BARBERTON – Basketball is in Ben Christman’s blood.
His dad, Brian, was a 6-foot-5 forward for Ohio Northern University’s Division III team as a freshman, and Christman grew up putting his own ball in a little round hoop, starting with fourth-grade youth recreation leagues.
He always knew he was going to grow up big, and at one time he considered wrestling, doing both wrestling and basketball one year as a kid to compare the two but ended up loving the court more than the mat. He has more fun there and isn’t too bad at it, either.