Ohio State stumbles, loses at home to Purdue 79-67

The gloom continues to loom in Columbus, as the Ohio State Buckeyes (12-6, 2-5) fell to the Purdue Boilermakers (13-6, 6-2), 79-67. A big first half run by the Boilermakers paced the visitors to the lead, and they didn’t look back. The loss pushes OSU’s losing streak to five games—all against Big Ten opponents.

Let’s take a look at how this one went down.

After Carsen Edwards won the opening tip, Luther Muhammad snatched the ball away. Though Duane Washington missed the opening shot (a three-pointer), he got the rebound and dished the ball to Kaleb Wesson, who scored the opening points of the game off a layup. Connected shots from Muhammad and Andre Wesson paced the Buckeyes off to a 6-0 lead…