
After three games out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in the Maui Invitational, Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann has to be pleased with his team’s showing after a tournament-ending 80-73 win over the No. 21 Texas Tech Red Raiders. The result is a fifth-place finish by the Buckeyes.
Of course, it’d be nice to have won the whole tournament, but to finish 2-1 in such a deep field is something a team with a lot of fresh faces can build on. The Buckeyes rode a massive game from forward Justice Sueing to win one heading back to the mainland.