Ohio State had opportunities to snap its losing streak, but instead Penn State handed the Buckeyes a ninth straight defeat.
The effort was there. The offense was there. For a while, the defense was, too.
But that was when the nation's reigning player of the week got going. Jalen Pickett's bucket two possessions later gave Penn State the lead on the 20th lead change of the game and it would continue a personal run of nine straight points for the fifth-year senior guard. The game ended with Ohio State unable to hit a 3-pointer on its final possession, still trailing by four points. The Buckeyes missed five 3-pointers in the final 20 seconds of regulation, unable to either claw closer or extend the game.
Ohio State didn’t have the lead at the half, but it went into the locker room without trailing for the first time in nine games. When Isaac Likekele’s lob to Felix Okpara was finished with a demonstrative dunk with 2:09 remaining, it knotted the game at 37 and answered a jumper from Camren Wynter. After both teams had been hot for the majority of the game until that point, they would combine to end with five straight empty possessions.
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