Buckeyes Back on the Road Sunday at Maryland

#24/23 Ohio State at Maryland
Date: January 8, 2023
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: XFINITY Heart – Faculty Park, Md.
Watch: ESPN
Hear: Ohio State Radio Community from Learfield
Reside Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Recreation Notes: Ohio State | Maryland
Rosters: Ohio State | Maryland
Season Stats: Ohio State | Maryland

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State appears to be like to get again on observe this Sunday when it heads to Faculty Park, Md., to tackle the Terrapins. Tip-off is about for 1 p.m. on the XFINITY Heart and the sport will probably be televised on ESPN. Kevin Brown and Jon Crispin will name the motion.

• The temporary collection with Maryland has been shut because the Terrapins’ win on February 27 of final yr gave them a 10-9 edge within the all-time collection.
• The XFINITY Heart hasn’t been sort to the Buckeyes as they’re simply 1-5 within the constructing. The one win was a 73-65 victory on Feb. 8, 2021 throughout the COVID “No Followers” season. Kyle Younger and Duane Washington Jr., every had 18 factors within the win.
• The groups met twice final February and so they cut up the 2 conferences with every workforce claiming a 15-point victory on its residence flooring. E.J. Liddell had 24 factors within the win in Columbus whereas Fatts Russell made six three-pointers and completed with 27 factors to prepared the ground in Faculty Park.
• Ohio State comes into the sport at 10-4 total and 2-1 in convention play. The 4 losses have come by the hands of No. 17 San Diego State, No. 17 Duke, beforehand No. 1 North Carolina and No. 1 Purdue.
• The Buckeyes are No. 9 within the NET rankings and have the second-most environment friendly offense within the nation based on Kenpom.
• The offensive effectivity is outstanding given the quantity of scoring coming from freshman (44.2 %) and the balanced scoring throughout the board. Eight gamers are averaging at the least 4.0 factors per recreation. Within the recreation in opposition to No. 1 Purdue, 9 totally different gamers scored at the least two factors, and the lone participant who didn’t was Zed Key who suffered a shoulder damage and solely performed 4 minutes. The Buckeyes additionally shot 50 % as a workforce and 42.9 % from past the arc within the recreation.
• Brice Sensabaugh has been named the Massive Ten Freshman of the Week every of the final three weeks. He’s main the workforce in scoring at 16.3 ppg and has been the workforce’s main scorer in six of the final seven video games. He’s averaging 19.0 ppg during the last six video games since becoming a member of the beginning lineup.
• Maryland bought off to a quick begin, successful its first eight video games. However since then, the Terrapins are 2-5 during the last seven video games and have misplaced their final three Massive Ten video games. Maryland assistant coach Tony Skinn was on the Buckeye workers final season.
• Sean McNeil knocked-down an enormous three-pointer in opposition to Purdue on Thursday, giving the Buckeyes a 69-66 lead with below a minute to play. That was the a hundred and eightieth three-pointer of his profession.

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