While it might not have been an absolute must-win game for the Ohio State Buckeyes (18-10, 8-9), knocking off the No. 22 Iowa Hawkeyes (21-7, 10-7) 90-70 at Value City Arena on Tuesday night will absolutely go a long way to getting OSU off of the NCAA Tournament bubble. In snazzy gray throwback jerseys, the Buckeyes made a major statement in their effort to make it back to the Big Dance for the second-straight season under Chris Holtmann. The victory is the first for Ohio State over a ranked team, and the first against a Big Ten foe higher than them in the standings. Coming into the game, likely few would have guessed that the hero for the Buckeyes would be freshman forward Justin Ahrens. After having his career-high of nine points on Saturday against Maryland, the two-time Mr. Ohio Basketball put that high in the rearview mirror, finishing the…
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