Ohio State Buckeyes vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights

College Basketball

Ohio State

10-3

80-73

Final

Rutgers

7-7

Jersey Mike’s Arena

Lead tracker

OSU leadsBiggest lead OSU 9, RUTG 15

RUTG leads

Team	1H	2H	T
OSU	37	43	80
RUTG	41	32	73

Who won: Ohio State 80-73

The Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 80-73 on Friday, January 2, 2026 at Jersey Mike’s Arena. The Ohio State outscored the Rutgers 43-32 in the 2nd half. Bruce Thornton led the Ohio State in points (20). Tariq Francis led the Rutgers in points (17).

OSU

RUTG

Player of the game

Bruce Thornton

OSU · 20 PTS, 10 REB

7.8

Players	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	GmSc
Denis BadalauF5.7	10	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	3.4
Dylan GrantF6.3	31	14	5-12	2-5	2-3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	7.4
Emmanuel OgboleC5.8	17	5	2-4	0-0	1-2	9	0	3	0	1	5	4	2	4.2
Harun ZrnoG5.0	9	4	1-5	0-4	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.2
Jamichael DavisG6.5	21	9	4-10	1-2	0-0	5	1	0	2	0	2	3	1	8.2
Bench
Bryce Ruglass DortchF6.4	23	6	2-2	0-0	2-3	3	1	2	3	0	3	0	3	7.6
Chris NwuliF4.9	14	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.1
Kaden PowersG6.5	10	9	3-6	1-3	2-2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	8
Lino MarkG5.4	20	3	1-3	0-1	1-2	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	2.5
Tariq FrancisG7.4	27	17	6-16	2-6	3-3	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	13.2
Darren Buchanan Jr.G5.8	18	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	4	0	4	4.3

Ohio State Buckeyes vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Lead tracker

Who won: Ohio State 80-73

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