The Ohio State bench mustered all of eight points in last Wednesday’s loss to Rutgers.
Cedric Russell alone scored 12 points in Saturday’s 68-57 win against Michigan, leading a group of reserves that nearly tripled the aforementioned output they tallied in a demoralizing defeat to the Scarlet Knights. During a game in which he played 24 minutes, more than he’d played in any previous game all year, the Louisiana transfer came up big on both sides of the ball against Ohio State’s archrival, illustrating the type of contributions he envisioned making when he decided to join the program.