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Ohio State Buckeyes (-24.5) vs. Appalachian State | over/under 148.5
Game Date/Time: Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET
Location: Columbus, Ohio
TV: Big Ten Plus
Radio: 97.1 FM/ 971thefan.com
The nation’s leading scorer Bruce Thornton and the Ohio State Buckeyes welcome the Appalachian State Mountaineers to Columbus on Tuesday for the first time since the 2017-18 season. Ohio State last lost to a Sun Belt team in 2015, when UT-Arlington was still in the conference, and Jake Diebler’s team will look to keep that decade-long slate clean on Tuesday against the boys from Boone, North Carolina.
Appalachian State has struggled shooting the ball this season, knocking down 30% of their three-pointers and roughly 61% of their free throws. However, they’ve been menaces on the offensive glass, grabbing nearly 50% of their own missed shots through their first three games. That’s going to be a challenge that Christoph Tilly, Brandon Noel, and the Ohio State bigs must accept head-on, because the Mountaineers at this point are expecting to get second and third chances half the time.
It will be a battle of two contrasting styles on Tuesday night, App State is one of the 10 slowest-moving teams in the country, according to KenPom, while Ohio State is averaging over 100 points per game thus far.
Connor’s prediction: Ohio State 92, Appalachian State 70
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