Having recently suffered their second loss of the season, the Ohio State Buckeyes get back to action on Monday evening when they entertain the RedHawks of Miami-Ohio at Value City Arena. Miami enters the fray having lost seven of its first 10 games. The RedHawks did manage to snap a six-game losing streak the last time out, taking down visiting Longwood in a 71-60 final. It was the first taste of victory for a Miami team that hadn’t won since beating Liberty (63-52) on Nov. 22.Ohio State took a stellar 9-1 record in Saturday’s showdown with North Carolina in Chicago, but coach Thad Matta’s club came out on the short end of an 82-74 final. The setback put an end to the Buckeyes’ four-game win streak. Their only other loss came in a 64-55 final versus another ranked ACC foe in Louisville on Dec. 2. OSU has played nine of its first 11 games in Columbus, and this bout begins a stretch of four in a row at home, which includes a pair of Big Ten tussles against Iowa and Illinois. Ohio State owns a 5-2 series advantage over Miami, and the Buckeyes have won the last two meetings. The RedHawks’ last win in the series came on March 17, 1993 in the NIT, 63-56. Geovonie McKnight and Eric Washington scored 19 points apiece to propel Miami to its recent win over Longwood. The RedHawks led from the outset, and wound up hitting 45.1 percent of their field goal attempts, despite going 7-of-25 from 3-point range (.280). The team was outworked on the glass (38-27), but its defensive effort goaded the Lancers into 21 turnovers, off which the RedHawks scored 22 points. Miami had 15 steals in the game, with five each being credited to McKnight and Zach McCormick. …
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