October 20, 2024

On senior day, Michigan pulls away in second half to beat Ohio State

An afternoon to remember turned into a senior day to forget. With a capacity crowd roaring and nearly half the team being honored before their final game at Value City Arena, No. 23 Ohio State fell behind by double digits near the midpoint of the second half and dropped a 75-69 regular-season finale to Michigan (17-13, 11-9). The loss sends Ohio State into the Big Ten tournament having dropped three of its final four games. “I think senior day … a lot of emotions go into it, and it can almost be in some ways paralyzing because of all that goes into it, but I just didn’t think our bite was near good enough in the second half, and that’s on me,” Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann said. The Buckeyes pulled within 60-56 with 5:02 to play when Malaki Branham knocked down a pair of free throws. That gave Ohio…

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