No.15 Purdue outlasts Ohio State 67-65

Purdue 67, [15] Ohio State 65 (Postgame Notes) 

• Purdue improved to 11-5 overall and 6-3 in the Big Ten with a 67-65 win over No. 15-ranked Ohio State in Columbus.
• The Boilermakers have now won four straight games, its longest winning streak since the 2018-19 season. Three of the four wins have come on the road against Michigan State, Indiana and Ohio State.
• Of Purdue’s first nine league games, six have come on the road against Iowa, Rutgers, Illinois, Michigan State, Indiana and Ohio State.
• The win was Purdue’s first win over a top-15 ranked team on the road since Feb. 25, 2012, at No. 11 Michigan (75-61). The win snapped a 14-game losing streak against top-15 teams on the road.
• The win capped a season sweep of Ohio State and after going 5-15 in the first 20 meetings against Ohio State under Matt Painter, Purdue has won 7 of 10 meetings and six of the last eight contests.
• Purdue is now just 4-14 all-time against Ohio State at Value City Arena, having won three of its last four trips there.
• In the last 15 years, three teams have won on the road at Indiana, Michigan State and Ohio State in the same season (Purdue 2020-21; Purdue 2016-17; Purdue 2009-10).
• The win was Purdue’s 22^ndagainst a ranked team since the start of the 2016-17 season, the eighth most nationally. Purdue is 22-22 against nationally-ranked teams in that timeframe.
• Purdue’s bench outscored Ohio State by a 28-6 margin and Purdue held a 36-8 advantage on points in the paint.
• Purdue was just 5-of-20 from long distance and is now just 11-of-52 from long range in the last two games. Opponents are 24-of-74 in the same span.
• The 11-point comeback (trailed 32-21; 5:21 1^st) was Purdue’s third comeback this season of 11 or more points (11 vs. Valparaiso – 2^ndhalf; 17 vs. Michigan State – 2^ndhalf; 11 vs. Ohio State – 1^sthalf).
• Purdue trailed by five (64-59) with 2:08 to play and by six (60-54) with 3:35 to play.
• During Purdue’s four-game win streak, it has outscored its opponents by 39 points in the second half (outscored by 16 points in first half).
• Purdue had eight turnovers in the first half, but just two in the second half.
• Freshman Jaden Ivey scored a career-high 15 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with five seconds left. He scored eight of his points in the final 3 ½ minutes.
• Trevion Williams scored in double figures for the 11^thstraight game with 16 points and seven rebounds. He had 11 points and 4 rebounds in the second half.
• Sasha Stefanovic added 15 points, including 13 in the second half. His 3-pointer with 52 seconds left tied the game at 64 – his 17^thstraight game with a 3-pointer.