COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two Ohio State basketball players have earned All-Big Ten honors for the second straight season in E.J. Liddell and Malaki Branham. Liddell earned first-team honors for both the coaches and media after averaging 19.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game which led the conference. The junior scored in double figures in all 29 games highlighted by a 34-point performance in a 95-87 win over Northwestern. He came into the season as the Buckeyes’ best player and living up to those expectations in what will be his final year in Columbus. Last season he earned first-team honors from the coaches and second-team from the media while averaging 16 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Branham started the season off slow but used a 35-point game in an 87-79 win over Nebraska — when Liddell scored a season-low 10 points — as a launch point for what…
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