The Ohio State Buckeyes stumbled again on Wednesday night, falling to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a nailbiter, 64-61. Playing on the road, the scarlet and gray struggled against the zone, and got themselves into an 11-point deficit in the early going. While they did emerge from the deficit, they couldn’t handle the Knights down the stretch. Led by scorers Geo Baker and Montez Mathis, Rutgers secured their first win of the season in conference play. For Ohio State, they fall to 12-3 overall and 2-2 in conference play. Let’s take a look at how this one went down. After a couple minutes of scoreless basketball, the Buckeyes got their first points via a goaltend. Ohio State locked Rutgers’ offense down in the early going; they forced the Knights to work inside, instead of from three-point range. However, there was a consequence of the tight defense. Before three minutes of…
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