A bit more on Purdue’s 64-63 loss to Ohio State and all that went into it …
PURDUE TURNOVERS
The impact and timing of Purdue’s turnovers mattered far more over 40 minutes than anything related to rebounding, even though it was rebounding that caught the Boilermakers in the end.
SLOW START
Look, Keita Bates-Diop and Ohio State in general missed some high-percentage shots early, too, so it probably even out a little bit, but Vincent Edwards missed four of his money-type looks off drives in the first five minutes of the game, a big part of Purdue not capitalizing on the stifling defense the Boilermakers played to open this game. All four were good shots, none of them disrupted by the defense. Just bad bounces, one of the stories of this game for Purdue.
END OF THE FIRST HALF
Purdue was up 31-22 with two minutes left in the first half before Ohio State closed on a 7-0 run.
Purdue’s possessions thereafter …
1. After Musa Jallow made a corner three that doubled over Matt Painter on the sideline, hands to the scorer’s table, Ryan Cline came off a screen, caught it, then traveled trying to drive on Jallow.
2. PJ Thompson missed a wide-open spot-up three off a kickout from Isaac Haas, exactly how you’d draw it up.
3. Vincent Edwards drives and takes, and misses, a difficult step-back jumper off the dribble with 12 left on the shot clock.
Brutal finish to the half for Purdue.
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS
The game-winner and the game-winner-prequel draw the most discussion, but at 17:50 of the first half, CJ Jackson missed a jumper and Haas had the ball in his stomach with two hands on it, bobbled it, Jae’Sean Tate took it and scored.
Purdue’s issue on the glass was just as much simply holding onto the ball as anything. At least two of Ohio State’s six — and six isn’t a bad number as long as the last two don’t cost you the game — were ones Purdue had two hands on and just bobbled.
Also, at 9:53, with Purdue up 14, Andrew Dakich barely grazed the front of the rim with a jumper, but no one blocked out Bates-Diop and it literally fell into his lap for a layup.
JAE’SEAN TATE
He made all the difference in the world in this game, by beating Purdue off the dribble and with his perimeter defense, including on the point guard. He was a big part of Ohio State keeping Boilermaker guards out of making comfortable catches in comfortable places, Purdue far more often than usual setting up way further out than it would like.
You could credit Ohio State’s guards for that, but it was more so on Tate, Keita Bates-Diop and Andre Wesson, who was a game-changer at both ends of the floor for the Buckeyes. Teams like Louisville and some others have given Purdue problems with this season with their length and this was another glowing example of that.
The Boilermakers might have set a season record for bobbles against Ohio State and Ohio State probably had something to do with that.
END OF THE GAME
Purdue’s possessions after being up 14 with 10:13 left.
• I do think Purdue did a pretty damn good job on Keita Bates-Diop all things considered. He needed 18 shots to score below his average, didn't beat Purdue with threes and dunks, made tough jumpers at times and a handful of NBA plays at others. And four of his points came on a breakaway dunk and a lucky-bounce putback early in the second half.
Purdue just needed to block him out at the end, but pros make pro plays sometimes and he's a special kind of physical talent.
• As it turned out, Purdue probably would have been better off had Kam Williams played. he probably wouldn't have shot the way Jallow and Andre Wesson did, unexpectedly, and Purdue wouldn't have schemed for him to be a lower-priority target like it did to some extent with the others.
PURDUE TURNOVERS
The impact and timing of Purdue’s turnovers mattered far more over 40 minutes than anything related to rebounding, even though it was rebounding that caught the Boilermakers in the end.
- 18:25, first —Dakota Mathias’ entry to Isaac Haas in the lane is knocked out from behind Haas by Jae’Sean Tate, after Kaleb Wesson had switched off Haas to contain Mathias coming off a high screen. A pass more in front of Haas would have done the trick there, but Mathias didn’t have a great angle to make that pass. Ohio State got a great look at the other end off the turnover, but Kaleb Wesson missed at the rim.
- 14:10, first — Mathias comes off a screen, runs into a crowd, jump stops and clutches the ball to try to reverse the ball to Vincent Edwards. Looked like he just bobbled the ball in the face of three guys — maybe it got knocked out, hard to tell — and C.J. Jackson grabbed it with no one between him and the basket. He scored in transition for Ohio State’s second field goal when it was struggling mightily to score.
- 13:42, first — Next time down, Carsen Edwards dribbled off a screen, was confronted by Micah Potter and tried to spin inside, but Jackson converged on him from the weak side, tied him up and stole it, then dumped it off to Bates-Diop for a dunk.
- 8:00, first — Purdue looked completely disjointed up top when PJ Thompson took a handoff from Matt Haarms then tried to throw it back to Dakota Mathias cutting to him. It was a cold-fish of a pass, Mathias slipped and the ball wound up rolling all the way across the court and out of bounds, despite Carsen Edwards’ efforts to save it. It looked Ohio State blew up Purdue’s timing and flow on that play.
- Late in the first, Ryan Cline travels trying to transfer from catch to drive against Musa Jallow.
- 18:42, second — Dakota Mathias dribbles up off a rebound, drives, gets stood up, pivots, bobbles, collects, then throws a pass straight out of bounds after PJ Thompson vacated the corner to cut baseline, trying to take advantage of having a forward in Andre Wesson guarding him
- 17:06 second — Carsen Edwards’ post-entry to Haas — and the angle wasn’t perfect — sails over the big man’s head and out of bounds. Maybe Edwards having to make that pass over a 6-6 forward mattered there.
- 8:57, second — After Isaac Haas drew a common foul in the post, Purdue retained possession, but then a quick baseline double came at Haas right under the basket, trapped him and knocked it out for a turnover. There was a scrum after, resulting in a foul on Haas.
- 7:54, second – Vincent Edwards drives and gets called for a charge, taken by Andre Wesson,
- 5:46, second — After Purdue draws two common fouls, PJ Thompson misses another wide-open three.
SLOW START
Look, Keita Bates-Diop and Ohio State in general missed some high-percentage shots early, too, so it probably even out a little bit, but Vincent Edwards missed four of his money-type looks off drives in the first five minutes of the game, a big part of Purdue not capitalizing on the stifling defense the Boilermakers played to open this game. All four were good shots, none of them disrupted by the defense. Just bad bounces, one of the stories of this game for Purdue.
END OF THE FIRST HALF
Purdue was up 31-22 with two minutes left in the first half before Ohio State closed on a 7-0 run.
Purdue’s possessions thereafter …
1. After Musa Jallow made a corner three that doubled over Matt Painter on the sideline, hands to the scorer’s table, Ryan Cline came off a screen, caught it, then traveled trying to drive on Jallow.
2. PJ Thompson missed a wide-open spot-up three off a kickout from Isaac Haas, exactly how you’d draw it up.
3. Vincent Edwards drives and takes, and misses, a difficult step-back jumper off the dribble with 12 left on the shot clock.
Brutal finish to the half for Purdue.
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS
The game-winner and the game-winner-prequel draw the most discussion, but at 17:50 of the first half, CJ Jackson missed a jumper and Haas had the ball in his stomach with two hands on it, bobbled it, Jae’Sean Tate took it and scored.
Purdue’s issue on the glass was just as much simply holding onto the ball as anything. At least two of Ohio State’s six — and six isn’t a bad number as long as the last two don’t cost you the game — were ones Purdue had two hands on and just bobbled.
Also, at 9:53, with Purdue up 14, Andrew Dakich barely grazed the front of the rim with a jumper, but no one blocked out Bates-Diop and it literally fell into his lap for a layup.
JAE’SEAN TATE
He made all the difference in the world in this game, by beating Purdue off the dribble and with his perimeter defense, including on the point guard. He was a big part of Ohio State keeping Boilermaker guards out of making comfortable catches in comfortable places, Purdue far more often than usual setting up way further out than it would like.
You could credit Ohio State’s guards for that, but it was more so on Tate, Keita Bates-Diop and Andre Wesson, who was a game-changer at both ends of the floor for the Buckeyes. Teams like Louisville and some others have given Purdue problems with this season with their length and this was another glowing example of that.
The Boilermakers might have set a season record for bobbles against Ohio State and Ohio State probably had something to do with that.
END OF THE GAME
Purdue’s possessions after being up 14 with 10:13 left.
- When he was red hot, Carsen Edwards shot a heat-check three that missed everything. The issue here wasn’t the quick shot at that moment but rather that he slipped coming out of his cut to receive the ball and looked out of sync because of it. Andrew Dakich caught the airball, dribbled up and advanced it to Musa Jallow alone in the corner for a three. That’s the exact same thing as a turnover.
- After Isaac Haas drew a common foul in the post, Purdue retained possession, but then a quick baseline double came at Haas right under the basket, trapped him and knocked it out for a turnover. There was a scrum after, resulting in a foul on Haas.
- Ryan Cline’s pass to the cutting Dakota Mathias is a bit behind him, tipped and stolen by Musa Jallow, who’s then fouled by Cline with a clear path to the basket. Jallow makes one of the two.
- Vincent Edwards drives and gets called for a charge, taken by Andre Wesson,
- After Purdue draws two common fouls, PJ Thompson misses another wide-open three.
- Carsen Edwards on Andrew Dakich with space to do so and gets fouled, then misses the one-and-one.
- Not really a possession, per se, but Vincent Edwards is fouled on a defensive rebound, setting up a one-and-one and makes both, snapping a 9-0 Ohio State run.
- After Andre Wesson makes a three over Isaac Haas, Dakota Mathias’ entry gets intercepted by Andrew Dakich, crashing from a baseline on a quick double, which really gave Purdue problems.
- With Purdue playing 5-on-4 after Jae’Sean Tate is hurt, Vincent Edwards nails a three from the corner, set up by PJ Thompson.
- Vincent Edwards drives on Keita Bates-Diop and gets a great shot a foot from the basket. It rolls off and is knocked out of bounds off Purdue. Great look.
- Isaac Haas gets it a couple feet from the basket, draws a double, rolls of it and a layup rolls off the rim. Ohio State rebounds. Great look.
- Dakota Mathias misses a quick, contested three — not a bad shot for him — but Carsen Edwards gets the long rebound, Purdue’s first offensive rebound of the game. Edwards drives, gets fouled and makes both.
- Carsen Edwards drives and his one-handed, off-balance runner — a good look for him — gets up on the rim and pops off. Edwards then fights for the offensive rebound, keeps it alive and it finds its way to Matt Haarms. On the ensuing possession, PJ Thompson misses a three with Keita Bates-Diop and his condor wings running out at him. Thompson missed every shot he took and often one of those long-armed Buckeyes were running out at him.
- After a clunky set-up to the possession, Purdue gets it inside to Isaac Haas. Bates-Diop leaves Vincent Edwards, Haas gives it back and Edwards’ three misses. Good look. Ohio State then takes the lead on Andre Wesson’s brutal reluctant three off the glass, obviously dumb luck of the highest order.
- Vincent Edwards drives baseline on Bates-Diop and scores over him for an and-one to put Purdue up 63-62 with 51.7 seconds left. Funny part is Edwards finally made the high-percentage finish he’d missed all night long, which seems like just the luck of the draw, bounces, etc.
- Hard to tell what happened without super HD, but Carsen Edwards had a clear path to that defensive rebound with 22.2 seconds left, went up with two hands to get it and seemed like he was going to get it.
- CJ Jackson’s runner at 2:01 with the shot clock dwindling was an incredible play, Harlem Globetrotters-type stuff, beating Carsen Edwards with a hesitation dribble, splitting Purdue’s containment with a ball fake, long-stepping through Matt Haarms and throwing in a runner from just inside the foul line.
- The difference is this game was Andre Wesson, because small ball won out down the stretch. He made threes, he drove on Purdue centers and guards alike and Ohio State’s baseline doubles caused turnovers when the Boilermakers did try to get it inside against the smaller player.
• I do think Purdue did a pretty damn good job on Keita Bates-Diop all things considered. He needed 18 shots to score below his average, didn't beat Purdue with threes and dunks, made tough jumpers at times and a handful of NBA plays at others. And four of his points came on a breakaway dunk and a lucky-bounce putback early in the second half.
Purdue just needed to block him out at the end, but pros make pro plays sometimes and he's a special kind of physical talent.
• As it turned out, Purdue probably would have been better off had Kam Williams played. he probably wouldn't have shot the way Jallow and Andre Wesson did, unexpectedly, and Purdue wouldn't have schemed for him to be a lower-priority target like it did to some extent with the others.
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