Overview
- The sophomore guard injured his hand during Wednesday’s 89-82 win over USC and has no set timetable, though the team expects him to return this season.
- Mobley has started all 24 games he played, averaging 15.1 points and hitting 40% from three with a team-best 70 made threes.
- Ohio State sits in the bottom half of the Big Ten in three-point percentage, heightening the pressure on Bruce Thornton and the backcourt rotation to generate perimeter offense.
- After falling to Virginia, Ohio State faces Wisconsin, Michigan State, Iowa and Purdue over the next two weeks in a stretch viewed as pivotal to at-large hopes.
- Michigan State will host the Buckeyes on Sunday at the Breslin Center, where Mobley’s absence is expected to influence both teams’ preparations.