North Carolina A&T Aggies at No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes basketball preview box breakdown

North Carolina A&T Aggies (1-10) at No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (8-1) When: Wednesday, 7:01 p.m. Where: Nationwide Arena (19,957) TV: Big Ten Network Announcers: Tom Hamilton (play-by-play) and Jim Jackson (expert analysis) Breaking down the Buckeyes: Ohio State’s matchup with North Carolina A&T will be the third between the teams … Deshaun Thomas scored 24 points in his college debut in a win over North Carolina A&T in 2010 … Ohio State beat Morehead State 87-71 last time out behind 15 points from D’Angelo Russell and Sam Thompson … The Buckeyes have won 56 consecutive games at home vs. unranked nonconference opponents … Russell is the nation’s second-leading scorer among true freshmen with 17.7 points per game and leads all freshmen points+assists+rebounds with an average of 27.8 … Ohio State leads the Big Ten in scoring margin (+25.7) and field goal percentage (.533) … Buckeyes point guard Shannon Scott leads the conference in assists (66) and assists per game (7.3) … Center Amir Williams leads the Big Ten in field goal percentage (75 percent) …..

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