Ohio State ran into a Purdue team playing at the top of its game for times on Sunday in front of its home crowd and nearly got run off the court, before showing character and battling back to lose a tough one 81-78. It didn’t start out so bad with the Buckeyes jumping out to an early lead when the game started, but the Boilermakers began to impose their will down low on both ends of the floor. The size and talent on the blocks clearly bothered OSU on the offensive end and contributed to a poor day shooting until midway through the second half. Purdue’s lead got all the way up to 20 points about a quarter of the way into the last 20 minutes. E.J. Liddell, in particular, struggled to be the normal force he is early but ended up finding the range, finishing with 20 points while…
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