Ohio State Travels to No. 14 Purdue Saturday Afternoon
3/1/2019 12:33:22 PM | Men's Basketball
Ohio State Men's Basketball Gameday March 12, 2020
Opponent vs. Purdue (16-15)
Site Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,500)
Time 6:30 p.m. ET
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Starting Five
- Ohio State is 89-136 all-time when playing in the state of Indiana. The Buckeyes first played in Indiana vs. the Hoosiers Jan. 29, 1912, a 34-19 win for Indiana. Ohio State’s first win in its neighbor to the west was vs. Wabash College Jan. 30, 1912 (21-13). With a win earlier this year at Indiana, Ohio State has won at least one game in the Hoosier State in nine of the last 10 years in which the Buckeyes played a game in Indiana. Ohio State did not make a trip to Indiana in 2016-17.
- Six Buckeyes are shooting better than 70 percent from the foul line this season. Freshman Luther Muhammad upped his foul shooting percentage with a 7-of-8 effort at Nebraska and an 8-for-8 outing vs. Penn State. He is shooting at a 76 percent clip to date (47-62). Guards C.J. Jackson and Keyshawn Woods shoot 79 and 83 percent, respectively. Brothers Kaleb Wesson (73 percent) and Andre Wesson (75 percent) join freshman Jaedon LeDee (74 percent) in the frontcourt.
- With 253 wins in the last nine seasons (2010-19), Ohio State already has more victories this decade than in any other in the program’s history. Ohio State won 189 games from 1980-1989 and 188 contests from 1960-69. The winning percentage of .725 (253-96/349) in the last 10 years is the best previous winning percentage in a decade in Ohio State history. The win total is No. 13 nationally over the last 10 seasons and second only to Michigan State’s 261 wins among Big Ten teams.
- The Buckeyes have four wins in nine 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), lost at No. 5 Michigan (65-49) and at No. 11 Michigan State (62-44) and took down UCLA (80-66) on a neutral court. At home, the Buckeyes fell vs. Syracuse (L, 72-62), No. 8 Michigan State (86-77) and Purdue (79-67) and have a win over Bucknell (W, 73-71). Ohio State has at least one game remaining vs. teams that made the 2018 NCAA Tournament: at Purdue.
- Ohio State will play 11 games against teams among the Associated Press Top 25 or receiving votes for Top 25 consideration. Six of those games will be played away from Value City Arena. The Buckeyes face(d) No. 6 Michigan State (home/away), No. 9 Michigan (away), No. 14 Purdue (home/away), No. 17 Maryland (home/away), No. 19 Wisconsin (home), No. 22 Iowa (home/away) and No. 23 Cincinnati (away) among teams currently in the Top 25.
Notable Numbers
C.J. Jackson reached 100 career 3-pointers made with three makes vs. Cleveland State (11/23/18) … for his Ohio State career he is (140-375/.373) from distance … has scored 938 career points after a six-point effort vs. Iowa and is working to become Ohio State’s next 1,000-point scorer … Kyle Young, who missed four games with a stress fracture in his right leg, is 67-for-92 shooting this season (.728) … he returned to action vs. Penn State Feb. 7 after suffering the injury vs. Maryland Jan. 18 … Joey Lane has appeared in 12 games this season and is 4-for-6 from the field and 3-for-4 from 3-point range … he also has six rebounds, six assists and a pair of steals in 2.4 minutes per game.
The Ohio State vs. Purdue Series
Purdue leads the all-time series with the Buckeyes 87-84. Ohio State is 55-29 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 12 in the series. Musa Jallow, a Bloomington, Indiana, native, tallied 10 points in the game a year ago in West Lafayette in his first meeting vs. Purdue. He scored 12 in the meeting earlier this year in Columbus. Andre Wesson, in three career games vs. the Boilermakers, averages 11.7 points a game.
Scouting the Boilermakers
Guard Carsen Edwards leads Purdue with 23.4 points per game. Ryan Cline adds 11.9 ppg. Grady Eifert leads the team with 5.6 boards a game. The Boilermakers have won 12 of the last 13 games to enter the contest with the Buckeyes with a 21-7 overall record and a 14-3 slate 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 825-726 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 27-20 vs. conference opponents in eight years as a head coach.
