Northern Kentucky visited Value City Arena for the first day of December and left without breaking 40 points, falling to the Buckeyes 70-43. Ohio State used their size advantage and made life difficult for the Norse on the defensive end, even while they struggled with their cold scoring all day long. LaQuinton Ross had a career day on the stat sheet scoring 22 points and collecting 8 rebounds. He was joined in double digits by DeShaun Thomas, who picked up 14 despite scoring only 4 in the first half. Northern Kentucky’s Jalen Billups was the only Norse to break double digits, scoring 11 points for the game.

The game started out slowly for the Buckeyes as they struggled to handle the fast paced, but smaller, Norse. It took the first 10 minutes of the game before the Buckeyes finally started to build a lead. By the end of the half, … [Read More]

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Ohio State vs. Northern Kentucky – Shootyhoops live chat… [Read More]

As I’m sure we’re all aware, the Buckeyes are coming off a rather unfortunate loss to the Duke Blue Devils. Credit where credit is due to Mike Krzyzewski and all, but that was certainly a tough pill to swallow. I’ll have more thoughts about the game at a later date (when I have more than an hour to write), but Tim Shoemaker … [Read More]