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Phil Harrison

E.J. Liddell questionable for game vs. Illinois Thursday night

The Ohio State basketball team could be without star forward E.J. Liddell tonight in what could end up being the most important regular-season game of the year. The Buckeyes travel to Champaign to take on an Illinois team that is tied atop the Big Ten in the loss column. OSU is just one game back using that same metric, so getting a win would be huge. A loss would most likely end Ohio State’s shot at a regular-season conference crown.

According to an OSU spokesman, as reported by Eleven Warriors, Liddell has been “dealing with the flu for a couple of days,” and is questionable for tonight’s contest.

It is flu season after all, and Holtmann confirmed that one of his players wasn’t quite right for the game against Indiana on Monday but battled through it. Liddell didn’t have his typical game against Indiana, scoring just 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting. It wasn’t confirmed that the player was Liddell at the time, but it’s not hard to read between the lines.

Jan 27, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes forward E.J. Liddell (32) looks on during the first half against the Minnesota Gophers at Williams Arena. Credit: Harrison Barden-USA TODAY Sports

If Liddell can’t go, OSU will have to rely heavily on Zed Key, Kyle Young, and perhaps Joey Brunk to try and get some points from the power forward position.

We’ll just have to see how it all plays out when the game tips off Thursday night. More to come.

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