Purdue sophomore center Matt Haarms is coming up huge for the 14th-ranked Boilermakers down the stretch. “I think he’s really played well for a nice stretch here and I think he’s just building confidence,” Boilermakers coach Matt Painter said. The 7-foot-3 Haarms has scored 17 or more points in three of the last four games And now, when Purdue (21-7, 14-3 Big Ten) hosts Ohio State (18-10, 8-9) on Saturday looking to improve to 15-0 at home, they will do so without having to face the Buckeyes’ leading scorer. Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann announced Friday that Kaleb Wesson has been suspended for an unspecified number of games for a policy violation. The school did say in a release, however, that the 6-foot-9, 270-pound sophomore will return this season. Wesson has appeared in all 28 of the Buckeyes’ games this season and is averaging 14.6 points and 6.7 rebounds, both…
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