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Ohio State soccer wasn’t the one Buckeye crew with a giant sport on Saturday evening.
The Buckeyes males’s basketball crew entered Rupp Enviornment and took a dominant 85-65 victory over No. 4 Kentucky to enhance to 8-4 on the season.
Ohio State Hoops @OhioStateHoops
I THINK WE GOT OUR SWAGGER BACK 🗣️
Ohio State takes down #4 Kentucky within the CBS Sports activities Basic behind a profession excessive 30 factors from @Bruce2T_ ! #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/vQ9nPfkAaJ
CBS Sports activities Faculty Basketball 🏀 @CBSSportsCBB
The Buckeyes pull off the upset on the Backyard!
A convincing win for @OhioStateHoops as they take down No. 4 Kentucky. pic.twitter.com/yvpjqElVc9
This was the second lack of the season for Kentucky and the primary since a Dec. 3 loss to Clemson.
Bruce Thornton was the star of the day for Ohio State as he scored 30 factors with 4 rebounds and three assists. John Mobley Jr. had 15 factors with three rebounds, three assists and two steals whereas Aaron Bradshaw had 11 factors with two rebounds and two steals off of the bench.
Kentucky was led by 21 factors from Otega Oweh and Andrew Carr had 13 factors. Capturing was the clear difficulty for the Wildcats, because the crew shot simply 29.8 p.c on area objectives and a paltry 18.2 p.c from three-point vary.
Followers took to social media to criticize the poor efficiency and debate whether or not the Wildcats are overrated or not.
Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein
Final Saturday, Ohio State misplaced by 38 factors to Auburn in Atlanta.
In the present day, it beat Kentucky by 20 at MSG.
Anarchy?
Nope. Simply Faculty Basketball. https://t.co/UrOKT6xLHG
Maxwins @MaxwinsRacing
Kentucky misplaced by 20 to Ohio State.
🙋♂️ I believed they had been a primary seed already?
WarMachine2013 @WarMachine2013
Kentucky acquired smacked by 20 by a 7-4 crew who has misplaced 2 video games by 30+? pic.twitter.com/StFPw5vceD
John Nabors @JohnNaborsShow
John Calipari did not lose his 2nd sport of the season till 29 video games into his Kentucky tenure. Mark Pope misplaced his 2nd sport of the season after 12 video games into his Kentucky tenure🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/bHEDVAeaWR
Keg. @GratefulKeg
Simply ripped my future father in legal guidelines television out of the wall. Precipitated an enormous scene and now my fiance has requested me to depart and we’ll focus on our present scenario tomorrow.
Kentucky Basketball ruined my life.
KG @__NotKG
Kentucky Basketball immediately pic.twitter.com/D13uPMvsG3
Tyler Thompson @MrsTylerKSR
Kentucky is 5-20 on layups tonight. Appears like there’s a lid on the basket.
Faculty Basketball Wire @CBBWire
Kentucky appears completely horrible. Like they thought they had been going to NYC only for enjoyable and forgot that they had a sport.
Appears to be like like Calipari offense.
Brandon Ramsey @BRamseyKSR
Am I inspired by tonight’s efficiency? Clearly not. It stunk.
Nevertheless, I KNOW that school basketball video games exist in a vacuum. The way you look in a single sport has NOTHING to do with the way you look within the subsequent one.
This Kentucky crew is a Prime 10-15 crew within the nation. Interval. https://t.co/eYZPf2PKRB
Kentavious Tripleflips @GmingClipz
Bear in mind, guys:
Solely Kentucky basketball is allowed to skate into the postseason due to a simple convention. Nobody else is allowed. They’re the bluest of blue, irrespective of how badly they’d have gotten smoked within the previous Large East.
Dumbest fanbase on the planet. Not shut.
Gavin Downard @GavinDownard
One of many worst halves I’ve seen a Kentucky basketball crew play in a very long time. Putrid in each conceivable means.
20 minutes to keep away from tarnishing your resume with a nasty loss.
shyannajude @shyannajude
When you guys knew the document of Kentucky basketball dropping each time I wager on them yall would hate me as a result of I made a decision to wager on them immediately for the primary time this season. pic.twitter.com/aoQieX82jp
Chris Fisher @ChrisFisher247
Worst half of basketball this season for Kentucky? Most likely, however I believe you need to give the Ohio State protection a variety of credit score for it.
Jack Pilgrim @JackPilgrimKSR
Kentucky acquired wrecked on the nationwide stage and now will get 10 days to let it marinate. Does not get a lot uglier than that.
29.8 p.c capturing and 18.2 p.c from three. Mark Pope has complained about 3-point quantity for weeks and once more took simply 22.
brandie @brandieeemac
seeing Ohio St beat Kentucky by 20 when every week in the past they acquired destroyed by Auburn by 38 is wild.
sure, I do know Aaron Bradshaw performed tonight for OSU, nevertheless they had been with out Meechie Johnson.
school basketball, man!
The Buckeyes will take this marquee victory into Large Ten play within the new yr and can hope the momentum can carry the crew into the match for the primary time since 2022.
Kentucky, in the meantime, will hope to rebound from the loss and be ready for a number of Prime 25 matchups throughout SEC play.
