It all came down to the heavyweights.
After trailing by 10 points at 16-6 and again at 19-9, Ohio State was back within two points after massive victories at 184 and 197 pounds. But No. 16 Nick Feldman entered as a massive underdog against No. 4 Lucas Davison.
The first period stayed nip-and-tuck until the final few seconds. Davison flipped Feldman onto the mat with three seconds remaining but a scramble from the second-year Buckeye kept his opponent off the scoreboard entering the second period.
Davison rode Feldman the entire two-minute second period but did so at the cost of two stall warnings, making it a 1-0 Feldman lead before a Davison escape opened the third period.