When Ohio State has an offensive game like it did Sunday against Penn State, it usually adds up to a loss. The Nittany Lions brought a defense holding teams to 62.8 points per game since emerging from a 22-day COVID-19 pause that directly overlapped with Ohio State’s to Value City Arena, and those abilities helped keep the Buckeyes from establishing any sort of significant offensive flow. It was not enough to pull off the upset, and the credit to that goes to the Ohio State defense. Despite being held to a season-low 44 shots and 61 points, the Buckeyes won a game in a fashion not often seen during coach Chris Holtmann’s five seasons. In a game with limited possessions, Ohio State finished with an adjusted offensive efficiency rating of 98.6 (projected points for 100 possessions). With the win, the Buckeyes are now 5-34 (.128) when having an offensive efficiency…
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