Sean McNeil arrived at Ohio State with a hard-earned reputation and a green light the size of Value City Arena. A three-year contributor at West Virginia, McNeil had connected on 155 3-pointers for the Mountaineers while hitting at a 36.8% clip. When Malaki Branham took his prolific scoring talents to the NBA, McNeil was recruited in his place with a stated goal of bringing offense and stretching the floor in his lone season for the Buckeyes. So far, he’s largely lived up to the billing. But with the Ohio State offense still sputtering and the threat of a second five-game losing streak looming as Northwestern comes to town Thursday night, coach Chris Holtmann is looking for more 3-point shooting – from McNeil, and from the rest of the team. “Listen, we need to take more 3s,” Holtmann said after Sunday’s 77-69 loss at Michigan. “I’ve said that to our guys.…
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