Buckeyes Set to Face Boilermakers Wednesday in Columbus
1/22/2019 10:32:16 AM | Men's Basketball
Ohio State Men's Basketball Gameday March 12, 2020
Opponent vs. Purdue (16-15)
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Time 6:30 p.m. ET
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Starting Five
- The Ohio State men’s basketball team traveled to Spain for 11 days over the summer. The Buckeyes played a total of three games, one in each stop during the trip, which began Aug. 1 with a flight to Madrid. Three days were spent in Madrid (W, 93-61 vs. Madrid Generals), Valencia (W, 95-63 vs. Valencia All-Stars) and Barcelona (W, 68-66 vs. Catalan All-Stars) before the team returned to Columbus Aug. 11. The team also experienced several cultural tours, team meals and excursions.
- Opponents are shooting 40.5 percent from the field against the Ohio State defense (377-930). Foes are connecting on just 31.2 percent from beyond the 3-point arc (105-337).
- Ohio State is receiving votes in the most recent Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. Ohio State is 511-152 when ranked among the Top 25 in the AP poll.
- The Buckeyes have four wins in six tries in 2018-19 vs. teams that made the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Ohio State defeated two of those teams on the road (Cincinnati, 64-56/Creighton, 69-60) and took down UCLA (80-66) on a neutral court. At home, the Buckeyes fell vs. Syracuse (L, 72-62) and No. 8 Michigan State (86-77) and have a win over Bucknell (W, 73-71). Ohio State has at least four games remaining vs. teams that made the 2018 NCAA Tournament: Purdue (2), Michigan State (1) and Michigan.
- Ohio State will play 14 games against teams among the Associated Press Top 25 or receiving votes for Top 25 consideration. Eight of those games will be played away from Value City Arena. The Buckeyes face No. 2 Michigan (away), No. 6 Michigan State (home/away) and No. 19 Maryland (home/away), No. 23 Iowa (home/away) and No. 25 Indiana (away) among teams currently in the Top 25. Among teams receiving votes, Ohio State faces Wisconsin (home), Nebraska (away), Minnesota (home), Purdue (home/away) and Cincinnati (away).
Kaleb Wesson Earns First B1G POW Honor
Sophomore Kaleb Wesson averaged 23 points and 9.5 rebounds in wins over Youngstown State and vs. UCLA to earn his first Big Ten Conference Player of the Week honor Dec. 24, 2018. Wesson scored a career-high 31 points vs. the Penguins and then added 15 points and a career-best 12 rebounds in the win over UCLA in the CBSSports Classic in Chicago Dec. 22.
Wesson connected on 60 percent of his field goal attempts for the week (15-25) and on 71 percent from the foul line (15-21). He also added five assists. Of his 19 total rebounds, 11 were on the offensive end.
The honor is the first for the Westerville South alum and the first for the Buckeyes since Keita Bates-Diop earned the recognition, his fourth of the 2017-18 season, Feb. 5, 2018 after Ohio State wins over Illinois and Indiana.
Early Notable Numbers
C.J. Jackson is averaging 13.1 points a game and has the Buckeyes off to a 12-5 start … he reached 100 career 3-pointers made with three makes vs. Cleveland State (11/23/18) … for his Ohio State career he is (124-336/.369) from distance … has scored 829 career points after a 15-point effort vs. Maryland and is on pace to become Ohio State’s next 1,000-point scorer … Kyle Young is 52-for-71 shooting this season (.732) … Joey Lane has appeared in eight games this season and is 4-for-5 from the field and 3-for-4 from 3-point range … he also has five rebounds, six assists and a pair of steals in 3.1 minutes per game.
The Ohio State vs. Purdue Series
Purdue leads the all-time series with the Buckeyes 86-84. Ohio State is 54-29 in Columbus while the Boilermakers are 56-27 in West Lafayette. The teams have met on neutral courts four times with the Buckeyes winning three. Ohio State has won eight of the last 11 in the series. C.J. Jackson and Andre Wesson have each faced the Boilermakers twice during their careers. No other Buckeye has played more than one game. Both Jackson and Wesson averaged 6.5 points a game in the series. Musa Jallow, a Bloomington, Indiana, native, tallied 10 points in the game a year ago in West Lafayette in his only meeting vs. Purdue.
Scouting the Boilermakers
Guard Carsen Edwards leads Purdue with 24.6 points per game. Ryan Cline adds 12.3 ppg. Grady Eifert leads the team with 5.1 boards a game. The Boilermakers have won six of the last seven games to enter the contest with the Buckeyes with at 12-6 overall and 5-2 vs. Big Ten competition. Non-conference losses were to Virginia Tech, Florida State, Texas and Notre Dame.
Ohio State vs. the Big Ten
The Buckeyes own an overall record of 819-721 against current league members. Chris Holtmann is new to the Big Ten but no stranger to Big Ten competition. He faced six league opponents during his six years as a head coach prior to taking over for the Buckeyes last year. He entered his first year of Big Ten competition with a 4-5 record vs. conference foes. He is 21-15 vs. conference opponents in eight years as a head coach.
