- No. 2-ranked Purdue fell to 23-3 overall and 12-3 in the Big Ten Conference with a 73-69 loss at Ohio State on Sunday afternoon in Columbus. The loss snapped a nine-game winning streak for the Boilermakers.
- The loss snapped a four-game winning streak against Ohio State and ended a four-game road winning streak for the Boilermakers.
- Purdue is 4-3 on the road against unranked teams. Against everyone else and at all other sites, Purdue is 19-0.
- Purdue saw an 11-game win streak when ranked No. 2 in the country end.
- In Purdue's three losses, Purdue has had 45 turnovers compared to opponents' 18 turnovers. The Boilermakers own a -9.00 in turnover margin in those three games. Opponents are outscoring Purdue by 42 points in points off turnovers in those three games, including 22 to 5 by Ohio State.
- Purdue is 5-3 when it has at least 14 turnovers in a game. When having 13 or fewer turnovers, Purdue is 18-0.
- Opponents are also 31-of-64 (.484) from 3-point range in the three setbacks. Purdue is just 21-of-61 (.344) from deep in its three losses.
- Purdue went 20-of-20 from the free throw line, the third-most makes without a miss in school history, and the most since 2001 (25-of-25 vs. Michigan; Feb. 24, 2001).
- Purdue is now shooting 79.1 percent from the free throw line on the road, but just 69.2 percent in Mackey Arena.
- Purdue has now been court-stormed in 10 of its last 11 road losses.
- Braden Smith moved into fifth place on Purdue's single-season assists chart with 187 assists.
- Zach Edey moved past E'Twaun Moore into third place on Purdue's career scoring list with 2,137 points, after tallying 22 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and three blocked shots.
- Edey became Purdue's all-time leader in career rebounds with 1,155, passing Joe Barry Carroll (1,148). Edey also moved into fourth place on the Big Ten's all-time rebounds list (1,155).
- Edey now has 604 points, 309 rebounds, 59 blocked shots and 48 assists on the season, becoming one of three players in school history with at least two 600-point, 300-rebound seasons (Joe Barry Carroll, Terry Dischinger).
- Edey's 10 straight double-doubles are tied with himself for the third-longest streak in school history (12 – Terry Dischinger; 11 – Dave Schellhase; 10 – Zach Edey; 10 – Zach Edey). Over his last 10 games, Edey is averaging 25.5 points, 14.3 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 2.1 assists per game.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State stunned No. 2 Purdue on Sunday in the debut of the Buckeyes' interim coach, winning 73-69 a day after the NCAA tournament selection committee picked the Boilermakers as the early favorite to be the No. 1 overall seed during March Madness.
Bruce Thornton scored 22 points and Jamison Battle added 19 to help Ohio State (15-11, 5-10 Big Ten) pull off the upset in Jake Diebler's first game at the helm.
Chris Holtmann was fired Wednesday after several disappointing seasons. The beleaguered Buckeyes had lost nine of their past 11 games.
Diebler became the second head coach since 1996-97 to beat an AP top-10 team in their Division I coaching debut, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Purdue (23-3, 12-3) had been favored by 7½ points, according to ESPN BET. Ohio State fans stormed the court after the final buzzer.
"What a resilient group," said Diebler, who was overcome with emotion when he greeted his family on the crowded court. "We have some great young men in there who came together at a high these last few days in a way that I don't know if any of us fully anticipated that they could get to in a short amount of time."
Ohio State played with energy from the start, led 35-30 at the break and was up by 12 six minutes into the second half.
With the Boilermakers closing down the stretch, it seemed like only a matter of time until Zach Edey took over the game, but that didn't happen.
Lance Jones hit a 3-pointer for Purdue to tie the score at 65 with 1:39 left. But Battle hit a jumper and then, with 34 seconds left, made a pair of free throws to bump the Ohio State lead to 69-65.
An easy dunk by Edey reduced the deficit to two with 16 seconds left. The Boilermakers then fouled Thornton, who went to the line and made both foul shots to just about seal the game.
Edey finished with 22 points and 13 rebounds, the 58th career double-double and 10th straight for the Purdue star.
But the Boilermakers turned the ball over 14 times, leading to 22 Ohio State points.
"We just need to take care of the ball," Edey said. "We outrebounded them. We got more possessions that way, but we can't let them get on transition. We have to play on a half-court game. ... It's tough to win the game when a team scores 22 points in transition."
Purdue coach Matt Painter was impressed with how the Buckeyes performed after enduring an emotional week that saw the sacking of their much-loved coach.
"That's what you don't know -- can you get them down and keep them down, and then like, they go away, which obviously didn't happen. They win the game," he said. "So you know, where's their fight? What's it going to be. I think they answered that. Their fight was great."