Ohio State entered our game in 13th place in the Big Fourteen. Ohio State is still in 13th place. There’s no chalking this one up to supreme effort by the Buckeyes. Purdue was too generous, again.
Purdue is dead last in the league in forcing turnovers. Big Ten opponents give us only 7.9 per game. Ohio State had only six. Only one in the second half. Pressure? None at all.
Purdue is 13th in the league in turnover margin. Ohio State took away 14, more than Purdue’s eighth-place average of 11.5 giveaways. All those hacks and bitch slaps paid off.
Purdue is 13th place in steals, 10th place in three-point percentage defense, eighth place in blocks, sixth place in field-goal percentage defense and sixth place in scoring defense. Subpar at best.
Getting stops just doesn’t happen enough when things matter most. Turnovers don’t come from defenders standing by on a wing and a prayer. Channeling the ball inside, toward floaters and layups, only works in practice, since Boilermakers miss more bunnies than Elmer Fudd.
Time to get aggressive and let the players who never score use their fouls. Hack people back. Everyone knows, they can’t call ’em all. If they do, our free-throw defense is third in the league.
Purdue is dead last in the league in forcing turnovers. Big Ten opponents give us only 7.9 per game. Ohio State had only six. Only one in the second half. Pressure? None at all.
Purdue is 13th in the league in turnover margin. Ohio State took away 14, more than Purdue’s eighth-place average of 11.5 giveaways. All those hacks and bitch slaps paid off.
Purdue is 13th place in steals, 10th place in three-point percentage defense, eighth place in blocks, sixth place in field-goal percentage defense and sixth place in scoring defense. Subpar at best.
Getting stops just doesn’t happen enough when things matter most. Turnovers don’t come from defenders standing by on a wing and a prayer. Channeling the ball inside, toward floaters and layups, only works in practice, since Boilermakers miss more bunnies than Elmer Fudd.
Time to get aggressive and let the players who never score use their fouls. Hack people back. Everyone knows, they can’t call ’em all. If they do, our free-throw defense is third in the league.