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Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter achieved his 500th career win after a 97-79 victory over Akron.

Painter initially downplayed the milestone, focusing instead on the team's improved rebounding performance.

The team celebrated by presenting Painter with a commemorative game ball and dousing him with water.

It should have come to surprise nobody that Matt Painter was not concerned with discussing his own milestone, but he sure was celebrated by his Purdue basketball after the fact.

Former player Raphael Davis asked Painter after the Boilers' 97-79 win over Akron what his 500th career win meant to him.

"Just happy to beat Akron, man, more than anything," Painter said on Big Ten Network. "Our team is getting better."

He went on to cite the 45-26 rebounding e

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