Penn State No Match For Buckeyes On Their Home Floor

With a Penn State team coming to Value City Arena sitting at the bottom of the conference at just 2-6, not having beat Ohio State in their last 16 tries, it would have been easy for OSU to look ahead to their showdown with co-Big Ten leader Michigan on Sunday afternoon. Instead, the Buckeyes continued their Midwest tour of lockdown defense as they stifled the Nittany Kitties, holding PSU to 31% shooting, on their way to a 78-54 demolition. While Penn State was in way over their head, the Buckeyes used this contest to work on some issues that have been plaguing them in the first half of the Big Ten slate. For starters, the Bucks have struggled at times with breaking zone defenses, upon which opponents have increasingly relied. This has been mainly due to their step back in terms of three-point shooting prowess from last year. In the first half, though, it was an offensive coming out party for Aaron Craft, who instead used dribble penetration to slice through the Penn State 2-3 zone. ...