9 TONIGHT
• Where : Value City Arena
• TV : ESPNU
• Radio : WBNS-FM/AM (97.1/1460)
• Records : Ohio State 6-5; Mercer 9-2
• Notable : Ohio State has blocked four or more shots in all but one game this season. … Marc Loving is 11th in the Big Ten in scoring (15.5 points per game) and Jae’Sean Tate is seventh in rebounding with a 7.0 average. … Mercer was picked to finish third in the 10-team Southern Conference.