COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State basketball won another home game on Wednesday night with a 72-66 win over Rutgers. That’s the 12th time the Buckeyes have left the Schottenstein Center with a positive outcome with its two losses being by a combined nine points. Finding success in Columbus hasn’t been their problem this season. Like most of the Big Ten, OSU’s issues reveal themselves on the road. Except Ohio State seems to be that to an extreme. Ohio State becomes a different team when it’s not in the comfort of its backyard. After six Big Ten home games its shooting 47.9 percent from the field, and until Wednesday night, no opponent had shot better than 45.2 percent in the Schottenstein Center. Most of that can be credited to a 31-16 run in the by the Scarlet Knights when the Buckeyes led by 20 points to pull the game within three…
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