Even on a night when the Buckeyes had a better showing in several areas that cost them wins in recent weeks, they just keep finding new ways to lose amid another five-game skid.
The final score doesn’t necessarily suggest it, but a lot of things went right for Ohio State on Thursday.
Even after turning things around in all the departments listed above, the Buckeyes still floundered in a number of other categories, whether they were lingering problems or brand-new ones. Ohio State entered the game as the third-best 3-point shooting team in the Big Ten. It finished Thursday’s contest 1-for-14 from beyond the arc, hitting just 7.1% of its threes on a night when Northwestern shot 12-for-29.
Sensabaugh wasn’t in the starting lineup in either of the past two games, and the 16 minutes he played Thursday tied the fewest he’s played since November. It’s difficult to discern whether the disruption of his regular rotation is the cause of his struggles or the other way around, but Holtmann didn’t offer much of an explanation after the fact.
Ohio State hit just 14 of its 22 free-throw attempts on the night and 13-of-21 in the second half alone. With momentum trending in their direction in the final three minutes, the Buckeyes could’ve turned a four-point deficit into a one-score game when Sueing stepped to the line with 2:59 remaining.The Buckeyes got two more cracks to hit a shot on the same sequence as they came down with an offensive board before a quick Northwestern turnover, but they failed to convert on those, too.
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