Ohio Men’s Basketball Falls on the Road at Purdue

Friday, November 13

West Lafayette, Ind.

7 p.m. ET

2-1,0-0MAC

Purdue

2-2,0-0Big Ten

Team	1	2	F
Ohio	28	34	62
Purdue	37	43	80

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11/13/2026 9:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

West Lafayette, Ind. – The Ohio men's basketball team (2-1) returned to action Friday night (Nov. 13), falling to Purdue (2-2), 80-62, inside Mackey Arena.

Overall, Ohio shot 41 percent from the field, 20 percent from three and were 19-of-23 from the line, while Purdue shot 43 percent from the field, 32 percent from three and were 18-of-20 from the line. Purdue outrebounded the Bobcats 37-25, while the Boilermakers dished out 15 assists to Ohio's six. Purdue also forced 15 Ohio turnovers, scoring 22 points off them, while Ohio forced nine turnovers, scoring four points.

Individually, fifth year guard Jackson Paveletzke (Kimberly, Wis.) led Ohio with 16 points, going 4-of-6 from the field and 7-of-7 from the line, while redshirt senior forward Javan Simmons (Columbus, Ohio) scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds. Graduate student wing Siebe Ledegen (Aalst, Belgium) added 12 points and five rebounds, while sophomore forward Dusan Makitan (Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina) added nine points and eight boards.

Purdue won the tip and got on the board first with a three. The Bobcats followed that up with layup from Simmons. After Purdue took a 5-2 lead, a three from Ledegen tied the game at 5-5. The two teams traded baskets, before a jumper from the Boilermakers gave Purdue the 9-7 lead entering the first media timeout. Out of the timeout, the Boilermakers took a 10-point lead before redshirt freshman forward Zay Mosley (Pemberton, N.J.) stopped the run with a putback layup. However, moments later, Purdue hit a three to take an 11-point lead, forcing Ohio to call a timeout with 11:28 remaining in the first half.

Out of the timeout, a driving layup from freshman guard Ché Brogan (Melbourne, Australia) stopped the run, but Purdue was able to capitalize on a three-point play to take a 23-11 lead into the under-eight media timeout. Out of the break, a three from graduate guard Marin Petkov (Skopje, North Macedonia) started a 10-4 run for the Bobcats, that included a three-point play from Paveletzke, a jumper from Ledegen and free throws from Makitan, cutting the Purdue lead to 26-21 at the final media timeout of the half.

Out of the break, a dunk from redshirt sophomore Kiir Kuany (Melbourne, Australia) cut the Ohio deficit to five, however, the two teams traded baskets and free throws over the remaining two minutes, with Purdue connecting on a driving layup at the end of the half, taking a 37-28 lead into halftime.

At the half, Ohio shot 41 percent from the field, 20 percent from three and were 4-of-5 from the line, while Purdue shot 35 percent from the field, 28 percent from three and were 8-of-9 from the line. Both teams grabbed 19 rebounds, while Purdue dished out seven assists to Ohio's three. The Boilermakers also forced the Bobcats to turn the ball over nine time, scoring 11 points off those turnovers.

Ledegen led Ohio with eight points and three rebounds, while Paveletzke added five points and Simmons grabbed four boards.

A layup from Simmons opened the second half, cutting the Purdue lead to seven. However, a three-point play and a three from the Boilermakers put them up 11 before free throws from Paveletzke and a jumper from Ledegen cut the deficit to 43-36 going into the first media timeout. Purdue took a 13-point lead before free throws from Brogan and Simmons cut the deficit to 10. However, a driving layup put Purdue back up 12 entering the under-12 media timeout.

After Purdue hit a three to take a 15-point lead, a three-point play from Simmons stopped the run and cut the deficit back down to 12. After Purdue when back up 15, a three from Paveletzke and two free throws cut the lead to 10 with just under eight minutes to play. Moments after free throws once again cut the lead to 10, a four-point swing from Purdue put them up 65-51 with 6:12 remaining, forcing the Bobcats to call a timeout.

Out of the break, layups from Makitan and Paveletzke cut the deficit to 12, but a three from Purdue put them back up 15 with under four minutes to go. After Purdue took a 17-point lead, Ohio cut it to 14 with a three-point play from Makitan, however a 5-0 run from Purdue put the Boilermakers up, 78-60 with under a minute to go. The Bobcats would be unable to chip away before the end of the game, falling 80-62.

Up next, the Bobcats are back in Athens on Wednesday, Nov. 18 when Ohio hosts Morehead State. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ET inside the Convocation Center and can be seen on ESPN+.

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