No.3 Purdue Ready For Rematch With No.9 Ohio State

Jason Zimmerman

Feb 16 |19:00 PM

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Chris Kramer, Robbie Hummel, and JaJuan Johnson hope to get eighth-straight win Wednesday night in Columbus.

Last season, the Spartans ran away with the regular-season title at 15-3, four games clear of the field. No one will cruise to the championship this time around. Ohio State, who won at Illinois on Sunday and at Purdue earlier in the season, is at the top of its game right now. Evan Turner leads the league in rebounding and is second in scoring and assists.

“Evan Turner makes plays,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “He’s probably the best in the country at doing that.”

With turning leading a wing-heavy unit and Dallas Lauderdale an immovable object inside, the Buckeyes are a tough out. Depth is the only question.
o.3 Purdue will head to Value City Arena in Columbus Wednesday night for a rematch with No.9 Ohio State. With a first place spot, and trying to keep their seven game win streak on the line this is sure to be a great contest.

The good news for Purdue is that they have three wins this season over teams ranked in the AP top 10 at tip-off, and a win over OSU on Wednesday would give the Boilers four top-10 wins in a single season for the first time in program history. Purdue hasn’t won at Indiana, Michigan State and Ohio State in the same season since the 1976-77 campaign. The Boilermakers have put together a Big Ten road winning streak of at least three games for the third-consecutive season, and a win in Columbus on Wednesday would mark their first four-game road winning streak in league play since the 2007-08 campaign. A win on Wednesday would be Purdue’s first-ever at Value City Arena. Purdue has posted four-straight 20-win seasons for just the second time in program history. The Boilers head into the contest with a 5-2 mark on the road this season.

Junior JaJuan Johnson has a scored in double digits 23 straight games dating back to last year.

Last season, the Spartans ran away with the regular-season title at 15-3, four games clear of the field. No one will cruise to the championship this time around. Ohio State, who won at Illinois on Sunday and at Purdue earlier in the season, is at the top of its game right now. Evan Turner leads the league in rebounding and is second in scoring and assists.

“Evan Turner makes plays,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “He’s probably the best in the country at doing that.”

With Turner leading a wing-heavy unit and Dallas Lauderdale an immovable object inside, the Buckeyes are a tough out. Depth is the only question.

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