The newly minted 25th ranked team in America in the coaches poll, Ohio State welcomed in-state foe Miami to the Schott and were not gracious hosts, pulling away from the overmatched Redhawks, sending them back to Oxford with a 84-64 defeat in front of a sparse crowd, announced at just over 9,000. Ohio State moved to 8-1 with the win,
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Led by Bruce Thornton and former Gopher Jamison Battle, Ohio State built a lead as large as 22 in the first half and held off a Gopher run, never trailing and dowing the Gophers at the Schottenstein Center 84-74 to win the Big Ten opener and move to 7-1 overall. Minnesota’s loss dropped the Gophers to 5-3 and 0-1 in
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The Buckeyes returned home after a holiday tournament championship in Florida and the winning ways continued as the Buckeyes utilized a 15-0 run midway through the first half to open up a close game early and cruised to a 88-61 victory over Central Michigan. The Buckeyes improved their record to 6-1, while Central Michigan dropped to 2-5. Ohio State built
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Ohio State never trailed, controlling the game from the jump and pulled away early in the second half with a 24-9 run to roll to an 86-56 win to take the Emerald Coast Classic Championship. The win improved Ohio State’s record to 5-1, while Santa Clara took their first loss of the year, dropping to 6-1. The Buckeyes hit on
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In front of a sold out crowd at Northwest Florida State College in the semi final round of the Emerald Coast Classic, Ohio State downed 17th ranked Alabama 92-81 to move to the championship tomorrow. The win improved Ohio State to 4-1 and dropped Alabama to 4-1. Bruce Thornton led Ohio State with a career high 29 and Roddy Gayle
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The Buckeyes built a big lead early and cruised past visiting Western Michigan 73-56 in the campus game of the Emerald Coast Classic. The win improved the Ohio State record to 3-1, dropping the Broncos to 0-4. The Buckeyes put five in double figures, led by 13 each by Roddy Gayle and Jamison Battle, with Bruce Thornton adding 12 and
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In a game that saw the visiting Merrimack Warriors whistled for 21 fouls, 14 in the first half, compared to just 7 for Ohio State, the Buckeyes struggled to get any kind of offensive rhythm in the first half, but when they finally found it midway through the second half, they pulled away and blasted the defending MAAC tournament champs,
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A back and forth highly contested ball game ended with the visiting 15th ranked Aggies ahead on the scoreboard, sending Ohio State down to their first loss of the 23-24 season, 73-66.
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Team 125 officially kicked off the 2023-24 season and it wasn’t easy as Ohio State trailed for much of the night, but an 11-0 run in the latter part of the second half put the Buckeyes up for good as the Buckeyes downed the Golden Grizzlies 79-73 en route to the program’s 20th consecutive season opening win. Four Buckeyes hit
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The 2023-24 basketball season is underway, not officially, but a first look at Team #125 took place at UD Arena vs Dayton. The game was put together as a charity exhibition to earn money for mental health awareness in honor of Dayton coach Anthony Grant who lost his daughter to suicide a little over a year ago. While the charity
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