It was always going to be an uphill climb for Ohio State to go on the road and beat a pretty good Purdue team without your team’s best scorer and rebounder, and that’s exactly what played out. The Boilermakers took control of the game late in the first half and stayed in front until the end, winning 67-60 Wednesday night in West Lafayette.
It was a prototypical Big Ten slugfest, with a low-scoring, defensive affair that Purdue was able to grind out. We saw some good things from Ohio State, but there were also plenty of teaching moments that head coach Chris Holtmann will have for the team in tape review.
With the loss, the Buckeyes drop to 5-1 and now must get back up off the mat and play through a rough and tumble Big Ten season that will test them every night.
Here are three things we observed from the loss.