Ohio State finished their non conference schedule on Thursday night with a sloppy 79-77 victory over UNC Asheville. The Buckeyes danced with the devil all night as they could not seem to put the Bulldogs away, leading 62-52 with 7 minutes to go, but some costly turnovers and timely shots by UNC Asheville made this a game real quick. Then it seemed like the Buckeyes lost their cool.
With 6 minutes left, Marc Loving got called for traveling and appeared to say something to the officials that caused him to get a technical and UNC Asheville used this opportunity to make it 62-61.