The day after Christmas, Ohio State was leading for most of the second half until Northwestern came roaring back, hit an eventual game-winner and sent the Buckeyes back to Columbus with their first Big Ten loss. They wouldn’t make the same mistake twice, holding off the Wildcats’ attempt at a second-half comeback for an 81-71 victory. Duane Washington Jr. and Ohio State’s 3-point shooting were the story of the first half. Washington Jr. scored 17 points in the period on 5-of-10 shooting yet he wasn’t even the game’s leading scorer at that point, trailing behind Chase Audige’s 21 points. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes shot at a 44.4 percent clip (8-of-18) from beyond the arc as they appear to finally have found their stroke from deep in recent games. Foul trouble became the early news of the second half for both teams. Justin Ahrens, Zed Key, Kyle Young and E.J. Liddell each…
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