By Danielle Daniels

2 13 2024

Ohio State at No. 20 Wisconsin
Date: February 13, 2024
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Venue: Kohl Center – Madison, Wisc.
Watch: Peacock
Listen: Ohio State Radio Network from Learfield
Live Stats: Sidearm
Game Notes: Ohio State | Wisconsin
Rosters: Ohio State | Wisconsin
Season Stats: Ohio State | Wisconsin

VIDEO: Chris Holtmann Pregame Press Conference

TICKETS: Single-game, group and mini plans are still available for the remaining men’s basketball games. Visit OhioStateBuckeyes.com or call the Ohio State Athletics Ticket Office in the Schottenstein Center at 1-800-GOBUCKS.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State starts a big week of games on Tuesday night as the Buckeyes head to Madison to take on No. 20 Wisconsin. That will be followed by a game with No. 2 Purdue at home on Sunday. Tip-off Tuesday is set for 9 p.m. ET and the game will be streamed exclusively on Peacock. Paul Burmeister and Robbie Hummel will call the action.

• This will be the 174th all-time meeting and the Buckeyes officially lead the series 91-76. Wisconsin leads 48-31 in Madison, but the teams have split the last four meetings in the Kohl Center.
• The recent series has been close. The teams have split the last 12 meetings 6-6 and over the last six meetings, the teams are tied 3-3 and the Buckeyes have outscored Wisconsin by just two combined points, 422-420.
• Earlier this year, Wisconsin pulled-away late in a 71-60 victory in Columbus on Jan. 10. The Buckeyes used a 10-2 run to lead 56-52 with 6:19 to play, but Wisconsin closed on a 19-4 run to run away with the victory. Jamison Battle posted 18 points on 4-of-5 shooting from long range. Max Klesmit scored all of his team-high 18 points in the second half to lead the Badgers.
• The Buckeyes snapped a five-game losing skid on Saturday with a hard-fought 79-75 double-overtime victory over Maryland. Point guards Bruce Thornton and Jahmir Young dueled down the stretch and it was Thornton who scored last, lifting the Buckeyes with a driving lay-up late in double-OT. Thornton finished with team-highs of 24 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Roddy Gayle Jr. added 17 points and played stellar defense on Young down the stretch.
• The game Saturday was Ohio State’s 19th double-overtime game in program history. They have won each of the last two and are now 10-9 in those games.
• Bruce Thornton returned to form last Saturday with 24 points in the win over Maryland. Thornton burst out of the gates this season, but his pace slowed over the last month. He got his bounce back and willed the Buckeyes to the double-OT victory, leading the team in scoring, rebounding, and plus/minus. Here’s hoping that’s a sign of good things to come down the stretch.
• Jamison Battle went 0-for-3 from long range Saturday vs. Maryland. That was his first game this season without a three-point make. So that means he’s due for a big game from deep on Tuesday, right? Interestingly, his previous game without a three-pointer also came against Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament last season.
• Wisconsin enters Tuesday on a skid. The Badgers have dropped four-consecutive games, three of which have come on the road. Wisconsin has used the same starting lineup in all 24 games and those five are five of the team’s six leading scorers. AJ Storr leads the way at 16.4 ppg.

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