Joey Kaufman | Buckeye Xtra Speaking to his players in the visiting locker room at the Rutgers Athletic Center late Friday night, Ohio State women’s basketball coach Kevin McGuff offered an encouraging parting message. Although the 22nd-ranked Buckeyes suffered a 71-63 loss to Rutgers, their fourth straight defeat to finish the season, they navigated some difficult circumstances between a coronavirus pandemic that shut down the program for almost a month in December and a self-imposed postseason ban that kept them from reaching the NCAA or Big Ten tournaments. McGuff felt their resolve in handling those difficulties was more reflective of their season than a late slide. “I’m very proud of the team for fighting through,” McGuff said. “There’s a lot of times throughout the year they could have mailed it in, but they didn’t. They kept fighting and kept playing hard.” In their finale, the Buckeyes (13-7, 9-7 Big Ten) were without…
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