COLUMBUS, Ohio — D’Angelo Russell scored 14 points, Sam Thompson had 13 points and No. 16 Ohio State got big contributions from its big men in beating James Madison 73-56 on Friday. Starting center Amir Williams had seven points and nine rebounds, and backups Trey McDonald and Anthony Lee had eight points each. Jae’Sean Tate also provided a jolt when he was inserted midway through the second half. Playing his first game after a five-game suspension, last year’s leading scorer and rebounder Andre Nation had 15 points for James Madison (4-2), which was playing its first road game. Yohanny Dalembert added 14 and Winston Grays 10. Ohio State came in shooting 61 percent from the field but was held to 41 percent. The Buckeyes led by 17 and had the ball with under 8 minutes left in the first half but then began turning the ball over and failing to get back on defense. They had four turnovers and made just 3 of 10 shots from the field the rest of the way to the break. James Madison scored 15 of the next 23 points to cut the lead to 37-27 at halftime. Ohio State built its lead back by picking up points in transition and by going inside. Thompson added the exclamation point on a dunk off an alley-oop pass from Russell to push it to 49-31 at the 15:45 mark. At one point, 14 consecutive Buckeyes points were by frontcourt players as the lead rose to 20 or more. TIP-INS James Madison: The Dukes opened with a 79-51 loss to No…
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