Spurred by a strong shooting performance and lockdown defense, the Buckeyes won their third straight game.
On a night when Ohio State honored its past by raising Evan Turner's No. 21 to the rafters, the Buckeyes showed out for the former national player of the year, handling Michigan 76-66.
Ohio State surged to a 7-2 advantage three minutes into the game, then went nearly four and a half minutes without a field goal. Michigan -- playing without senior guard and Columbus native Caris LeVert, the team's leading scorer -- seized its first lead at 9-7, but Kam Williams, racing around screen after screen like a latter-day Ray Allen, scored six straight points to push the Buckeyes ahead 21-16 at the under-8 timeout.