Ohio State continues to win games in a variety of ways. On Monday night, Maryland came out with the intention of punching the Buckeyes in the mouth and, for a while, it worked.
The Terrapins played a physical ball mark with a lot of movement towards the edge which resulted in an initial advantage. Still, like so many games before this season, OSU found a way to get points with what the opposition gave it, tightened on defense and won another road contest in the tenuous Big Ten for the result of 73-65
There’s a lot to unpack with this one, especially with the way the Buckeyes responded and took over the business in front of a team that seemed motivated and was determined to turn the head of the college basketball world tonight.
As we do with every game, here are three things we’ve observed that we can draw from Ohio State’s fifth straight win and a win in eight of the last nine.