The news itself came as a surprise to Harrison Hookfin. The fact that he had earned it did not. Sunday afternoon, the Ohio State men’s basketball team was inside the home locker room at Value City Arena celebrating a hard-fought, 61-56 win against Penn State. Huddled up around coach Chris Holtmann, the Buckeyes listened as he started to speak about loving to reward players who have played important roles for the program. With Justin Ahrens on his left and Jimmy Sotos on his right, Hookfin’s ears started to burn a little bit. And when Holtmann finished his speech by announcing that the fourth-year walk-on from Lebanon, Ohio, was being put on full scholarship, a smiling Hookfin was mobbed by his teammates. He’d come a long way from a lightly used reserve who had averaged less than a point and a rebound as a prep junior, but that much wasn’t a…
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