For all the talk of Ohio State’s offense cranking up its aggression under interim head coach Jake Diebler, aggression on the opposite end of the floor is what ultimately made the difference for the Buckeyes against No. 2 Purdue.
The Buckeyes boiled over the black and gold with 22 points off of 14 Boilermaker turnovers.
“That’s the game right there,” Purdue head coach Matt Painter said. “If we take care of the basketball on those turnovers and we just miss shots, we probably win the game. We don’t score the ball on any of those possessions, now they’re not running out and getting layups, we’re getting behind plays and fouling them and stuff.