Ohio State
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Ohio State Falls to Purdue, 60-58 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 04, 2015
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) D’Angelo Russell scored 20 points for the Buckeyes, but his 40-foot desperation heave at the buzzer came up short, as Ohio State fell to Purdue 60-58 on Saturday night.
Rapheal Davis scored 20 points and Purdue staved off a late Ohio State rally.
Ohio State played without Marc Loving, yet the Buckeyes hung tough. After trailing 36-28 early in the second half, they charged back to take two brief leads, at 41-40 and 44-42.
Purdue then answered with 10 straight points to make it 52-44. But the Boilermakers’ woeful free-throw shooting allowed Ohio State to get as close as 59-58 with 6.4 seconds left.
Purdue snapped a six-game losing streak to the Buckeyes, its third-longest active skid against a single opponent. The Boilermakers barely held on after seemingly taking control twice in the second half.
First, they opened the half on a 9-2 run to extend a 27-26 halftime lead to 36-28. Then, after the Buckeyes took that 44-42 lead, the Boilermakers answered with the 10-0 run.
But Purdue went only 5 of 10 from the free throw line the rest of the game, allowing Ohio State to rally one more time. The Buckeyes got within 58-56 on Russell’s 3 with 31.2 seconds left and got as close as 59-58 when Russell made two free throws.
Ohio State’s final chance came down to Russell with a defender guarding him closely as he crossed midcourt, but his shot fell short.
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