CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Ohio State basketball team could not add to its nonconference resume before the new year. The Buckeyes, ranked second in The Associated Press Top 25 and coaches poll, fell Sunday to No. 22 West Virginia, 67-59, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse as part of the Cleveland Classic. It marked their fourth game against a Top 25 team, following victories against Villanova, North Carolina and Kentucky in the first two months of the season. Ohio State (11-2) won those three games by an 18.7-point average margin, but freshman guard Miles McBride and the Mountaineers (11-1) proved too much in this one. West Virginia trailed from late in the first half until the 13:20 mark of the second half after a series of baskets by McBride. The two-time Ohio high school state champion from Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller led the Mountaineers with 21 points off the bench. The lead changed…
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