COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State basketball and Minnesota are two teams that rely heavily on their dominant big men to create offense. On Thursday night, neither had a great shooting performance. Kaleb Wesson scored just two points on 1-of-10 shooting while Daniel Oturu scored 11 points but was 4-of-12 from the field. When plan A isn’t working, you have to be able to go to plan B, and for the two matchups between these teams, the Golden Gophers have found success. It’s why they beat the Buckeyes at home 84-71 in December and why they completed the season sweep Thursday with a 62-59 win. While Oturu struggled to score (41.7% over the two games), Marcus Carr stepped up with a career-high 35 points in the first meeting. In the second, he scored 21 points including this shot over C.J. Walker in the final seconds to seal a win. “I think…
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