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#25 Ohio State vs #21 Minnesota, Sunday, January 3, 5:30 EST, BTN

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THE SCARIEST LAST NAME IN OHIO STATE HOOPS
Carr.

First, it was Tony Carr, the Penn State maestro who gave Ohio State more than it could handle during the 2017-18 season when he went off for 25 points, 28 points and 30 points in a trio of matchups across a month-and-a-half-long period. Memorably, he pulled up halfway between the 3-point line and midcourt to drain a banked-in running triple to give the Nittany Lions an 82-79 upset win in Columbus.

After that stretch, head coach Chris Holtmann would've preferred to never see anybody named Carr again. He said so multiple times.

Enter, Marcus Carr. In 2019-20, his first season at Minnesota after transferring from Pittsburgh, he dropped 35 points in a 13-point win versus Ohio State before going to Columbus three weeks later for a 21-point outing that concluded with him hitting a 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left that have the Golden Gophers a three-point win.

On Sunday, Carr – a 6-foot-2, 195-pound redshirt junior guard – will reintroduce himself to the Buckeyes. A third-team All-Big Ten selection a year ago, the way he's playing will put him in contention for first-team honors and already has him on NBA radars. He's averaging a team-high 22.7 points per game on 46.2 percent shooting from the floor and 38.6 percent shooting from deep while adding 6.2 assists per game. Getting it done from all over the court, he's hoisting 6.4 triples a game while getting to the line 7.4 times per contest. In short, he's proven a massive challenge to defend. He's coming off a 10-point showing against Wisconsin, but he dropped 32 points versus Saint Louis and 30 point when facing Iowa.

Keeping Carr in check is the No. 1 key to slowing down fast-paced Minnesota. Could Musa Jallow be deployed to guard him? It's possible. The fourth-year junior will be active after missing the Nebraska game due to contact tracing.
 
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I like the (basically) white court.
 
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