Ohio State 73, [2] Purdue 69 (Postgame Notes)
- 2-ranked Purdue fell to 23-3 overall and 12-3 in the Big Ten Conference with a 73-69 loss at Ohio State on Sunday afternoon in Columbus. The loss snapped a nine-game winning streak for the Boilermakers.
- The loss snapped a four-game winning streak against Ohio State and ended a four-game road winning streak for the Boilermakers.
- Purdue is 4-3 on the road against unranked teams. Against everyone else and at all other sites, Purdue is 19-0.
- Purdue saw an 11-game win streak when ranked No. 2 in the country end.
- In Purdue’s three losses, Purdue has had 45 turnovers compared to opponents’ 18 turnovers. The Boilermakers own a -9.00 in turnover margin in those three games. Opponents are outscoring Purdue by 42 points in points off turnovers in those three games, including 22 to 5 by Ohio State.
- Purdue is 5-3 when it has at least 14 turnovers in a game. When having 13 or fewer turnovers, Purdue is 18-0.
- Opponents are also 31-of-64 (.484) from 3-point range in the three setbacks. Purdue is just 21-of-61 (.344) from deep in its three losses.
- Purdue went 20-of-20 from the free throw line, the third-most makes without a miss in school history, and the most since 2001 (25-of-25 vs. Michigan; Feb. 24, 2001).
- Purdue is now shooting 79.1 percent from the free throw line on the road, but just 69.2 percent in Mackey Arena.
- Braden Smith moved into fifth place on Purdue’s single-season assists chart with 187 assists.
- Zach Edey moved past E’Twaun Moore into third place on Purdue’s career scoring list with 2,137 points, after tallying 22 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and three blocked shots.
- Edey became Purdue’s all-time leader in career rebounds with 1,155, passing Joe Barry Carroll (1,148). Edey also moved into fourth place on the Big Ten’s all-time rebounds list (1,155).
- Edey now has 604 points, 309 rebounds, 59 blocked shots and 48 assists on the season, becoming one of three players in school history with at least two 600-point, 300-rebound seasons (Joe Barry Carroll, Terry Dischinger).
- Edey’s 10 straight double-doubles are tied with himself for the third-longest streak in school history (12 – Terry Dischinger; 11 – Dave Schellhase; 10 – Zach Edey; 10 – Zach Edey). Over his last 10 games, Edey is averaging 25.5 points, 14.3 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 2.1 assists per game.