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Aday Mara scored a career-high 24 points, Morez Johnson Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg had double-doubles and second-ranked Michigan rolled to an 82-61 victory over Ohio State.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Michigan basketball completed its regular season sweep of Ohio State on Sunday, securing a 82-61 win inside the Schottenstein Center. As a result, the Buckeyes find themselves in difficult territory entering the last month of the season.
Ohio State suffers a blowout home loss to No. 3 Michigan, 82-61, completing a season sweep for the Wolverines over the Buckeyes.
No. 2 Michigan visits the Ohio State Buckeyes after Nimari Burnett scored 31 points in the Wolverines' 110-69 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Michigan controlled the glass and limited Ohio State’s offense to hand the Buckeyes their second loss to the Wolverines this season.
With his first-half floater that gave Ohio State a 19-17 lead, Thornton passed Kelvin Ransey in points and became the fifth-leading scorer in Ohio State history. That shot, which gave Ohio State the lead with 9:38 remaining in the first half, put Thornton at 1,935 career points.