E.J. Liddell went first. The Buckeyes’ junior forward could hardly have gotten off to a hotter start Sunday, sinking six straight shots and five straight threes to score 17 of Ohio State’s first 19 points against Northwestern – and that was in the opening five minutes alone. But even an individual performance as impressive as the one Liddell put on Sunday isn’t enough to guarantee a win over a Big Ten opponent. The Buckeyes were still up only eight points on the Wildcats after Liddell’s game-opening barrage, and he scored just four more points through the final 15 minutes of the half. That’s when the true freshman took his turn. Malaki Branham scored five of Ohio State’s next seven points after Liddell’s first 17, and finished the first half with 13 points of his own. By the end of the game, which featured plenty of resilience from the Wildcats in a…
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