Penn State nearly extracted a season-changing win in Columbus on Wednesday night. Instead, the Lions now find themselves needing to dig out from the same expanding hole. Ohio State went on a 21-9 run in the last eight minutes, and made 95 percent of its free throws in the game, to retrieve an 83-79 home victory that it nearly allowed to escape. The 13th-ranked Buckeyes steamrolled Penn State early, frittered away a 12-point lead and fought back with an assertive defensive effort to rip a victory from the Lions. Now Penn State (5-7, 2-6 Big Ten) faces back-to-back games against No. 10 Wisconsin, the first of which is scheduled for Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center. The Lions need something magical to maintain their NCAA Tournament hopes, which largely have rested on strength of schedule and the hope of generating big wins from it. Sooner or later, interim coach Jim…
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