© Provided by Buckeyes Now on FanNation The first meeting between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Purdue Boilermakers was a lot closer than Sunday’s contest. Mix together a seven-game losing streak, facing one of the country’s best players in center Zach Edey and a hostile Mackey Arena crowd, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster for the Ohio State Buckeyes. For the second time this season, Ohio State (11-16, 3-13 Big Ten) lost to the No. 3 Purdue Boilermakers (24-4, 13-4 Big Ten) after a two-point loss in Columbus Jan. 5. This time around the Buckeyes fell 82-55 Sunday at Mackey Arena, as they had no answer for Edey’s size and physicality. Without Zed Key, center Felix Okpara made his third start of the season. Guard Eugene Brown III and forward Owen Spencer came off the bench to try and help on the 7-4, 305-pound Edey, but to little…
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