The Ohio State Buckeyes are playing host to the Penn State Nittany Lions in college basketball action tonight. The game is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start time and it will be televised live on the Big Ten Network. Currently the betting odds for the game have Ohio State listed as a favorite to pick up the victory at home by a comfortable margin.
Penn State continues to struggle in Big Ten basketball, this year’s Nittany Lions are just 2-5 in league play and find themselves once again in the bottom of the conference. Lack of a consistent offensive threat has hurt them this season, though Penn State does have a gritty defense that can rebound.
For the year, though, Penn State is being out-scored by almost two full points per game, which certainly isn’t good.
Ohio State is 4-3 in conference play, their woes have come on the road. Thad Matta’s team owns just a single victory away from home this season, going 1-4 in road play while winning 10 games so far at home. Tonight should be another victory in the left column for the Bucks, a team coming off a close loss at Purdue where the Boilermakers pulled away late.
Marc Loving and JaQuan Lyle are going to be tough for Penn State to stop tonight. The duo give Ohio State a couple of very solid options, plus Kam Williams is hitting better than 49 percent from the 3-point line as a deep threat.
Penn State has an excellent low-post man in Brandon Taylor, but he can’t do it himself. The Nittany Lions really have no threat outside of Shep Garner from the guard position, he’s hitting 37 percent of his shots from deep, but really has no supporting cast to help. Taylor and Garner are the only two averaging at least 30 minutes of game time on the floor for the Nittany Lions.
Ohio State is very strong at home, they’re considerably more talented and they will run away with this one tonight.
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