No. 13 Ohio State holds off Penn St.
No. 13 Ohio State 83, Penn State 79: E.J. Liddell scored 22 points, including the tiebreaking free throws with 59.7 seconds left, and No. 13 Ohio State held off Penn State 83-79 on Wednesday night.
The Buckeyes (13-4, 7-4 Big Ten Conference) squandered a 12-point first-half lead but rallied from a seven-point deficit in the second for their second consecutive victory and fourth in five games.
Liddell hit four clutch free throws in the final minute, sealing it with two from the line with a second to play. Zed Key went 5 for 5 from the field and converted his only free throw to finish with 11 points for Ohio State.
Kyle Young also had a perfect shooting night for the Buckeyes, scoring 10 points on 3 for 3 from the field and the free throw line before fouling out with 5:01 left.
Seth Lundy paced Penn
2-6) with 26 points.
No. 16 Florida State 81, Miami 59: Malik Osborne had 11 points and 10 rebounds, RaiQuan Gray added 10 points along with 11 rebounds and host Florida State (10-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) routed short-handed Miami (6-9, 2-8) for the Seminoles’ fifth straight victory.
M.J. Walker and Sardaar Calhoun also scored 11 points apiece for the Seminoles. Florida State trails only Virginia (7-0) in the ACC standings.
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Walker made 5 of 6 shots from the floor, and Calhoun was 4 of 6 shots.
Osborne has been a reserve in all of Florida State’s games and has now scored in double figures in three of his last four games.
Isaiah Wong scored 21 points on 6of-16 shooting for Miami. Anthony Walker and Kameron McGusty each had 13 points.
The Seminoles shot 32 of 62 from the floor. The Hurricanes shot 20 of 54.
Florida State used a 12-0 run in the second half to extend its lead to 54-33 with 11:06 left.
The Seminoles led by 24 points, at 7147 late in the game.
No. 17 Creighton 85, Seton Hall 81: Mitch Ballock hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 41 seconds remaining to cap a season-high 29-point performance, and No. 17 Creighton overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to get past Seton Hall.
Marcus Zegarowski added 18 points, and the Bluejays (12-4, 8-3) used a 14-2 run over the final 2:57 to steal one from Seton Hall (9-7, 6-4).
Graduate transfer Bryce Aiken scored a season-high 21 points and Myles Cale had 18 of his 20 in the first half to lead Seton Hall.
No. 20 Virginia Tech 62, Notre Dame 51: Nahiem Alleyne led four Virginia Tech players in double figures with 15 points and the No. 20 Hokies rebounded from their previous road loss to control coldshooting Notre Dame.
Keve Aluma and Justyn Mutts had 14
points each and reserve Hunter Cattoor scored 13 for coach Mike Young’s Hokies (12-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who were coming off a 78-60 loss last Saturday at Syracuse.
Prentiss Hubb scored 22 points to lead the Fighting Irish (5-9, 2-6), who saw their two-game winning streak come to an end.
The guard scored just five points after intermission as the Irish, who shot 32% in the first half, finished at 36% for the game.