Game Preview: Ohio at Purdue

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Ohio (2-0) at Purdue (1-2)

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It’s one of the worst starts to a season in Matt Painter’s tenure at Purdue, but Purdue is coming off its first win of the season after beating Illinois State 76-59.

Daniel Jacobsen continued to be Purdue’s most consistent bright spot, scoring 20 points and grabbing 6 rebounds. Antione West found the potential he showed in the summer, scoring a career-high 17 points and played 31 minutes. Jack Benter added 14 points as Purdue’s offense continues to figure out what it is in the post Braden Smith-era.

Now Purdue’s five-game home streak continues with a game against 2-0 Ohio.

Ohio off to hot shooting start

Ohio is shooting 43% from three after two games. Against North Carolina A&T, Ohio only got off 13 three-point attempts but made 6 of them, including some timely ones late to pull away.

In its first win of the season, Ohio wasn’t afraid to let it fly. It made 16 of its 38 three-point attempts in its 86-77 win over South Alabama.

6-1 Kolton Mitchell leads the charge for Ohio, making 8 of 19 threes in just two games.

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Jackson Paveletzke is a perfect 3 of 3 to start the season.

Purdue has been effective this season defending the three point line. It’s limiting attempts and teams are shooting just 26.5% from three.

Human bowling ball

Javan Simmons is 6-7, 259 pounds and plays like a forward from another era. Simmons is comfortable attacking with the ball in his hands and uses his heft to bully inside and down low. He’s averaging 14 points a game on 70% shooting from inside the arc.

He’ll be an…

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