No. 4 Buckeyes Travel to Penn State Thursday

THE BASICS

4 Ohio State at Penn State • When: 8 p.m. • Date: Thursday, Feb. 18

Where: Bryce Jordan Center • TV: BTN (Dave Revsine/Len Elmore)

Radio: 97.1 The Fan (Paul Keels/Ron Stokes)

Satellite Radio: Sirius (TBD), XM (TBD), Internet (TBD)

Game Basics

No. 4 Ohio State and Penn State play at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Bryce Jordan Center. BTN will televise. This is the second meeting of the season between the teams (OSU 83-79, Jan. 27 at VCA).
Ohio State is 11-4 in the Big Ten after defeating Indiana at VCA last Saturday (78-59).
Chris Holtmann’s teams are 3-4 vs. Penn State. The Buckeyes own the all-time lead in the series, 37-18. Ohio State is 11-8 in State College at the Bryce Jordan Center.
When ranked among the Top 25 in the Associated Press poll, Ohio State is 20-8 vs. Penn State.
Junior Duane Washington Jr. leads returning Ohio State players in the series with 12.8 points per game in four career meetings. Washington has connected on 16-of-33 field goals (.485) and 11-of-22 from 3-point range (.500). Sophomore E.J. Liddell is next with 11.7 ppg. in three games.
The Buckeyes have five games remaining and have already equaled the 11 wins from 2020 in Big Ten Conference play. Ohio State has three remaining home games: vs. No. 3 Michigan, No. 14 Iowa and No. 5 Illinois. The Buckeyes travel to Penn State and Michigan State.