Purdue vs Ohio State
Ohio State upsets Purdue with torrid second half shooting .
Purdue led by 16 in the first half and by 13 at the break.
Ohio State had two huge runs in the second half. Starting the half 20-4 and a late 15-0 run.
Purdue down 7 with under 2:30 to play raced backed to get within one but couldn’t pull out the victory
Key Stats
Ohio State shoots 66.7% from the field and from range in the second half
Purdue win the points off turnovers 30-6 and points in the paint 32-16 in defeat
Ohio State shot 47.8% from deep for the game
Key Individual Performances
Ohio State’s Micah Parrish scored 22 points on 8-10 shooting and 6-8 from 3. Most of that was accomplished in the second half
Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 26 points and grabbed 7 rebounds
Devin Royal of Ohio State returned from injury to score 16 points & 6 rebounds in 36 minutes
What it means
Ohio St gets a huge quad 1 road win. They are squarely on the bubble despite a decent NET. They now have two really solid wins but sit at 11-8 on the season.
Purdue falls 15-5 and 7-2 in the BIG 10- Loss will keep them on the 3/4 seed line
The Big Ten continues to be a grind. There are some huge road wins happening across the league.
Quotes
Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler “Shot making helps— we were due”
Purdue head coach Matt Painter “The key was the first 5 minutes of the second half when they went on that run and we got impatient on offense”
Ohio State’s Micah Parrish on his second have shooting “I have been trying to be more aggressive.”
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