“I think you’ll see Justice Sueing take another step offensively, so I would point to him,” Holtmann said. “I think he can definitely take another step offensively. And then I think we have a collection of guys that will help carry that load.”
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In his second season with the Buckeyes, and first on the court after transferring from Cal in 2019-20, the 6-foot-7 forward tallied double-digit points on 17 occasions. In the final eight games of the season, Sueing averaged 12.1 points per game, including a season-high 22 in Ohio State’s Big Ten tournament championship game appearance against Illinois.
The flashes Sueing showed left many – perhaps even Sueing himself – to wonder if he could sustain a higher level of offensive production on a more consistent basis.
“I still think I should’ve done a little bit more, man, looking back on it. But at the end of the day, I felt like I did a pretty good job,” Sueing said. “I will say the physicality was definitely a question for me, as far as how it would be. Basketball is the same everywhere, but I feel like basketball in different conferences, they call it differently. So that was something I was interested to see how it would play out. It played out in my favor, I was still able to get to the line and be productive in that way.”
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“I think Justice is a guy who you’ll see in those moments more,” Holtmann said. “If you remember, I believe it was the Illinois game when we were down three, he had the ball in his hands late ... and he made a play, he got an and-one, scored. So I do think you could see the ball in his hands as a primary playmaker in some of those situations, for sure.”
