Ohio State Hosts No. 1 Purdue Thursday – Ohio State Buckeyes

#24 Ohio State vs. #1 Purdue
Date: January 5, 2023
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio
Watch: FS1
Listen: Ohio State Radio Network from Learfield
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | Purdue
Rosters: Ohio State | Purdue
Season Stats: Ohio State | Purdue

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State will play at home for the first time in the new year and it will be against the top-ranked team in the country in the Purdue Boilermakers on Thursday evening. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at Value City Arena inside the Schottenstein Center and it will be televised on FS1. Gus Johnson and Ohio State Hall of Famer Jim Jackson will call the action.

• The Buckeyes and Boilermakers are meeting for the 184th time and the all-time series is fairly close. Purdue officially leads the series 91-86 but the Buckeyes lead 55-31 in Columbus and 11-4 in Value City Arena.
• Last year’s meeting was a great one. Ohio State fell behind by 20 in the second half but battled all the way back to tie the game on an E.J. Liddell three-pointer with 25 seconds to play. Jaden Ivey then hit a fall-away three-pointer from the wing at the buzzer to lift Purdue to an 81-78 victory on Jan. 30 in Mackey Arena.
• This will be Ohio State’s 22nd game all-time against an AP No. 1 ranked team. The Buckeyes are 10-11 all-time and have won eight of the last 11 games against No. 1
• Ohio State enters the game at 10-3 overall and one of three unbeaten teams in the Big Ten at 2-0.
• The Buckeyes jump back into the rankings this week at No. 24 in the AP poll and No. 23 in the coaches poll.
• The Buckeyes are No. 10 in the NET rankings and have the second-most efficient offense in the country according to Kenpom. Ohio State is shooting 49.2 percent as a team, which is second in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes are scoring 81.0 ppg which is also second in the conference.
• The Buckeyes are versatile in their scoring and have five players averaging 9.9 points per game or more, led by freshman Brice Sensabaugh at 15.9 ppg.
• Sensabaugh has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week each of the last three weeks. He has scored in double-figures in all but one game this season and is third in the country in scoring among freshmen.
• Purdue has been ranked No. 1 since Dec. 12 but is coming…