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Ohio State Basketball: Buckeyes fall to the hot shooting Boilermakers

By Shayne Nissen

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 02: Head coach Chris Holtmann of the Ohio State Buckeyes reacts in the second half against the Penn State Nittany Lions during quarterfinals of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 2, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 02: Head coach Chris Holtmann of the Ohio State Buckeyes reacts in the second half against the Penn State Nittany Lions during quarterfinals of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 2, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /
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After a 20 point win over Iowa, Ohio State went on the road to play Purdue looking to pull off a second straight signature win. That didn’t happen.

The Ohio State Buckeyes were coming off their biggest win of the season and headed to West Lafayette to try to basically lock themselves into the NCAA tournament with a win over the 14th ranked Purdue Boilermakers. Unfortunately, they wold be without leading scorer and rebounder Kaleb Wesson and things didn’t go very well for the Buckeyes..

This was one of those games when if you are a fan of the losing team you just stare at the TV in quiet disbelief as Ohio State fell to Purdue 86-51.

It clearly was just not to be for the Buckeyes. The Boilermakers simply could not miss in the first half, and with about 6 minutes left to go they had hit 14 of 16 shots from the field and were shooting a torrent 77% from beyond the three-point line..

At that same point, Big Ten Player of the Year candidate Carsen Edwards had 17 points compared to the Buckeyes 18 points.

The Boilermakers ended the game shooting 56% from the field and 52.5% from behind the arc.

On the other hand Ohio State shot 33% from the field and 10.5% from three. Not exactly the formula for even staying in the game with a team like Purdue.

Carsen Edwards led the Boilermakers with 25 points in the game, even though he barely played in the second half.

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For the Buckeyes, what little offense they could muster was mainly provided by Freshman Jaedon LeDee who scored 16 points after only tallying 2 points in his last eight games. LeDee was playing largely due to Wesson’s absence and started the game over Kyle Young to my surprise.

The Buckeyes fell to 8-10 in the Big Ten and were a projected 9-seed by Joe Lunardi in the last version of Bracketology. So even with the horrible loss, a bounce back game against Northwestern on Wednesday is crucial for their tourney hopes.

Ohio State will then close out the season against the currently 19th ranked Wisconsin Badgers at home. That will be another opportunity for the Buckeyes to further bolster their tournament resume.

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It’s hard to see a win in that game without Kaleb Wesson though as Wisconsin has Ethan Happ, one of the premier centers in the country.

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