Entering Wednesday night, Justin Ahrens and Kyle Young had each appeared in exactly 90 games for the Buckeyes since becoming teammates in 2018.
Never once in any of those contests had both players scored at least 15 points in the same game. That is, not until Wednesday.
The pair of senior captains combined for 34 points against Towson. Young led the Buckeyes with 18 and Ahrens was not far behind with 16 of his own. The occasion marked just the fourth time both players had even tallied double-digit points in the same game as collegiate teammates. Their scoring load accounted for 40 percent of the Buckeye offense in the 85-74 win, and it was the duo’s 3-point shooting that made the difference against an upset-minded Towson team that wouldn’t go away easily.