WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – No theatrics were necessary this time, and nothing was decided in the final seconds. No, Sunday’s Big Ten game between two teams headed in decidedly different directions played out as expected. No. 3 Purdue, after having lost two straight road games before returning to Mackey Arena, had little trouble extending Ohio State’s season of misery. Forty-five days removed from the first meeting between these teams this season, a game the Boilermakers won in the final 30 seconds at Value City Arena, Purdue led by double digits for the final 19:48 and handled the visiting Buckeyes, 82-55, in front of a full-throated, packed house. Again, the Buckeyes (11-16, 3-13 Big Ten) struggled to close the first half, allowed their opponent to build its lead in the final seconds and then steadily watched the second-half deficit grow in what is their third straight loss to the Boilermakers (23-4,…
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