COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State basketball team may have walked away with an 83-79 win over Penn State (5-7, 2-6 Big Ten) on Wednesday night at Value City Arena, but that win didn’t come easy. Seth Lundy’s 26 points made sure of that despite the Buckeyes starting the game on a 14-2 run, the Nittany Lions worked their way back into the game. They even led by as many as eight points and held a 79-78 lead with 1:37 left to play. The game came down to the final 16.3 seconds when Myreon Jones (10 points) put up a floater attempting to tie the game at 81 but fell short. E.J. Liddell knocked down two free throws on the other end, giving OSU (12-4, 7-4 Big Ten) a two-possession lead and the game. The Buckeyes used late-game shot-making and sound defense to close out a game that they probably…
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