Ohio State battled back from an 11 point deficit to take a 3 point lead with less than a minute to play, but North Carolina scored the final 4, taking advantage of a late Buckeye turnover and survived a buzzer beating shot by Ohio State to survive the upset minded Buckeyes 71-70 in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta dropping
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A Bruce Thornton leaner in the paint with just over 3 seconds to play in double-overtime capped an incredible comeback to give Ohio State a 89-88 win in double overtime. Bruce Thornton scored 12 of his 21 points after regulation, willing Ohio State to an almost improbable victory improving the Buckeyes to 8-2 while dropping West Virginia to 8-4. Down
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Bruce Thornton’s dominant first half kept Ohio State close, and despite trailing for all but three minutes, the Buckeyes remained within striking distance late in the game, cutting the deficit to three with just over a minute remaining. However, 13th-ranked Illinois used their size and balanced attack to withstand every Ohio State surge, pulling out an 88–80 road victory in
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Ohio State’s Big Ten opener was a successful one, as the Buckeyes snapped a three-game skid against Northwestern with a hard-fought 86–82 road win in Evanston, improving to 7–1 overall and 1–0 in conference play. After trailing by four at the break and falling behind by eight early in the second half, Ohio State surged ahead with a 16–7 run
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Ohio State’s first true road test of the season ended in heartbreak. The Buckeyes dug a big hole early, fought back to pull within one, but sloppy play in the opening 20 minutes left them down 10 at halftime. The second half looked promising: Ohio State stormed back to take the lead 12 minutes in and appeared poised to escape
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Ohio State wrapped up their season-opening six-game homestand with a resounding 113-60 victory over visiting Mount St. Mary’s, moving to 6-0 to start the season. The Buckeyes wasted no time taking control, jumping out to a 14-point lead just 10 minutes into the game, extending it to 26 by halftime, and never trailing enroute to their sixth straight season-opening win—their
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Ohio State continued their hot start to the season, improving to 5-0 for the first time since 2020–21, with a commanding 91-58 victory over Western Michigan at the Schottenstein Center. The Buckeyes jumped out early and put the game away with a 21–2 run over a 7:20 stretch in the middle of the first half, opening a lead as large
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2027 guard LJ Smith, a 6’4”, 180-pound standout from Lincolnton, NC and star at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, has committed to Jake Diebler and Ohio State. With the possibility that he will reclassify to the 2026 class, he would join a group that already features No. 7 overall prospect and five-star forward Anthony Thompson, along with top-150 four-star forward Alex Smith.
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Playing without junior wing Devin Royal, day-to-day with a hip injury, Ohio State dug an early 12-point hole before closing the first half on an 18–3 run to take a lead they would never relinquish, downing the visiting Mountaineers 75–53 to move to 3–0 on the young season.
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A career night for Bruce Thornton led Ohio State past Purdue Fort Wayne, using a red hot shooting start and the historic night from their captain to control the game from the outset, and held off a hard charging Mastodon team to defeat the visitors 94-68 to move to 2-0
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