Ohio State men’s basketball team needed to get its confidence back, and did that at home on Saturday afternoon with a win over Penn State, 79-67.
The Buckeyes didn’t play their best game, but it was enough to defeat a Nittany Lions team that was outmatched. Ohio State’s engine, point guard Bruce Thornton, had one of his worst games of the year, scoring just 3 points on 1-of-9 shooting from the field.
Aside from that there were plenty of positive developments for the Buckeyes in this win. Let’s take a look at what we learned about Ohio State as the ended its 3-game losing streak and improved to 13-6 on the season.