By Danielle Daniels

Ohio State Men’s Basketball will have a home game against Mid-major New Orleans, but they will be missing two key ingredients.

 OSU will be without head coach Chris Holtmann, due to an illness. Jake Diebler, who will be the acting head coach for the game.

Also missing will be Felix Okpara, the starting center, with an undisclosed illness as well.  Okpara is a key defensive piece for the Buckeyes averaging grabbing 6.5 rebounds, and having 2.3 blocks in 11 games.

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