Penn State’s Jalen Pickett (22) feels pressure from Ohio State’s Zed Key (23), Eugene Brown III (3) and Malaki Branham (22) during the first half of the Ohio State vs. Penn State men’s basketball game Sunday, January 16, 2022 at the Value City Arena in the Schottenstein Center. The scouting report contained the usual particulars detailing how Penn State wanted to play Ohio State. Secrets are harder to come by in the dregs of Big Ten play. But the overall message to the No. 16 Buckeyes as they prepared to host the Nittany Lions: play hard. Play really hard. If Penn State leaves Value City Arena on Sunday afternoon with a victory, it will be directly attributed to that intangible factor. The Nittany Lions dictated the tempo of the game. The Buckeyes played that game, controlled the glass, took care of the ball better than they had all season and…
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