The Towson Tigers made life difficult on the Ohio State basketball team in the first half Wednesday night, but the Buckeyes came out and took control of the second half. Townson continued to hang tough down the stretch, but OSU was able to stay a step or two ahead and turned aside an upset bid, winning 85-74 to improve their record to 7-2. Townson used good spacing, and solid shooting in the first half and gave OSU all sorts of fits. It took a Zed Key midrange jumper with the clock winding down late just to give the Buckeyes a one-point 33 to 32 lead heading to the locker room. For the second straight game, Ohio State used some hot shooting from the outside to pull away. Justin Ahrens led the way from deep, scoring 16 points and hitting 5-of-10 from beyond the arc. As a team, the Buckeyes shot…
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