BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For a second, there looked to be an opening in the Indiana defense. Trailing 47-45 near the midpoint of the second half on Thursday, Malaki Branham got near the rim with an aggressive drive but, rather than attempt the shot against Trayce Jackson-Davis, he dumped it to the other side of the paint to E.J. Liddell, who was immediately swarmed to force a jump ball. Possession stayed with the Buckeyes, who moments earlier had trailed by six, and a baseline out of bounds play was called to get the team’s go-to player a look going downhill. It worked — almost. Liddell managed to get near to where Branham had been, and he, too, seemed to have an opening for a layup. Instead, he picked up his dribble and attempted a pass back upcourt that was picked off by the Hoosiers. Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis blocks a shot by…
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