Postgame Notes: Purdue 60, No. 20 Ohio State 58 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 4, 2015
POSTGAME NOTES
?Purdue 60 (15-8, 7-3 B1G), No. 20 Ohio State 58 (17-6, 6-4 B1G)?
February 4, 2015
?Mackey Arena – West Lafayette, Indiana
Attendance: 12,087
GAME/SERIES
• Purdue leads Ohio State, 84-82, in the all-time series. Ohio State has won the six of the last seven meetings.
• The Boilermakers are 55-26 vs. the Buckeyes in West Lafayette. Ohio State last lost to Purdue on the road Feb. 20, 2011, a 76-63 loss for the No. 2 Buckeyes against the No. 11 Boilermakers.
• As a ranked team, the Buckeyes are 27-5 vs. the Boilermakers with wins in 11 of the last 14 meetings when ranked among the Associated Press Top 25. The last time a ranked Ohio State team was defeated by an unranked Purdue squad was March 6, 1991. The No. 2 Buckeyes dropped a 72-67 decision to the unranked Boilermakers at Purdue.
TEAM
• Two players scored in double figures for the Buckeyes: D’Angelo Russell (20) and Amir Williams (10).
• Ohio State’s bench outscored the Purdue bench, 15-9.
• Ohio State recorded nine team steals vs. the Boilermakers, with five Buckeyes registering steals.
• The Buckeyes were outrebounded 33-31 by the Boilermakers.
• Ohio State scored 17 points off 13 Purdue turnovers.
• The Buckeyes outscored the Boilermakers, 17-12, in second chance points.
• The Buckeyes are 1-6 when trailing at the half this season. Ohio State trailed Purdue 27-26 at the half.
• The game featured 12 lead changes and five tie scores.
• The Buckeyes own an overall record of 777-689 against current members of the Big Ten Conference.
Thad Matta
• Matta is 292-89 during his career at Ohio State and 394-120 overall as a head coach.
• Matta is 152-67 overall vs. Big Ten opponents, including a mark of 148-63 while coaching the Buckeyes.
• The Buckeyes are 50-25 during February in the Matta era.
• With Matta at the helm, Ohio State is 17-7 vs. Purdue.
• Matta teams are 5-4 at Mackey Arena.
D’ANGELO RUSSELL
• Russell tallied a team-high 20 points, scoring 20+ points for the tenth time this season. Russell has scored in double figures 22 out of 23 games this season.
• Russell accounted for seven rebounds vs. the Boilermakers.
• Russell dished five assists, totaling 119 assists this season, while earning two steals.
Shannon Scott
• Scott dished two assists vs. Purdue and remains fifth in Ohio State history with 468 assists. He needs 8 to pass Curtis Wilson (475) for No. 4.
• Scott recorded one steal vs. the Boilermakers and is ranked No. 3 all-time on Ohio State’s all-time steals list with 196 thefts. Scott needs four more steals this season to become the third Buckeye all-time to reach 200 steals in a career and 9 more to pass Jay Burson for No. 2 in program history (204).
Sam Thompson
• Thompson recorded a team-best four steals vs. the Boilermakers.
• Thompson notched three blocks for the Buckeyes. He has 99 career blocks.
• Thompson scored nine points, collected five rebounds and dished three assists vs. Purdue.
Amir Williams
• A. Williams recorded one block vs. the Boilermakers. With 175 blocks for his career, he ranks fifth on Ohio State’s all-time list for blocked shots acquired in a career. He needs 13 more to surpass Brad Sellers for the No. 4 spot.
• A. Williams scored 10 points vs. the Boilermakers, adding to his 597 career points.
JAE’SEAN TATE
• Tate scored eight points on 4-8 shooting, while pulling down six boards for the Buckeyes.
Kam Williams
• K. Williams posted a career-high four rebounds and tallied one steal vs. the Boilermakers.
