Although no Ohio State guard scored in double digits against Niagara, Jamari Wheeler scored nine in the final 7:30 in a promising sign for the Buckeye backcourt.
Ohio State picked up its second win in a row to start the 2021-22 season Friday as the Buckeyes defeated Greg Paulus and the Niagara Purple Eagles at home.
Kyle Young will be available to make his season debut on Friday night, while Cedric Russell is unavailable for Ohio State due to a death in the family.
In his first-ever college game, Malaki Branham made the game-winning assist to Zed Key in the final seconds of Tuesday's 67-66 Ohio State win over Akron.
Ohio State avoided a season-opening loss to Akron with a game-winning layup from Zed Key with 0.2 seconds left to win a 67-66 contest over the Zips Tuesday.
Eleven Warriors' Griffin Strom and Dan Hope drafted lineups for a hypothetical game between players on the 2021-22 Ohio State roster. See the full lineups and vote on who wins.
Meechie Johnson, Eugene Brown, Zed Key and Malaki Branham all had big nights while Cedric Russell and Joey Brunk struggled to make an impact against Indianapolis.
Chris Holtmann, Justin Ahrens and Justice Sueing discussed Ohio State's upcoming exhibition with Indianapolis on Friday, and talked about the team's scrimmage against Ole Miss.
Ohio State does not have a timeline for the return of Kyle Young, who was recently diagnosed with a vestibular dysfunction, but the injury is not expected be a long-term issue.
