Purdue ends Ohio State's Big Ten Tournament title hopes, 80-66, as the Buckeyes bow out after three wins in Chicago.
Ohio State got off to a hot start as Roddy Gayle continued his breakout run in the Big Ten Tournament, but Zach Edey changed the complexion of the game in the final eight minutes of the first half. The Purdue big man scored 13 out of 21 Boilermakers points in that stretch to take his team from down eight to up eight by the intermission.
Gayle poured in a career-high 20 points in another stellar performance, and Bruce Thornton came alive late to help the Buckeyes make a push. But Ohio State didn’t have enough in the tank to spring another postseason upset in Chicago. Gayle’s third three tied the game up, 19-all, at the 12:39 mark, and after drawing a charge on the other end, Isaac Likekele fought through a foul to score and layup and five the Buckeyes their first lead of the game. By the time Gayle knocked down his fourth straight 3-pointer, Ohio State took a seven-point lead on the back of a 10-0 run.
The Big Ten Player of the Year scored six straight points for the Boilermakers in one stretch and drew several fouls on the Buckeyes, who were forced to throw Euegene Brown and Isaac Likekele at the 7-foot-4 force defensively after Felix Okpara picked up his second. Edey led Purdue on a 12-2 run to give the Boilermakers a two-point lead with 3:37 to go.
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