Following a convincing 38-point win on opening night, the Ohio State men’s basketball team (2-0) returned to the floor Thursday evening against Big South cellar dweller Charleston Southern with their eyes set on starting the season 2-0 for the 19th-straight season. They did that easily, rolling over the Buccaneers 82-56.
Charleston Southern (1-1) entered the game as the No. 320 team in the nation according to KenPom. They won one game in the Big South last season, finishing in last place for the second-straight season. Despite the low expectations surrounding the Buccaneers’ program this season, Chris Holtmann described CSU center Taje Kelly as a “big kid and a load down low” and junior guard Tahlik Chavez as “an all-conference caliber player” who would “present a challenge.