MINNEAPOLIS – The recent numbers weren’t pretty here for Ohio State. Take 3:45, for instance. In their last three trips to Williams Arena, that is the combined amount of time the Buckeyes ever held a lead. All three of those games were losses of the double-digit variety. Thursday night, they added a few new ones to their personal history that will be remembered more fondly. Junior forward E.J. Liddell became the 60th Buckeye to reach 1,000 career points, Chris Holtmann became the third-fastest Ohio State coach to reach 100 career wins and the No. 16 Buckeyes (13-4, 6-2 Big Ten) showed few ill effects from a nine-day layoff in between games with a 75-64 win against Minnesota (11-6, 2-6). “Coming in here, it’s hard not to look at that and see that,” fifth-year senior Kyle Young, who had 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting, said. “Coaches mentioned to us at the…
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