Chris Holtmann demanded defensive improvements from the Buckeyes last week, and they haven't disappointed in the two games since.
over Ohio State were the second-most any team has scored on the Buckeyes in 2021-22, and the Boilermakers forced Ohio State to commit a season-high 22 fouls on the afternoon. Purdue’s field-goal percentage and 3-point field-goal percentage were both the second-highest an opponent has recorded against Ohio State all year, and the Buckeyes were once again the victim of a significant scoring deficit in the lane.
“Coaches challenged us on the defensive side of things,” Cedric Russell said after the win over Michigan. “The end of that Rutgers game, the last four minutes we didn’t get a stop and the result was an L. We didn't want that to happen again tonight. They were really just challenging us this whole week on the defensive side of the ball, and tonight we responded.”
That caliber of defensive play, which helped force 13 Minnesota turnovers, allowed Ohio State to score 19 points off the Gophers’ giveaways. The Buckeyes racked up 47 points in the second half to turn a halftime deficit into an eventual“Just keep doing what we’re doing on defense and turn defense into offense, and that’s how we want to play; get turnovers and play in transition,” Wheeler said. “So we feel like that’s the easy way to score and the way we want to play.
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