Buckeyes Come Back from 16-Point Second-Half Deficit to Beat Rutgers, 80-68

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Ron Harper Jr. put Rutgers ahead by 16.

With 15:38 remaining in Wednesday's game at the Schottenstein Center and things sliding in the wrong direction, Ohio State appeared to be in danger of losing its second Big Ten game in a row to begin conference play. Then came three 3-pointers in two minutes from Duane Washington Jr., a pair of buckets from Seth Towns and E.J. Liddell getting almost everything he wanted down low.

By the eight-minute mark, Ohio State had cut the deficit to four points, and a Washington floater with 4:54 remaining tied it up at 61 points apiece. Dealing with a depleted frontcourt due to an injury and foul trouble, Rutgers had few answers for…