© Provided by Buckeyes Now on FanNation Jackson’s No. 22 has been retired by the basketball program since 2001. Once a uniform number is hoisted to the rafters or affixed to the facade of a stadium, it takes a special player to bring it back into rotation. Incoming Ohio State guard Malaki Branham certainly fits that bill after leading Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary to a pair of state championships and earning numerous awards during his high school career, so it should come as no surprise that he may soon ask Jimmy Jackson to wear his No. 22, which was retired by the Buckeyes in 2001. “Malaki, what a special kid he is,” head coach Chris Holtmann recently said during an appearance on 97.1 The Fan. “He is a young man that people are going to really love watching and getting to know. He’s kind of a versatile, multi-position guard. I…
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