If No. 18 Ohio State can play a full 40 minutes the way it performed in the second half of its most recent game, the Buckeyes will have an excellent chance to extend their unbeaten home record Saturday when they host Iowa. Ohio State (16-6, 9-4 Big Ten) trailed visiting Minnesota by two points atthe half on Tuesday but blitzed the Golden Gophers to the count of 47-20 in the final 20 minutes for the 70-45 victory. “People think in this league you should just blow people out in the first half, be up 20,” Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann said afterward. “Come on now. Have you ever played? That doesn’t happen in league play. I just knew it was going to be a little bit of a slow drip and maybe if we could win some possessions, we could stretch it. “I didn’t really look at it as the…
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