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Adam Jardy

Purdue's Jaden Ivey answers Ohio State's E.J. Liddell in thriller at Mackey Arena

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The odds were pretty good that Jaden Ivey was going to get the ball.

As Ohio State huddled with 25.3 seconds to play and the game tied at 78, coach Chris Holtmann had an idea that the star sophomore would get a shot at the game-winner. The Buckeyes drew up their defense, applied pressure and nearly forced Eric Hunter Jr. to turn it over.

Instead, the senior guard was able to flip the ball into Ivey's hands. As Ohio State's Gene Brown III applied pressure, Ivey launched a fadeaway 3-pointer from in front of the Purdue bench.

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