Getty Luther Muhammad #1 of the Ohio State Buckeyes battles for a rebound with Xavier Tillman #23 and Nick Ward #44 of the Michigan State Spartans. Michigan State center Nick Ward will be available this afternoon for first time in 5 games. His Spartans take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (12:30 p.m. EST, BTN). The 6-foot-8, 245-pounder suffered a hairline fracture his left hand during the Ohio State game on Feb. 17. The plan is to bring him along slowly to tune up for NCAA Tournament play next week. “It’s definitely perfect timing,” Ward said to reporters on Wednesday. “I wanted to play Saturday, but it wasn’t in my best interest to play for various reasons with my hand, but now it’s 100 percent and I feel good.” That game on Saturday was the home finale, and de facto Big Ten regular-season championship game,…
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