Brownston Central grad Jack Benter was runner up for Indiana Mr. Basketball in 2024.

After a bout with pneumonia, he redshirted as a freshman. He rebuilt his strength and worked out against Purdue's Trey Kaufman-Renn this summer.

Kaufman-Renn and Purdue coach Matt Painter know they have a reliable role player, however many minutes that means, in Benter.

WEST LAFAYETTE — When Purdue men’s basketball ’s frontcourt cleared out of Cardinal Court for the summer, Jack Benter moved into that vacancy.

New Boilermakers big man Oscar Cluff had not yet arrived, waiting for his visa issues to clear in Australia. Returning big man Daniel Jacobsen was overseas, too, helping Team USA win gold at the FIBA Under-19 World Cup. Second-year big Raleigh Burgess and incoming North Florida transf

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