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Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio State Buckeyes: January 26, 2026

The Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Penn State Nittany Lions 84-78 on January 26, 2026 (2025-26 season).

Final · Played January 26, 2026 · Updated October 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most points: Eli Rice (Penn State Nittany Lions, 20); John Mobley Jr. (Ohio State Buckeyes, 25).

Line score

TeamH1H2Final
Penn State Nittany Lions324678
Ohio State Buckeyes503484

What stood out

  • The Ohio State Buckeyes' biggest edge came in the 1st half (50-32).

Player lines

  • Dominick Stewart (PSU G): 20 MIN, 6 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TOV
  • Eli Rice (PSU G): 34 MIN, 20 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 6 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Freddie Dilione V (PSU G): 13 MIN, 8 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Ivan Juric (PSU F): 37 MIN, 14 PTS, 14 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 5 TOV
  • Josh Reed (PSU F): 38 MIN, 13 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Justin Houser (PSU F): 1 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Kayden Mingo (PSU G): 33 MIN, 4 PTS, 1 REB, 8 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TOV
  • Mason Blackwood (PSU F): 4 MIN, 0 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Melih Tunca (PSU G): 18 MIN, 13 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Sasa Ciani (PSU F): 2 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Amare Bynum (OSU F): 30 MIN, 15 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 0 3PM, 3 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Bruce Thornton (OSU G): 37 MIN, 9 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM, 3 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Colin White (OSU F): 9 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Devin Royal (OSU F): 35 MIN, 14 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Ivan Njegovan (OSU C): 20 MIN, 8 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 2 BLK, 1 TOV
  • John Mobley Jr. (OSU G): 38 MIN, 25 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM, 3 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TOV
  • Taison Chatman (OSU G): 17 MIN, 11 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV

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Head-to-head

No earlier meeting between these teams is in their stored recent results.

Full Ohio State Buckeyes vs Penn State Nittany Lions head-to-head (2 meetings).

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