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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue opened its men's basketball season with an impressive win over Bellarmine on Tuesday night, and senior guard Sasha Stefanovic led the way with 23 points.

He had a great shooting night from the field, making 6-of-8 shots, 5-of-6 from three-point range and he converted 6-of-7 free throws.

Stefanovic will talk all about the season opener on Wednesday night during Episode No. 2 of the Sasha Live! podcast, live from Mad Mushroom Pizza at 320 W. State Street in West Lafayette.

Fans are encouraged to come down and watch the podcast. Tonight we're giving away a Sasha Special at Mad Mushroom, with is a medium cheese pizza, a medium premium pizza and medium cheesesticks.

To get a better chance at winning, making sure you like our Facebook page at Sports Illustrated Purdue, post about coming to the podcast and share photos at the restaurant. We'll be watching. 

The Sasha Live! podcast can also be watched online on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Here's how to watch the show:

Sasha Live! on Facebook

  • On Facebook, simply LIKE our Sports Illustrated Purdue page. A few hours before the show, there will be a link on the page to watch live. Liking the page is a good thing to do anyway, because we post all of our Purdue basketball and football stories there as well. To like the Facebook page, CLICK HERE

Sasha Live! on Twitter

  • On Twitter, simply FOLLOW our Sports Illustrated Purdue account. When the show goes live, it will appear right there on the account and you can click it on. We also post all of our basketball and football stories there, too. To follow us on Twitter, CLICK HERE

Sasha Live! on YouTube

  • On YouTube, Boilermakers Country publisher Tom Brew has one page — for the moment — for all of his podcasts, including the Mike & Micah Podcast, the Big Ten Roundtable Podcast and the FastBreak on FanNation NBA podcasts. We'll start there with showing Sasha Live! each night, and we'll repackage them with Apple and Spotify and others once the podcast content gets approved. But for now, to watch on YouTube, simply CLICK HERE
  • BOILERS WIN SEASON OPENER: Purdue senior Sasha Stefanovic led all scorers with 23 points, tying a career-high for the Boilermakers. The team made 44% of its 3-point attempts and five different players made shots from beyond the arc. CLICK HERE
  • KAUFMAN-RENN TO REDSHIRT: Freshmen forwards Trey Kaufman-Renn and Brian Waddell will both take redshirt years this season for the Purdue basketball program. Coach Matt Painter discussed why Kaufman-Renn elected to redshirt following the team's season-opening victory at Mackey Arena Tuesday night. CLICK HERE
  • IVEY, WILLIAMS ALL-BIG TEN: Purdue guard Jaden Ivey and forward Trevion Williams have been named to the Big Ten's preseason All-Conference team. CLICK HERE
  • PURDUE 2021-22 TIPOFF TIMES ANNOUNCED: The Big Ten Conference released several tipoff times and television designations ahead of Purdue's 2021-22 basketball season. Here is the complete Purdue Boilermakers basketball schedule. CLICK HERE
  • ZACH EDEY NAMED TO KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR WATCH LIST: Boilermaker center Zach Edey was listed among 20 centers for the 2022 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list. CLICK HERE
  • JADEN IVEY NAMED TO JERRY WEST AWARD WATCH LIST: Boilermaker guard Jaden Ivey was listed among 20 shooting guards for the 2022 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year. Former Purdue guard Carsen Edwards was the 2018 recipient of the award. CLICK HERE