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Rapheal Davis scored 15 points and grabbed four rebounds in Purdue's loss at Ohio State.
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- Purdue fell to 84-89 all-time against Ohio State and is now 1-13 against the Buckeyes in Value City Arena.
- Purdue's loss snapped a four-game winning streak and denied Purdue a chance at its first regular-season sweep against Ohio State since the 1997-98 season.
- Ohio State entered the game shooting 49.8 percent from the field. The Buckeyes shot just 39.6 percent from the field and in the two games against Purdue's defense, shot a combined 43-of-105 (.410) from the field.
- Ohio State's 35 free throw attempts were the most by a Purdue opponent this season. Over the last two games, foes have shot 69 free throws.
- In the last two games at Value City Arena, Purdue has shot just 18 free throws, making nine of them.
- In four Big Ten road losses, Purdue is just 17-of-34 (.500) from the free throw line. Opponents are 84-of-110 (.764).
- Ohio State's four assists tied the lowest by a Purdue opponent this season (Grambling). It tied for the fourth fewest for an opponent in school history.
- Purdue fell to 17-5 on the season and 173-28 under Matt Painter when shooting a higher field goal percentage.
- Purdue has shot better from the field than its opponent in all eight Big Ten road games.
- Over the last two games, Purdue is now 15-of-33 (.454) from three-point range.
- In three of Purdue's 10 losses, the Boilermakers gave up leads of at least 12 points.
- Purdue lost for just the second time this season when A.J. Hammons and Rapheal Davis score in double-figures, now 10-2 on the season (Gardner-Webb, Ohio State).
- A.J. Hammons tallied his 20th double-figure scoring game of the season with 16 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots. Purdue is 14-6 this year when he scores 10 or more points. Hammons moved into 20th place on the school's career rebounds list with 616 and needs two blocked shots for 250 in his career (now with 248).
- Rapheal Davis scored 15 points with four rebounds. It marked his 16th double-figure scoring game of the season. He tied a career high with three, three-pointers.
- Dakota Mathias recorded his second straight double-figure scoring game and third in his last four games with 10 points. Mathias moved into a seventh-place tie on the Purdue freshman three-pointers made list with 30. In two games against his homestate Buckeyes, Mathias went 5-of-11 (.455) from three-point range.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Shannon Scott hit three free throws in the final 24 seconds and D'Angelo Russell scored 28 points to lead Ohio State, which rebounded from a 12-point deficit, to a 65-61 victory over Purdue on Sunday night.
Sam Thompson added 14 points for the Buckeyes (21-8, 10-6), who have won two in a row with two games left in the regular season.
A.J. Hammons had 16 points, Rapheal Davis 15 and Dakota Mathias 10 for Purdue (19-10, 11-5).
The Buckeyes took their first lead in almost 20 minutes when Russell hit an 18-foot jumper behind a high pick with 7:28 left
After falling behind by as many as four points, the Boilermakers regained the lead when Davis poured in a 3 from the top of the key with 2:54 left.
The teams traded points until a Basil Smotherman miss was rebounded by Thompson. Coming out of a timeout, Russell beat Davis off the dribble to bank in a layup with 59 seconds left for a 60-59 Ohio State advantage.
With 29 seconds left, late in the shot clock, Jon Octeus drove and his shot was blocked by Amir Williams. Scott was fouled on the rebound and hit the first of two for a 61-59 lead with 23 seconds left.
Purdue hustled the ball down the floor and called timeout. Davis missed a layup with Scott rebounding and drawing the foul. He hit both free throws to push the lead to 63-59.
After Octeus hit a layup, Kam Williams made two clinching free throws.
Ohio State led in the early going but the Boilermakers took control with a 9-0 run - on two 3s by Davis sandwiched around one by Vince Edwards.
At about the same time Purdue was finding the range offensively, it began to shut down the Buckeyes. They missed all but one of their final 10 shots of the half to trail 35-23 at the break.
Purdue, 1 of 7 in field goals at one point, ended up shooting 46 percent. The Buckeyes sagged to 27 percent after 20 minutes.
Russell scored Ohio State's first eight points and had 11 at the half, while Hammons had nine points, four rebounds and two blocked shots and Davis had eight points at the break.
The Boilermakers won the earlier meeting 60-58 at home, ending a six-game losing streak to the Buckeyes. They had not swept a season series against Ohio State since 1998.
The Boilermakers close out the regular season with games at Michigan State on Wednesday and home against Illinois on Saturday.