Purdue seemed to spend an unseasonably warm Sunday afternoon getting right after a streak of losing 3 out of 4 games by defeating Ohio State 82-55 inside Mackey Arena. Edey seemed to reassert himself in the National Player of the Year conversation with a 26 point, 11 rebound, and 3 blocks performance but just controlled the paint area on defense that led to just 20 points in the paint (most of which were when he was off the floor).
Ohio State, playing without Zed Key, struggled to find consistency and to apply the kind of full court pressure to harass Purdue into poor shots and bad turnovers.