Ohio State’s 22 3-pointers hoisted in the first half alone of Tuesday’s 67-65 loss to Purdue were as many as it had attempted in half of its prior games. Only twice in program history – an NCAA tournament win against South Dakota State three years ago and a 42-point beatdown of Florida A&M in 2006 – have the Buckeyes ever launched more than the 35 triples they took in regulation in the two-point defeat. It had never before shot this many threes and lost.
The Buckeyes made 40 percent of their threes, a rate that would make almost every coach in the country smile, gaining 42 points from their long-range bombs.