June 23, 2026

After beating COVID, Ohio State's Gene Brown making up for lost time

For the majority of an up-tempo, 36-minute game that featured nearly 300 combined points, Gene Brown did his best to keep pace. © Grace Hollars/IndyStar Ohio State Buckeyes guard Eugene Brown III (3) yells from the sidelines in excitement during the Big Ten tournament, Friday, March 12, 2021 at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis. Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Purdue Boilermakers in overtime, 87-78. Sunday night, the second-year Ohio State guard suited up for the Kingdom Summer League alongside teammate E.J. Liddell and against fellow Buckeye Malaki Branham. He would finish with 14 points, three steals, two rebounds and a block, but the end product wasn’t as important to Brown as the minutes logged. “It was good to get out there, gain my reps and everything, coming off of COVID in April,” he told The Dispatch, standing on the court at Northside Christian School. “It was good to get…

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