Land-Grant Holy Land · Dec 23, 2015
Ohio State vs. Mercer 2015 final score: 3 things to know from OSU's 64-44 win
The Buckeyes started slow, but looked great in the second half.The Buckeyes wouldn't get off to the best of starts as far as shooting goes in this one. Their first basket came with 16:44 left in the first half, a Trevor Thompson layup. The Buckeyes would go into the under-16 timeout down 5-3.
After jumping out to a 9-3 lead, Ohio State was able to trim the Bears' lead to 13-12. Mercer was shooting just 35 percent from the field up until that point, but Ohio State wasn't any better, shooting 33 percent, and going 0-for-5 from deep.
