COLUMBUS, Ohio — Last season the Ohio State basketball team faced an opponent whose offense relied solely on the efforts of an undersized, volume shooting combo guard. In games against Purdue, the Buckeyes saw Carsen Edwards average 26 points on 47 percent shooting from both the field and 3-point range. Edwards finished that season ninth in the nation in scoring at 24.3 points per game on 39.4 percent shooting. He’s supposed to put up numbers, that isn’t why Ohio State was 0-2 against the Boilermakers last season. It’s one thing for a star player to play well, it’s another thing when the guys around him perform as well. That’s what led to a 79-67 loss in their first meeting. “What hurt us in that particular game is he got rolling, but all his teammates got rolling,” head coach Chris Holtmann said during a Tuesday press conference before the game. “They…
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