Ohio State Downs Purdue in Mackey for a Surprising Upset

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00:00Now let's get to some closer games on a Tuesday night. Ohio

00:04State on the road continuing a great 24 to 36 hour run for

00:10Buckeyes athletics in back the arena against the Boilermakers

00:15upsetting number 11 Purdue at home again, road victories in

00:20any high major conference during this time of the year. Difficult

00:24the Buckeyes winning outright as a nine and a half point road

00:28underdogs snapping a 26 game home win streak for the

00:32Boilermakers. Incredibly difficult, but it's what Ohio

00:36State did last night winning 73 to 70 in West Lafayette.

00:41It's pretty crazy. You go on the road and handle your business

00:43even after as we just said, Hey, you can't dig yourself a hole

00:46in the first half, which is exactly what Ohio State did. And

00:49how about the turnover margin? 18 turnovers for Ohio State only

00:5110 for Purdue. It's like, wait a second. Well, what actually

00:54happened here? You're not supposed to shoot as well on the

00:57road as you do at home. How about 11 of 23 from three point

01:00range, which is 48%. How about going to the free throw line

01:03and making 82% of your free throws. That was the difference

01:06there. It's crazy that you can have eight more turnovers, but

01:09if you do shoot the lights out, you can make up for those

01:11turnovers. That's exactly what happened. Tough first half,

01:14great. Second, if 45 points on the road against a rival in the

01:18second half, that's impressive. That's a crazy win because some

01:22of the metrics, even personal fouls, been 22 to 17 where Ohio

01:25State was fouling more and turning it over more and still

01:28won that game. And it was an upset. Sometimes you could say

01:30like, you know what, the better team just found a way to win

01:33here. The better team technically was Purdue and you

01:35made more mistakes as Ohio State and still won on the road.

01:39That's kind of crazy.