Northwestern (13-2, 1-1 Big Ten) goes into tonight's game at Welsh-Ryan Arena looking to end its 10-game losing streak against Ohio State (10-5, 2-0).
Northwestern has been playing well of late, having won 10 straight before stumbling against No. 4 Maryland, a potential Final Four team, but will not have center Alex Olah available as the Romanian continues to recover from a stress fracture in his foot. Ohio State has also been playing well, having won six straight and eight of nine, including an impressive victory over then-No. 4 Kentucky. However, they struggled on Sunday to put away a middling Illinois team, so this should be a close contest.