Ohio State’s Holtmann Says Liddell Needs Help Offensively

Although Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann believes E.J. Liddell should be in the conversation for player of the year in the Big Ten, he also knows his junior forward can’t win the conference on his own.

That was especially apparent in Saturday’s 75-62 loss to Iowa, when Liddell scored 15 points, pulled down eight rebounds and blocked five shots but was double- and triple- teamed down low in the second half, and the Buckeyes’ offense went stagnant.

In fact, Ohio State made just three field goals in the final 13 minutes of the game, which allowed the Hawkeyes to turn a 49-49 game into a 13-point victory on the road.