LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Malaki Branham was rewarded for the extra work he put in while Ohio State’s basketball program was on three-week pause because of a COVID-19 outbreak. The freshman, who had scored in double figures just once in his first 10 games, had a season-high 35 points Sunday on an otherwise tough night offensively for the Buckeyes in their 87-79 overtime win over Nebraska. “That boy is good,” Buckeyes forward Zed Key said. “I just saw it in his eyes. He wanted to win, and he’s a winner. Thirty-five, that’s tough to do, especially in the Big Ten. We needed it. Some of us didn’t have our legs back, just being off that amount of time.” Branham set the Ohio State record for points by a freshman in a Big Ten game, and he tied for second-best freshman scoring performance in the nation this season. “I kind of…
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