The rise of E.J. Liddell
E.J. Liddell will out work ya. @EasyE2432 | @OhioStateHoops pic.twitter.com/E2pxgZn7UJ
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 2, 2020
Last we saw E.J. Liddell, he was beginning to figure things out at the tail end of the season last year before things got shelved because of the coronavirus pandemic. He was making leaps in becoming the player we thought he was when he was recruited to Ohio State.
That evolution seems to be continuing. Liddell led all scorers Wednesday with sixteen points and also pulled down seven rebounds to be the inside antidote to the issues OSU experienced against the zone on Sunday. We’ll see what happens when Ohio State gets into bigger frontcourt lineups once Big Ten season play gets underway, but so far, so good.