October 11, 2024

No. 13 Ohio State looks to recover from upset vs. Northwestern


Ohio State looks to start another winning streak when it hosts Northwestern on Sunday in Columbus. The No. 13 Buckeyes (9-3, 3-1 Big Ten) had won five straight before running into a buzzsaw at Indiana on Thursday, losing 67-51. A 19-3 run for the Hoosiers resulted in the Buckeyes’ fewest points since a 68-50 loss at Northwestern on March 6, 2019. Ohio State entered shooting 48.9 percent from the floor but hit 30.8 percent. “I thought we missed some open shots, but I thought also that we just weren’t able to impose ourselves enough through the paint on drives,” Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann said. “Got bodied up on drives, put ourselves in too difficult of a position at times driving the ball and getting the ball tipped or blocked. I didn’t think our rim decisions were great. All things we’ve got to work on in film and clean up…

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