Bruce Thornton and Ohio State will take the court in a Big Ten rivalry against Tyler Bilodeau and UCLA on Sunday.

Ohio State will travel across the country to Los Angeles, California, this weekend for a men’s college basketball battle in the Big Ten Conference. On Sunday, they will face off against UCLA at the Pauley Pavilion. The UCLA Bruins are 19-8 overall this season while rising to 10-6 against teams in the Big Ten Conference. They are one game behind the No. 13 ranked Purdue and No. 20 ranked Maryland. They are also three games behind the conference-leading and No. 12 ranked Michigan.

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In the last week, they have traveled across the country to Indiana for a road game and won by four points, 72-68. In that win, former Oregon State transfer Tyler Bilodeau led the team with 12 points on 3-of-8 shooting and a team-high three assists. However, after coming back home earlier this week, they lost to Minnesota by just three points at the Pauley Pavilion. Sebastian Mack led UCLA with 13 points in that loss.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are 15-12 overall this season heading into this weekend. However, they have fallen to just 7-9 against teams in the Big Ten, tied with Nebraska. They are one game behind Oregon and 1.5 games behind Illinois. There are three games that separate these two teams today.

They have also played two games in the last week, losing to No. 20 Michigan at home by three points last Sunday and to Northwestern at home by 21 points on Thursday. Those two big losses came after a win against Washington at home. Bruce Thornton leads Ohio State in scoring this season, averaging 17.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 4.4 assists with 1.1 steals per game.

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