The Ohio State men’s basketball team’s magical Big Ten Tournament run has come to an end falling to the top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers in Saturday’s first semifinal 80-66.
Despite one of the hottest starts from deep in recent memory for the Buckeyes, the presumed national player of the year Zach Edey was effectively unstoppable as he put Purdue on his back and dominated the paint to end Ohio State’s Cinderella run. The 7-foot-4 behemoth finished the game with 32 points on 12-of-25 shooting and had 14 rebounds.
Even though they trailed by as many as 15 points in the middle of the second half, OSU refused to give up, exemplifying the character that they have shown down the stretch of the season.