After the Ohio State Buckeyes beat No. 21 Seton Hall 79-76 on Monday night and the No. 23 Florida Gators beat Cal 80-60, the two old foes met up on Thanksgiving Eve in the Beach Division Championship Game of the 2021 Fort Myers Tipoff.
Like some of the more high-profile meetings between the schools, the Buckeyes again fell to the Gators by a score of 71-68.
Ohio State was, unsurprisingly, led by junior forward E.J. Liddell who paced the scoring with 23 points — including 13 in the first half. Liddell also added 5 rebounds and 5 blocks to his stat line.