Ohio State has made a habit of second-half comebacks this season. Ever since the No. 2 Buckeyes opened the season with a comeback win over then-No. 5 Tennessee, their ethos has been an ability to turn games around in the second half. They did it against the Lady Vols. They did it against then-No. 18 Louisville. South Florida pushed Ohio State to overtime in mid-December, and the Buckeyes still emerged victorious. In back-to-back games in early January, they pulled off double-digit comebacks against Minnesota and Illinois. But Monday at Value City Arena, facing No. 10 Iowa in front of a sold-out crowd, Ohio State’s second-half luck ran out. Caitlin Clark, one of the best players in the country, proved too much to handle, and the Buckeyes were handed their first loss of the season by the Hawkeyes, 83-72. In a matchup featuring the Big Ten’s top two offenses — Iowa entered…
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