Ohio State enters Mackey Arena a 12.5-point underdog against a Purdue team that's suffered back-to-back losses and three in its past four games.
And by that, I mean stringing together disappointing performances that have led to consecutive losses late in the regular season.
Of course, the Boilermakers’ stretch of three defeats in four games is hardly comparable to the Buckeyes’ struggles. Ohio State has now lost seven games in a row and 12 of its past 13 contests in a period that began with a two-point loss to Purdue back on Jan. 5. But in the past 15 days, the Boilers have quadrupled the number of losses they accrued through the first 23 games of the 2022-23 season. The No. 1 team in the country fell at Indiana on Feb. 4, breezed past Iowa five days later and then fell to Northwestern and Maryland on the road this past week. No longer the top dog in the AP poll, Purdue finally appears fallible entering a matchup with a team it barely defeated back in early January.
Given Ohio State’s six-and-a-half-week slide, though, that may not matter much on Sunday. Purdue’s only lost one game at Mackey Arena all season, and the Buckeyes have just one road win on their résumé. To make matters worse, Ohio State could be down a starter.The second half of Thursday’s contest confirmed Key’s shoulder issues are far from behind him. The Buckeye big man went to the ground clutching his injured shoulder against Iowa and promptly left for the locker room.
Purdue tied its lowest point total of the season in a 64-58 loss to Northwestern last Sunday and hit just 36.2% of its shots in the process. The Boilermakers scored even less in Thursday’s defeat to Maryland, putting up 54 as they misfired on 11 of their 13 3-point attempts. Purdue still held its opponents under 69 points in each of those games, but the Boilermakers have proven capable of being neutralized on the other end.
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