The statistics from D.J. Carton’s performance Saturday at Indiana would suggest he’d receive the toughest consequences from Ohio State’s latest loss in a four-game slide from No. 2 in the nation to No. 21. But while numbers tell one story, effort tells another, and that’s why Carton is likely to start Tuesday in a 6:30 p.m. tip against visiting Nebraska despite seven turnovers at IU. It’s not that head coach Chris Holtmann excuses mistakes, but he’s more forgiving of ones made aggressively than those he attributes to inadequate effort. That’s why sophomore guard Duane Washington, whose scoring has keyed some of OSU’s biggest wins this season, played only eight minutes in Bloomington and Carton kept getting the ball even after handing it a troublesome amount to the Hoosiers. “The ball was in his hands a lot,” Holtmann said. “…when the ball is in your hands that much and he’s an…
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