COLUMBUS, Ohio — Never let it be said that basketball players aren’t tough guys. Ohio State’s Andre Wesson crashed face-first onto the court early in the second half of Saturday’s game against Bucknell and lost three front teeth in the process. Before heading to the locker room after the nasty fall, Buckeyes coach Chris Holtmann found one tooth after stepping on it. “I didn’t know it was three,” Holtmann said. But that wasn’t the end of Wesson’s day. Trainers fitted him for a mouthguard, he shrugged off the pain and came back with just 3:08 having elapsed from the scoreboard clock. The junior forward went on to finish with a career-high nine rebounds and help No. 15 Ohio State hold on for a 73-71 victory over Bucknell in a closer-than-expected test. Wesson will be back in action Tuesday night when Ohio State (9-1) plays host to in-state opponent Youngstown State…
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