Before the cameras and coaches streaming into the Fairleigh Dickinson locker room, it was just the players, soaking in the moment.. They came into March trying to prove they belong. Mission accomplished. “S—. We did that today.”
followed their head coach from St. Thomas Aquinas to FDU this past offseason. Anderson didn’t promise them anything beyond the chance to play D1 ball and build a program, but that was enough to make Singleton reconsider ending his college career.All three of them did, quickly helping to set a standard for the Knights. A press-heavy team, Roberts and Singleton set the defensive tone and lead the Knights in scoring at 16.5 and 14.1 points a game, respectively.
Before this squad could revel in its bracket-busting glory, however, there had to be a transition period. In the summer, the group pushed each other to the brink in workouts, and it wasn’t until they stepped on the floor for the season-opener againstthat things started to jell. The 88-82 overtime loss wasn’t the way they wanted to begin the season, but it was a glimpse at what could be.
An Iowa native, Anderson had a successful playing career of his own. He scored 1,129 points for Division III Wesleyan, finishing 11th on the school’s all-time scoring list. Yet it was a boxing analogy inspired by his father that he used to describe this upset. The never-ending pressure and full-court traps by FDU’s defense rattled Purdue early and often. The Boilermakers turned the ball over 16 times, well above their season average, leading directly to 15 points by the Knights.
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