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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR WWW.INDYSTAR.COM Sports 2nd SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2007 C9 COLLEGE BASKETBALL MISSOURI 73, PURDUE 63 7:11 of trouble for Boilermakers INDIANA NOTEBOOK IU's Crawford wins matchup against his older brother Purdue led 60-51 before the Tigers turn up their defense and close game with a 22-3 run By Jeff Washburn Lafayette Journal and Courier COLUMBIA, Mo. Missouri refers to its pressure defense as "40 minutes of hell," a scheme and pet phrase it borrowed from Nolan Richardson's Arkansas basketball teams of a few years ago. For Purdue, it was only 7:11 of hell, but that was more than enough for Missouri to rally for a 73-63 victory against the shell-shocked Boilermakers on Saturday in Mizzou Arena. Freshman center Ja- Juan Johnson's free throw with 7:20 remaining capped a 16-3 Purdue run, giving coach Matt Painter's team a 60-51 lead. But with only 7,699 looking on in the venue, the Tigers (6-3) motivated themselves, outscoring the Boilermakers 22-3 dur PURDUE VS.

LOUISVILLE 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Conseco Fieldhouse WISH-8 ing the final 7:11. Forward Leo Lyons' three-point play with 2:03 remaining gave Missouri a 63-61 lead, and the Tigers never trailed again. While its active 2-3 trapping zone forced only four turnovers during the game-deciding run, Missouri disrupted an offensive flow that had been excellent during the second half's first 12:49. 'We had them on the ropes," said Purdue sophomore guard Keaton Grant, who scored 13 points, second to freshman guard E'Twaun Moore's game-best 15.

"In the second half, we were getting everything we wanted. Then, I guess we just relaxed. "The crowd got into it, and then they put a little more pressure on us. They sped us up. They made us go faster, and we took some quick shots.

It was one shot and done. It's about finishing." At one point in the second half, the Boilermakers had made 17-of-30 field goal attempts. Thereafter, they were only 8-of-28, giving Missouri an opportunity to extend its home nonconfer-ence winning streak to 23 games. The Tigers took advantage of those Purdue misses. "Missouri did a very good job of raising their intensity on the press," Painter said.

"They got us to go faster a couple of times, especially up the sideline, ROB G0EBEL The Star BODY BLOCK: DeAndre Thomas steps up to cut off a drive by Kentucky's Joe Crawford in the second half. Thomas scored 11 points against the Wildcats. WESTERN CAROLINA AT INDIANA 8 p.m. Saturday Big Ten Network By Terry Hutchens terry.hutchens(3i ndystar.com BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Indiana's Jordan Crawford claimed he didn't hear the ongoing chant of "Jordan's better" from the loud and enthusiastic crowd of 17,410 at Assembly Hall on Saturday.

Coach Kelvin Sampson said he didn't hear it, either. But the cheer wasn't lost on Kentucky's Joe Crawford, Jordan's older brother, or on the players' mother, Sylvia Crawford. "That was painful, very painful," Sylvia Crawford said. "These guys aren't pros. They're growing, maturing young men and sometimes those things go a little deeper than if they're going to hit a free throw.

"I think Joe has been around long enough, in environments that are tough, and (this) didn't affect his ability to play the game. That's all I could ask for and all his coach could ask for." The final score was Indiana 70, Kentucky 51. The final in the Crawford Bowl was freshman Jordan with 20 points and senior Joe with 10. With Indiana playing without starting guards Eric Gordon and Armon Bassett, Jordan Crawford started and was guarded by his brother. That took them both by surprise.

On the other end, Jordan Crawford guarded Kentucky point guard Ramel Bradley. "I think he played pretty good," said Joe Crawford, commenting on the first time he's played against his brother in an organized game. "I thought he played with poise and took the shots that were available." Just four minutes into the game, an official stopped play to tell the Crawford brothers to stop bumping each other so much. "He didn't want us touching so much," Joe Crawford said. "I was just trying to rough (Jordan) up a little bit." The irony was that the game official who talked to the brothers also had the last name of Crawford Eugene Crawford.

He is no relation. Gordon misses game Sampson said he started to get the idea on Thursday that Gordon wouldn't play Saturday against Kentucky. But he wasn't sure if Gordon would be a game-day healer. "I really thought he would play on Tuesday and Wednesday," Sampson said. "But he just didn't get any better.

When he was walking around (Thursday) he didn't feel a lot of pain, but as soon as he squatted and got in the defensive stance, he felt it." Gordon had an MRI late in the week; the test confirmed his injury is a bruise near his tailbone. Sampson wouldn't say if Gordon will play next Saturday against Western Carolina. "There is no game more important than a young man's health," Sampson said. "It's not about if he is going to play or not. It is whether or not he is going to be healthy enough to play." Star reporter Curt Cavin contributed to this story.

Call Star reporter Terry Hutchens at (317) 444-6469. Hoosiers Indiana freshman Crawford has career-high 20 points. From CI semester. He is eligible to return next Saturday against Western Carolina. From a guard standpoint, Jordan Crawford and Jamarcus Ellis dominated play.

Crawford, who missed the past three games after being suspended for violating team rules, had a career-high 20 points in 39 minutes. The freshman, guarded most of the game by his brother, Kentucky senior Joe Crawford, made 5-of-10 shots, including three 3-pointers. One of those, midway through the second half, banked in from the right wing. Ellis had 12 points, five rebounds and five assists before fouling out with 4:49 to play. "Our two guards ran our stuff and executed," Sampson said.

"I thought that we played tough. I don't know that we played great, but I thought that we played tough. And that was something we knew we had to do today. "We had to grow up and be men and play with some toughness." D.J. White had a big game as well for the Hoosiers.

With 16 points and 13 rebounds, he posted his fifth consecutive double-double. When he scored his 10th point on a pair of free throws with 11:07 to play, he also became the 41st player in IU history to score 1,000 in his career. "My goal is I want to be a double-double guy," White said. "I want to help my teammates in any kind of way: defense, offense or rebounding. With my height and my size, I think that is what I need to do for the team to win.

Last year, when (Sampson) first came, he pushed me a lot about rebounding. It sticks in my head throughout the game." Indiana led from start to finish, took its first double-digit lead with eight minutes to play in the first half and never led by fewer than 10 the fi- PURDUE Hummel Martin Johnson Grant Moore Kramer Crump Green Calasan Team Totals Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A Pts 21 2- 3 3- 5 1-1 1-3 4 5 2 14 23 27 28 25 26 21 15 0- 0 1- 2 4-6 1-2 0- 0 1- 2 1-2 1-2 0- 2 0 5 1 1- 8 0 4 1 4-8 4-10 6-12 4-5 0-7 2-5 0-3 0- 2 2 3 1- 2 1 3 0- 4 0 3 1 2-3 12 2 1- 4 10 3 25-58 10-17 8-34 9 26 16 63 3-point goals: 3-19 (Moore 2-5, Grant 1-4, Martin 0-1, Kramer 0-1, Crump 0-5, Green 0-3). Steals: 9 (Johnson 2, Grant 2, Green 2, Hummel, Martin, Kramer). Blocked shots: 5 (Moore 2, Hummel, Johnson, Kramer). MISSOURI Carroll Lyons Hannah Horton M.Lawrence K.

Lawrence Tiller Brown Volkus Butterfield TEAM Totals Min 21 25 27 26 22 25 21 3 11 19 FG-A 2- 5 5-9 3- 7 1-2 3-7 3-8 5-9 0- 0 1- 2 1-2 FT-A 3-6 3- 3 2-2 0-1 0-0 4- 6 2- 2 0-1 3- 4 4- 6 OR-T A Pts 1-1 2 4 1 4-10 2 1 4 0-12 4 3 0-3 2 4 1 0-3 0 3 2 0- 3 2 0 2 1- 4 12 0 0-10 10 0-3 0 10 2- 3 10 1 0-5 8-37 12 20 14 24-51 21-31 3-point goals: 4-13 (M. Lawrence 2-5, Hannah 1-3, K. Lawrence 1-2, Horton 0-1, Tiller 0-1, Butterfield 0-1). Steals: Blocked shots: 6 (Carroll 3, Lyons, Tiller, Volkus). Halftime: Missouri 44-36.

Officials: Ted Hillary John Higgins, Eric Curry. Attendance: 7,699. which we stayed away from most of the game. We wanted to keep the ball in the middle of the court. "Missouri did a good job of really stretching out that zone.

We were tentative against the zone. We didn't use our dribble against it, and we didn't get the ball into the high post. When we did and had plays at the basket, they did a good job of altering our shots or blocking our shots. They really were aggressive on the wings. We have to do a better job reversing the ball." And with freshmen Scott Martin and Robbie Hummel in foul trouble, the Boilermakers played most of the second half without two players who could have made a perimeter shot or attacked the basket.

While the season's leading scorer Martin made 3-of-5 shots, he played only 14 minutes and fouled out. Hummel had five points in 21 minutes, also fouling out. "It was tough," Martin said. "My teammates played extremely well, but we just didn't finish. They got us to play faster than we would like to.

Give them credit for adjusting. They got us." Missouri coach Mike Anderson kept tweaking his defensive scheme to take advantage of Purdue's foul woes, finally finding a set that would work during the final 7:11. "He made an adjustment, and we didn't adjust," Painter said. "We didn't do a very good job, and you have to give them credit." Hummel said Missouri's 2-3 zone took Purdue out of what had been working. time today, which was really stupid." Painter acknowledged that Purdue's foul trouble was a huge factor during the final 7:11, when the Tigers outscored the Boilermakers 22-3.

Back in form After being sidelined for a week by a concussion suffered Nov. 27 at Clemson, sophomore Chris Kramer returned to action Wednesday against Ball State but attempted only one shot in 20 minutes. Kramer was more aggressive against Missouri, making 4-of-5 field goal attempts in 26 minutes. His only miss was a 3-pointer that rimmed out. While Kramer said he felt fine Saturday, he was not the least bit happy about how Purdue finished the game.

"We got real tentative," Kramer said. "When they went into that 2-2-1 token press, it made us take some time off the clock. Then, they went into a really extended 2-3 zone and took us out of a lot of stuff. We couldn't get into a position to make a play. We were passing the ball around at about 35 feet, and we're not in shooting range from 35 feet.

"We were in a great position. Now, we've done this here and at Clemson. We have to learn how to finish. That's really hard for a young team." nal 21 minutes. After leading by 12 at halftime, the Hoosiers opened the second half on a 9-0 run to lead 46-25 at the first media timeout.

If it wasn't enough that Kentucky (4-3) was playing an IU team missing two starters at guard, White was limited to 10 minutes in the first half because of foul trouble. DeAndre Thomas stepped up big for the Hoosiers with 11 points and five rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench. "It was a very tough game for us," Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie said. "They whipped us in every aspect and did it with a short-handed team, and I don't take to that very well. I thought we did a few things a little bit better, but you couldn't tell that unless you know what you're looking for.

"We have a long ways to go in every aspect." Patrick Patterson had 15 points for Kentucky, and Joe Crawford added 10. Call Star reporter Terry Hutchens at (317) 444-6469. Kentucky Coury Patterson Bradley Porter Crawford Stewart Stevenson Perry Harris Carter TEAM Totals Mill FG-A FT-A 0R-T A Pts 12 36 23 21 37 12 26 4 25 4 1- 2 6-9 2- 5 1- 4 4-15 0-2 3- 5 0-1 2- 6 0-0 0-0 3- 5 0-1 0- 0 1- 3 1-2 4- 4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-3 0 3 1 2-5 2 2 5 0- 1 0 5 1- 1 0 5 1- 2 2 2 0-0 1 2 2- 6 2 3 0-0 0 0 2-8 2 3 0-0 0 0 1-3 19-49 9-16 9-29 9 25 19 51 3-point shooting: 4-16 (Porter 1-2, Harris 1-3, Bradley 1-4, Crawford 1-6, Perry 0-1) Steals: 4 (Coury, Bradley, Crawford, Stevenson) Blocked shots: 2 (Bradley, Harris). Technical Fouls: Crawford. Indiana D.J.

White Stemler M. White Crawford Ellis Thomas McGee Holman Ahlfeld Taber TEAM Totals Min 29 36 29 39 35 22 6 2 1 1 FG-A 6-11 1-3 1-4 5-10 4-8 5-10 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 FT-A 4- 4 2- 2 5- 6 7-10 3- 5 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 OR-T A Pts 3-13 1 0-3 1 2-3 14 1 0-2 2 2 3 0- 5 5 5 2-5 0 2 1- 1 0 0 1-1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2-4 22-47 22-32 11-37 10 19 15 70 3-point shooting: 4-9 (Crawford 3-5, Ellis 1-2, Stemler 0-2). Steals: 8 (Crawford 2, Ellis 2, Stemler, M. White, Thomas, McGee). Blocked shots: 2 (D.J.

White 2). Technical Fouls: None. Halftime: Indiana 37-25. Officials: Ed Hightower, Zelton Steed, Eugene Crawford. Attendance: 17,410.

L.G. PATTERSON Associated Press DIFFERENCE OF OPINION: Missouri's J.T. Tiller (left) points to a referee as Purdue's Chris Kramer points to his bench. The Boilers were trying to call a timeout on the play. PURDUE NOTEBOOK Boilers create problems for themselves with fouls By Jeff Washburn Lafayette Journal and Courier COLUMBIA, Mo.

It's difficult enough to beat Missouri in Mizzou Arena with a full complement of players. Purdue increased its degree of difficulty Saturday when freshman starters Robbie Hummel and Scott Martin each picked up three first-half fouls, and freshman guard E'Twaun Moore was saddled with two in a 73-63 loss. Freshman center JaJuan Johnson got into second-half foul trouble, finishing the game with four. Hummel and Martin each fouled out. Moore had three.

Purdue was whistled for 26 fouls. Missouri made more free throws (21) than the Boilermakers attempted (17). In the second half, fouls forced coach Matt Painter to mix and match his lineup. "The foul trouble is frustrating," Hummel said. "We have to adjust to how the game is being called.

Sometimes, (referees) let you do that stuff, and sometimes they don't. I have to do a better job. I think I've had two fouls in the first half in each of our seven games. "Sometimes, it's hard finding the balance between playing hard and wanting to get the ball. Obviously, you can't go in there and grab somebody.

I did that one ROB GOEBEL The Star WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT? Indiana's Lance Stemler and Kentucky's Patrick Patterson (left) and Ramon Harris are poised to grab a rebound at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Stemler had four points and three rebounds Saturday..