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Show Caption Hide Caption Video: Ohio State’s Gene Brown, Isaac Likekele after loss at Purdue Ohio State’s Gene Brown III (left) and Isaac Likekele after an 82-55 loss at Purdue on Feb. 19, 2023. Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch Sunday’s game at Purdue wasn’t just the first time Ohio State started four freshmen. It was the first time in any of their lives that Ohio State had started four freshmen in a men’s basketball game. When first-year center Felix Okpara won the opening tip against Purdue’s Zach Edey, he did so with classmates Roddy Gayle Jr., Brice Sensabaugh and Bruce Thornton all on the court with him at Mackey Arena in what would become an 82-55 loss. It marked the first time in nearly 30 years that the Buckeyes had opened a game with four freshmen on the court together. Ohio State Buckeyes: Join the Ohio State Sports Insider text…
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