Year in Review: Sasha Stefanovic

Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY SportsWe’re finally going to get the answer to what it’d look like if Painter’s Shooter X redshirted his freshman year.

After sitting out his first year at Purdue, 6’4” Crown Point shooter Sasha Stefanovic showed a surprising amount of spunk and versatility while living up to his ‘shooter’ moniker. The redshirt freshman finished the year shooting 41% from distance, knocking down 25 of his 61 attempts as one Coach Painter’s only options off the bench that could reliably stretch the floor.

This is a relatively low number for a Purdue ‘shooter’ in terms of raw shot attempts, but it’s enough of a sample size to believe his shooting is both sustainable going forward and a…