COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State basketball’s 2023 recruiting class has added a second member in Austin Parks of Memorial High School in Saint Marys, Ohio. The three-star recruit is the nation’s No. 148 player and No. 18 center. Since Chris Holtmann took over the program in 2017, Parks is the seventh in-state commit the Buckeyes have landed, with at least one in every class. They beat out eight other schools, including Illinois, Indiana and Michigan State. The 6-foot-9, 240-pound junior has the same body type as current starting center Zed Key. Like the sophomore, Parks can play bigger than his size and provide offense down low averaging 14.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore while shooting 57.8 percent from the field.
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