In their third game in six days, the Ohio State basketball team notched its 10th win of the season by outlasting the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, 79-77. In the final non-conference game of the season, the Buckeyes were plagued by foul troubles to three of their top-four scorers, and were hit with two questionable technical fouls late in the game to keep the result in question until the final horn.
After an uncomfortably close first half, fueled by a crazy UNC Asheville shooting performance, the Buckeyes pulled away after the break, on the strength of junior Trevor Thompson getting additional playing time due to the injury to the normal starting center, Micah Potter.