It’s one the Ohio State basketball team should have put away and notched in the win column. Leading by as much as 18 points at one time, the Buckeyes let Penn State back in the game in the second half and eventually fell late by a score of 83-80 on Saturday night. It started off great for the OSU, controlling most of the first half and grabbing some breathing room before heading to the break up 41-29. It would be more of the same to start the second half, with the Buckeyes going up by 18 when Jamison Battle hit a three-point bucket to put OSU up 55-37 at the 15:31 mark left in the game. But the Nittany Lions began to make big shots and play with more purpose and effort than the young Ohio State team, slowly closing the deficit and eventually, finally, grabbing a 79-76 lead with…
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