Loyer´s 3 解除するs No. 1 Purdue 71-69 over No. 24 Ohio 明言する／公表する
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Fletcher Loyer made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 11 seconds left and No. 1 Purdue bounced 支援する from its first loss of the season with a 71-69 victory over No. 24 Ohio 明言する／公表する on Thursday night.
The Boilermakers (14-1, 3-1 Big Ten) 追跡するd 69-66 with 41 seconds remaining after Ohio 明言する／公表する´s Sean McNeil made a 3 pointer.
Zach Edey 答える／応じるd with a bucket on the other end, and Purdue 軍隊d a turnover on the Buckeyes´ next 所有／入手.
After Loyer´s 3, the Boilermakers defended Ohio 明言する／公表する´s final 所有／入手 and Brice Sensabaugh´s final 発射 didn´t get off in time.
"Going in, you knew they´d have to help on Zach, so I knew I had to be ready to shoot to help the team 勝利，勝つ," Loyer said.
Edey and Braden Smith each 得点する／非難する／２０d 16 points for Purdue, which had four players in 二塁打 人物／姿／数字s.
Ohio 明言する／公表する guard Roddy Gayle, left, fouls Purdue guard David Jenkins during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Purdue on 71-69. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
"We´re seconds away from feeling like crap again after a loss, but really digging 負かす／撃墜する defensively and getting that big stop and not giving up a 3 there at the end is what we 焦点（を合わせる）d on," Loyer said. "We stayed tight and stayed true to our 原則s."
Sensabaugh 得点する／非難する／２０d 21 points for Ohio 明言する／公表する (10-4, 2-1), which 発射 50% from the field.
The lead changed nine times in the final eight minutes of the second half. Loyer made a 3 pointer to give the Boilermakers a 64-63 lead with under 5 minutes to go. Both teams went scoreless until Sensabaugh made a jumper to give Ohio 明言する／公表する a 65-64 lead with 3:19 left.
Edey made 解放する／自由な throws to flip the 得点する／非難する／２０ 支援する in 好意 of Purdue, but he fouled Felix Okpara, who knotted the game at 66 with 1:57 left on a 解放する／自由な throw of his own.
The Buckeyes held a 36-33 advantage at halftime behind 13 first-half points from Sensabaugh. Purdue 発射 38.2% in the first half after beginning 3 of 18 from the field.
"This was a 支援する-and-前へ／外へ contest," Ohio 明言する／公表する coach Chris Holtmann said. "I think more than anything as a coach you´re looking 支援する, and you´d like to have a couple of those plays 支援する as a coach."
FINDING IT FROM 3
Purdue hasn´t relied often on 狙撃 from distance.
Against the Buckeyes, the Boilermakers had 13 buckets from 3, which is a season high. They hadn´t made more than seven 3-pointers in six games.
Loyer, David Jenkins Jr. and Braden Smith each had three from the perimeter.
"We 港／避難所´t done that in a long time," Purdue coach Matt Painter said. "I just feel like our 狙撃 is much better than we have shown, but I think it´s also a strength."
KEY EXITS GAME
Zed 重要な 出口d just under four minutes into the game and didn´t return 予定 to a shoulder sprain, によれば an Ohio 明言する／公表する spokesperson.
Holtmann said he had "no update" postgame and he´ll know more Friday.
LOYER LIGHTS UP IN SECOND HALF
Starting the game and going 0 of 6 from the field in the first half, Loyer began the second on the （法廷の）裁判.
He 設立する his 地盤 in the final period, 狙撃 66%, 含むing 3 of 4 from beyond the arc.
"I played probably my worst half of college basketball so far," Loyer said. "Coming off the （法廷の）裁判 in the second half, I knew I had to 焦点（を合わせる） and play hard and play 弁護, so I 焦点（を合わせる）d on that. And then I happened to get a few open looks that helped the game go from there."
BIG PICTURE
Purdue: The Boilermakers 避けるd their second straight loss by outshooting Ohio 明言する／公表する 50% to 45.2% in the second half. They began the game 3 of 18 from the field, but fought 支援する behind 12 points and 11 second-half points from Edey and Loyer, それぞれ.
Ohio 明言する／公表する: Sensabaugh has reached 二塁打 人物／姿／数字s for the seventh 連続した game. The freshman had at least 20 points for the third time in five games and made a team-best 10 field goals on 17 試みる／企てるs.
UP NEXT
Purdue: At Penn 明言する／公表する Sunday.
Ohio 明言する／公表する: At Maryland Sunday.
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