm three, you miss one other layup, you flip the basketball over, and now they’re scoring, that is how runs go in opposition to you. 

You need that flipped. You wish to make that layup, take a rhythm three, do not flip the ball over, and now they keep out of transition that means since you’re making higher selections. And even in case you’re lacking pictures, in case you’re lacking high quality pictures, you are still usually going to set your protection. 

So it was only a mixture of that. Powerful pictures or missed pictures, turnovers, and now them operating out. After which they began making some pictures. Clearly, they seem to be a high quality workforce Jahmir Younger began to maintain going. Julian Reese was good the entire sport. I believed he was fabulous. He gave them that staple that when issues bought powerful, give him the basketball. He can get them a bucket.

On enjoying in opposition to a zone protection

Painter: Simply passing and catching, like I mentioned earlier. You realize, simply make good passes. Be able to shoot the basketball. They take issues away, you get the ball in and so they clamp. Go the basketball out and simply preserve making the easy play. You realize when folks double and triple workforce, it is a easy sport. 

And for [Zach Edey], he can tackle two or three folks and move over them. He is confirmed that. Tonight, he simply had a few reads that he simply type of miscalculated. And that is all it actually comes right down to. In case you’re handing them factors whilst you’re struggling offensively, simply execute and take what they provide you.

On utilizing David Jenkins Jr. on the defensive finish of the ground

Painter: Simply somebody to stick with [Don] Carey. You realize, these guys had gotten away from Braden, had gotten away from Fletcher a pair instances and simply making an attempt to get these guys to stick with them of their motion. 

And we went over a number of instances, And people guys had been giving an excessive amount of house and so we simply put David in there simply to stick with Carey. And regardless that he did not have an amazing sport, he is bought the power to get unfastened, similar to [Hakim] Hart, similar to [Donta] Scott. All these guys have the power to get unfastened and make one, so we wished to protect the arc and never allow them to get via. 

It simply appeared like we had been up three for 10 minutes. You do not wish to actually have a look at it that means with three, 4 minutes as a result of there’s a lot time to play. However you additionally, when you have got a considerable lead, you don’t need the psychological warfare of someone taking the lead, proper? And even tying the sport. 

You wish to preserve that lead, during which we had been capable of do. And I believe that actually helped. David makes a giant three when he goes in, he was strong for us, after which he did get an excellent job defensively there on the finish.

On Defending the 3-point line

Painter: Simply making an attempt to stick with them. Contest excessive, not foul 3-point shooters. About three weeks in the past we had been like in a rut the place we simply stored fouling 3-point shooters. I simply wished to stick with them. We had all of the respect on the earth for you recognize Hakim Hart and Dante Scott and the fellows which have been there some time. 

So we all know regardless that they may not have had an amazing first half, however they will get it cooking. That is what we talked about at halftime, let’s stick with them. Let’s make it arduous. Preserve Jahmir Younger bottled up, which we did not do an excellent job at instances within the second half. Did a greater job within the first half. 

See, when you may preserve him bottled up and he is penetrating, and now you may cease these lobs, or these dump downs after which stick with the shooters, now you are making these powerful twos. That is what we wished, even once they made a few of these powerful twos, do not get fearful about that. 

Get fearful about these run-out dunks they’re getting. The run-out layups, attending to the free-throw line, issues of that nature. These are the issues that it’s a must to not, but when folks aren’t going to make threes on you, it’ll be fairly powerful. 

Now, with that being mentioned, they did a fairly good job guarding us too. We’re 2-for-13 from three. So if we might’ve performed somewhat bit higher job there, that is the place in video games you will get some separation from the arc.

On Purdue’s half-court protection

Painter: I believed that beginning the sport, we had been actually energetic. I believed we had nice exercise on the defensive finish simply with our arms and making it arduous, not letting them get in these candy spots within the publish. They had been good. Our guys had been actually good. They had been flying round, they had been contesting excessive. 

However while you play a workforce like Maryland, you recognize they are going to make that run at you. We simply weren’t as sharp within the second half. You are lucky to win, proper? However it offers you one thing now going into your subsequent sport, like hey, we have to scrub this up. 

We proved within the first half that we might do plenty of issues from a particulars standpoint, however within the second half, we had slippage. I believe while you play three video games in per week, now it’s a must to battle that and never have that psychological fatigue. And you’ll type of see we had been dragging somewhat bit. 

However that is not an excuse. It is only a basketball sport. You realize, simply play arduous. We’re not enjoying all day. Let’s go play for 2 hours. We simply should play arduous for 2 hours, it isn’t an all-day deal. However we practiced for an hour on Friday. We did our shoot round yesterday, so we did not have a shoot round right this moment. So we performed two, three days in the past, nevertheless it’s not like we have been having a grueling follow the subsequent few days. That is extra psychological than bodily.

On the worth of drawing fouls within the win

Painter: We double up their free throws, however they fouled deliberately at the very least twice, proper? So there’s 4 proper there. Particularly with Zach. Zach drew seven fouls. Clearly, we have had a giant free-throw disparity, I believe we’re primary within the nation in that space. So he is arduous to protect. 

For each time they name one thing, these seven fouls, I assure I can go seize seven from movie that did not get referred to as. So like, once they begin the bridging, simply you may’t be on the ground three or 4 instances throughout that. You assume he desires to be on the ground? You assume you are 290 kilos and also you’re simply going to drop to the ground? However they’ll name it and so they began to name and so they stopped. So I bought to look at movie. 

It will get irritating, it is actually irritating for Zach with that. He is like a piñata on the market. You guys been to a celebration these days the place there is a piñata? They actually hit them. They hit them actually arduous and sweet comes out. I do not assume there’s any sweet inside Zach. However it will get outdated, it actually does. Like as a coach, you do not wish to complain. Play the sport and transfer on. However I really feel for him. I am someone that, it’ll should get excessive earlier than I get upset about stuff. And it is similar to, I believe we’re previous that. 

They bought to find a way — they did an amazing job after which they simply get away from it. You bought to guard the shooter. You’ll be able to’t hit a man when he shoots a 3, proper? Effectively, when he shoots a bounce hook, you may’t hit him both. And so it is similar to, you are simply not getting calls since you’re 7’4″, 290. I simply do not perceive it. They only should be constant and name the identical factor all through the sport. 

However we spend extra time making an attempt to calm him down than something, as a result of you don’t need him to retaliate after which foul, and now he is in foul bother. It is an ongoing course of making an attempt to get issues for him to make sense of it. As a result of to him, when he will get fouled, they do not should name it. However you have a look at it and say nicely he bought fouled seven instances. Oh look, fouls drawn. However like did he actually solely get out seven instances? 

You realize you are a good participant when you have got a mean sport and also you get 24 and 16. As a result of he was simply OK right this moment. He was simply OK. So we bought to get it to the place we’re enjoying via that. If they are not going to name it, we simply have to have the ability to play via it higher.

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