Chris Holtmann gave it some thought. He had an understanding that whatever lineup decisions he made late in the second half of the Thursday night matchup between Ohio State and Iowa could swing the result one way or the other.
The fourth-year head coach gave some consideration to keeping Justin Ahrens on the bench with a little more than five minutes to go in a top-10 showdown. After all, when the third-year from Versailles doesn’t hit outside jumpers, his impact gets minimized. At that point, Ahrens had missed all four of his 3-point attempts, a rarity for somebody who entered the night making half of his triples on the season.