Ohio State gave Michigan State all they could handle in Columbus on Saturday afternoon, but it wasn’t enough to hand the Spartans their first loss in over a month. The Buckeyes will have to put the sting of the loss out of their head quickly, as they have a couple of road contests awaiting them this week, first traveling to New Jersey to take on Rutgers tonight. Preview Ohio State faced their toughest test of the season on Saturday when they welcomed Michigan State to Value City Arena, but the Spartans had just a little too much for the Buckeyes in that contest, defeating Chris Holtmann’s team 86-77. Despite the loss, Ohio State gave fans plenty of reasons for optimism going forward, hanging with the eighth-ranked Spartans until the end of the game when some cold shooting did the Buckeyes in. Kaleb Wesson continued his hot play, scoring 25 points…
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