Moments that mattered: Ohio State fends off Marshall, 84-74

The Ohio State men’s basketball team returned to their home court on Monday night, three days after dispatching in-state foe Youngstown State, 89-65, for their first win of the new season. The Buckeyes’ tangoed with Marshall for the third time ever, with the last game against the Thundering Herd coming back on November 25, 2016. That game was during Thad Matta’s final season at the helm of the program, and Ohio State won that game, 111-70.

The Buckeyes stuck with the same starting lineup they used in the first two games of the season — fan favorites John Mobley Jr. and Amare Bynum were flanked by three new faces — Anthony Thompson, Justin Pippen, and Andrija Jelavic.

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Unlike Friday night, it took Ohio State less than seven minutes to open up a double-digit lead on the visiting team on Monday. After Marshall’s Luke Rasmussen split a pair of free throws to get the Herd back within 10-9, Ohio State went on a 12-0 run over the next 3:07 to open things up and take a 22-9 lead. By the time the second media timeout rolled around with 10:47 left in the half, the Buckeyes had a 25-11 lead.

During that run, Jimmie Williams came off the bench and knocked down his first three-pointer of the season, and also slithered into the paint through several Marshall defenders to drop in a very difficult layup off the right side of the glass. Thompson also hit his first three-pointer of his college career during that massive Ohio State run in the first half.

With Thompson and Williams lighting it up, the Buckeyes tried to push their lead to 20 points by halftime, but didn’t quite get there. Ohio State took a 45-27 lead into the locker room at halftime, and shot 43.8% as a team. They likely would’ve been ahead by a whole lot more if it wasn’t for Marshall’s Noah Otshudi, who was doing major work for the Thundering Herd on the other side. The senior guard from Ontario, Canada scored 22 points in Marshall’s last game (a loss to Toledo), and followed it up by scoring 15 points on…

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Publish date : 2026-11-10 01:09:00

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