Ohio State beats Penn State on the road, three things we learned

The Ohio State basketball team went on the road and took care of business against Penn State. We look at three observations from the game.

Duane Washington is playing more within himself

Earlier in his career, heck — earlier this year, we wouldn’t blame you for getting frustrated with some of the shots Duane Washington took. He often had a quick trigger, or would make his way into traffic and attempt to pull off some low-percentage shots.

Something seemed to click though here recently, and it seems to have been the Maryland game. In that game, Washington began to take the ball to the rim and dish the ball when traffic arrived. He still scored eighteen points, but also got involved in other ways with assists and defense. It sure seemed like a more under control game that still resulted in a bushel of points.

The same thing happened tonight. Washington played within himself, took good, quality shots, but still scored 21 points on a very, very efficient 6-of-9 shooting.

He’s not frustrating as many Buckeye fans here as of late with some forced action because he’s accepting a more well-rounded game and letting things come to him.

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