Cassius Winston was nearly perfect on Sunday, scoring 27 points on 10-of-14 shooting and handing out six assists in No. 16 Michigan State’s 80-69 win over No. 19 Ohio State (21-10, 11-9). The Spartans wrapped up their regular season with a 22-9 mark overall and a 14-6 record in conference play. Michigan State had four…
Thanks to 11 second-half turnovers and anemic shooting over the game’s final 20 minutes, what was a 6-point halftime lead for Ohio State (16-9, 6-8) became an eventual 62-44 win for No. 11 Michigan State (21-5, 12-3) in East Lansing. The Buckeyes shot just 4-of-21 (19.0%) from the field in the second half and 1-of-9…
The Ohio State Buckeyes (16-8, 6-7) travel to East Lansing to face the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans (20-5, 11-3) for a 1:00 pm tip-off Sunday afternoon on CBS. The Buckeyes come into this game following a 63-56 loss at home to Illinois. Michigan State, meanwhile, comes into this game following a win at No. 20 Wisconsin on Tuesday.
COLUMBUS — Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann and players CJ Jackson and Kaleb Wesson met with reporters on Friday to preview Saturday’s home game against No. 8 Michigan State. Holtmann talked about the challenge ahead of the Buckeyes and his players didn’t disagree. Here are the highlights of everything that was said.
Michigan State has a 6-foot-11 freshman forward named Jaren Jackson who can put the ball on the floor or shoot threes off the catch or the dribble, and he may not even be the most tantalizing draft prospect on the team. That honor could go to 6-foot-7 sophomore small forward Miles Bridges, who decided to forego the NBA draft…
The Michigan State run was inevitable. It was going to happen. The only question was if the Buckeyes would be able to withstand the Spartan surge. Except the run never came. Or at least it never felt like it did. You know how comebacks feel, especially in games where one particular team is not supposed to be winning.
Following Ohio State’s 80-64 win over No. 1 Michigan State on Sunday, Buckeye players Kaleb Wesson, Jae’Sean Tate, and Keita Bates-Diop met with the media, as did OSU head coach Chris Holtmann and MSU head coach Tom Izzo. You can check it all out in the videos below.
The Ohio State men’s basketball team (12-4, 3-0) takes on the No. 1 Michigan State Spartans (15-1, 3-0) Sunday afternoon. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:40 pm and the game will be aired on CBS. The Buckeyes are coming in off of a 92-81 win at Iowa on Thursday. MSU, meanwhile, just beat Maryland by 30 points earlier in the week.
