Ohio State beats Purdue to advance to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. Five takeaways.

Ohio State weathered the storm and found a way to beat Purdue in overtime of a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal. Here are five takeaways.

You have to feel good for Seth Towns

This year has had to be a frustrating one for Seth Towns. After being out of the game for over two years because of injury, he came to Ohio State as a grad transfer only to continue tying working his way back to being healthy. Because of that, he’s had mostly spot duty, and you can tell that knee is definitely not 100 percent.

But boy did he come up big when the team needed him this afternoon. E.J. Liddell fouled out (on a questionable call), and Kyle Young literally got elbowed out of the game, so it was Towns who had to come in and make a difference.

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Towns grabbed a key rebound in overtime and also hit a critical 3-pointer, and follow-up bank shot that was a big difference in why Ohio State was able to pull this one out. Good on you Seth. That had to be a cool moment for the Columbus native.

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