Halftime Score: Ohio State 31, Cleveland State 24 All in all, this is a first half the Buckeyes would probably prefer to forget. This team looked drastically different than it did during the second half against Notre Dame on Tuesday. Ohio State started Justin Ahrens in place of E.J. Liddell today. Ahrens is coming off a great shooting performance at Notre Dame on Tuesday. Ahrens best play in the beginning of the game was successfully defending a fast break against Vikings guard Tre Gomillion. Ahrens is OSU’s best 3-point threat, but he’s yet to score in the first half. Duane Washington Jr. buried a couple of early 3-pointers. Washington is one of the Buckeyes that could make a big difference in making up for Liddell’s absence. But after hitting those two shots, he was just 1-of-7 the rest of the half. Justice Sueing and Kyle Young picking up two fouls…
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