COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — DeVante’ Jones scored 21 points and Michigan rallied in the second half, wrapping up its up-and-down Big Ten regular season by beating No. 23 Ohio State 75-69 Sunday.Fill-in coach Phil Martelli guided the Wolverines (17-13, 11-9) as coach Juwan Howard finished out his five-game suspension for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in a postgame handshake line. “I’m just in awe of the players’ character,” said Martelli, who went 3-2 in Howard’s place. “I’m in awe of the support staff’s knowledge. What we wanted to try to be was balanced.” Howard is expected back on the sidelines when the Big Ten Conference Tournament begins this week. “We’ll have the same energy,” Jones said. “He’s going to bring that juice and we’re going to match his intensity.” E.J. Liddell recorded his eighth double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds for Ohio State (19-10, 12-8). Seedings for the conference tourney…
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