PITTSBURGH — The first road test of the season has arrived for the Ohio State men’s basketball team.

After comfortably beating five mid-major teams and squeezing out a one-point win against Notre Dame, the Buckeyes will finish out a home-and-home series against the University of Pittsburgh with a Black Friday road game against the Panthers. The game is Ohio State’s first of five straight against high-major opponents as the Buckeyes now get to see how what they have done through six games stands up against more challenging competition.

Pitt is 4-3 and has lost two straight. Most recently, the Panthers lost at home to Quinnipiac 83-75 on Nov. 23

Follow along with all the action at our live Dispatch game blog below.

Senior center Christoph Tilly sat out the second half of Ohio State’s game against Mount St. Mary’s for what was termed a precautionary situation, but he is not on Ohio State’s official injury report for tonight’s game.

The Buckeyes are at full strength for the Pitt game.

Ohio State vs Pitt score updates

This section will be updated when the game begins.

• Date: Friday, Nov. 28
• Start time: 7 p.m. ET

The Ohio State vs Pitt game starts at 7 p.m. from the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh.

• TV Channel: ESPN
• Livestream: ESPN
• Radio: WBNS-FM (97.1)

Ohio State vs. Mount St. Mary’s will air nationaack Kizer and former Ohio State captain Joey Lane will call the game from the Jerome Schottenstein Center. Streaming options for the game include Fubo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.

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• Series record: Ohio State leads 15-12
• Ohio State’s last win: Dec. 6, 1961 (99-79, at Pitt)
• Pitt’s last win: Nov. 29, 2024 (91-90, OT, at Ohio State)

Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Thursday, Nov. 27

Spread: Ohio State by 5.5

Over/under: 146.5

Moneyline: Ohio State (-225); Pitt (+185)

Ohio State men’s basketball schedule

• Oct. 26 – Ohio University (exhibition) W, 103-74 (takeaways)
• Nov. 3 – IU Indy, W, 118-102 (takeaways)
• Nov. 7 – Purdue Fort Wayne, W, 94-68 (takeaways)
• Nov. 11 – Appalachian State, W 75-53 (takeaways)
• Nov. 16 – Notre Dame, W 64-63 (takeaways)
• Nov. 20 – Western Michigan W, 91-58 (takeaways)
• Nov. 25 – Mount St. Mary’s W, 113-60 (takeaways)
• Nov. 28 – at Pitt
• Dec. 6 – at Northwestern
• Dec. 9 – Illinois
• Dec. 13 – vs. West Virginia (Cleveland Hoops Showdown, Cleveland)
• Dec. 20 – vs. North Carolina (CBS Sports Classic, Atlanta)
• Dec. 23 – Grambling State
• Jan. 2 – at Rutgers
• Jan. 5 – Nebraska
• Jan. 8 – at Oregon
• Jan. 11 – at Washington
• Jan. 17 – UCLA
• Jan. 20 – Minnesota
• Jan. 23 – at Michigan
• Jan. 26 – Penn State
• Jan. 31 – at Wisconsin
• Feb. 5 – at Maryland
• Feb. 8 – Michigan
• Feb. 11 – USC
• Feb. 14 – vs. Virginia (Nashville Hoops Showdown, Nashville)
• Feb. 17 – Wisconsin
• Feb. 22 – at Michigan State
• Feb. 25 – at Iowa
• March 1 – Purdue
• March 4 – at Penn State
• March 7 – Indiana

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Ohio State men’s basketball beat writer Adam Jardy can be reached at ajardy@dispatch.com, on Bluesky at @cdadamjardy.bsky.social or on Twitter at @AdamJardy.