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• Truck traffic in Perryman addressed in new Maryland Senate bill - Baltimore Sun

  28-02-2022 23:50
  Truck traffic in Perryman addressed in new Maryland Senate bill  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Multiple-Car Crash Reported On I-695 In Lutherville Closes Multiple Lanes

  28-02-2022 23:35
  
  LUTHERVILLE Md. (WJZ) — A crash involving five cars has closed several lanes on the I-695 inner loop in Lutherville-Timonium.
  The crash happened around 4:40 p.m. according to the Maryland Department of Transportation’s CHART map. The crash happened before exit 25 at Charles Street in the southbound lanes.
  The two left traffic lanes, the left shoulder and the outer loop left shoulder are closed at this time.
  This is a developing story and will be updated.
  
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• 42-Year-Old Man Targeted, Shot Inside Hustler Club, Baltimore Police Say

  28-02-2022 23:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A shooting inside of Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club has highlighted recent security concerns about late-night activity in the 400 block of E. Baltimore Street, which is commonly known as “The Block.”
  The stretch of strip clubs and adult stores downtown is seated next to Baltimore Police Department headquarters.
  On Sunday, Baltimore police said that officers had been called to The Block to investigate a report of a shooting. They found a 42-year-old man with
  
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• One Dundalk Woman Killed And Another Injured By Electrical Fires - CBS Baltimore

  28-02-2022 23:00
  
  One Dundalk Woman Killed And Another Injured By Electrical Fires  CBS Baltimore
  
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• One Dundalk Woman Killed And Another Injured By Electrical Fires

  28-02-2022 23:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 92-year-old Dundalk woman was killed and a 72-year-old woman was critically injured during two separate electrical fires in the same neighborhood, according to authorities.
  Baltimore County firefighters found the 92-year-old woman when they were battling a house fire in the 7000 block of Dunhill Road around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, county officials said.
  A neighbor had called 911 to report that the house was on fire and that someone was possibly trapped.
  Firefighters found
  
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• Ukrainian Cemetery In Dundalk Vandalized, Dozens Of Headstones Damaged

  28-02-2022 22:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Dozens of headstones were vandalized last week at a Ukrainian cemetery in Dundalk, Baltimore County Police said.
  Police said they learned of the vandalism at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Cemetery Wednesday, just before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. More than 50 headstones were damaged.
  Metro Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case. A spokesperson for Governor Larry Hogan said the state will match the
  
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• Open air drug dealing frustrating owner of West Baltimore economic center - Fox Baltimore

  28-02-2022 22:24
  Open air drug dealing frustrating owner of West Baltimore economic center  Fox Baltimore
  
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• MLB: Manfred, Union Meet On Deadline Day To Save Opening Day

  28-02-2022 22:23
  
  JUPITER, Fla. (AP/WJZ) — Commissioner Rob Manfred and top deputy Dan Halem met with players Monday on the final day of negotiations to end the lockout before Major League Baseball’s deadline to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season and a 162-game schedule.
  Emotions became more heated as the sides pressed for each other’s bottom line for a deal. Philadelphia star Bryce Harper posted a photo on Instagram altered to show him in a Japanese baseball uniform with t
  
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• Two men dead in separate shootings in South, Southwest Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  28-02-2022 22:22
  Two men dead in separate shootings in South, Southwest Baltimore  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Governor Hogan At Ukrainian Mass: ‘Slava Ukraine’

  28-02-2022 22:10
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan and other elected officials attended a prayer service Monday at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in Baltimore.
  “We are standing in solidarity with (the Ukrainian community here in Baltimore),” Gov. Hogan said. “This really has unified the people of America and the people of the world.”
  Hogan’s visit comes a day after Archbishop William Lori visited the parish before Sunday’s service.
  “It’s
  
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• East Coast Warehouse & Distribution plans location near Port of Baltimore - Fleet Owner

  28-02-2022 22:02
  East Coast Warehouse & Distribution plans location near Port of Baltimore  Fleet Owner
  
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• Community MVP: Catherine’s Family & Youth Services

  28-02-2022 22:01
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Here at WJZ, we celebrate the people and organizations who go out of their way to make a meaningful and lasting difference in the community.
  This week’s Community MVP is Catherine’s Family & Youth Services, a Park Heights-based nonprofit that has made it a mission to improve the quality of life for low- to moderate-income Baltimore families, the LGBT community and youth.
  Executive director Valarie Matthews said the group accomplishes that through a variety
  
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• Man Charged With Human Trafficking For Running Prostitution Operation In Columbia

  28-02-2022 21:59
  
  COLUMBIA, Md. (WJZ) — A Frederick man has been charged with human trafficking after investigators found he was running a prostitution business out of a Columbia apartment, Howard County Police said.
  Sang Kook Shin, 47, is charged with sex trafficking and prostitution offenses.
  An investigation into a possible prostitution operation at an apartment on Early April Way began in December 2021, police said. Investigators identified Shin as the suspect and found he had rented the apartment where
  
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• Baltimore Investing $41M In ARPA Funds In Recreation And Parks, Part Of $120M Improvement Plan

  28-02-2022 21:55
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City will put $41 million of its American Rescue Plan Act funds into recreation and parks, part of what Mayor Brandon Scott called a $120 million investment in the city’s rec centers, playgrounds, pools, trails and playing fields.
  Baltimore City Recreation and Parks will use the federal money to put approximately $10 million toward public pools, $20 million toward recreation centers, $5 million toward playgrounds, $1 million toward trails, and $2 million t
  
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• Maryland State Officials Cut Ties With Russia, Apply Economic Pressure

  28-02-2022 21:36
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan and State Comptroller Peter Franchot announced on Monday that they would apply further economic pressure on Moscow by severing all formal and financial ties to Russia.
  Hogan told Russian Gov. Aleksander Drozdenko in a letter that he would be terminating Maryland’s sister-state relationship with the Leningrad Oblast—a region of Northwest Russia that is home to one of the country’s greatest art collections.
  Hogan said he made the deci
  
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• Man who stabbed wife to death in Baltimore and blamed panhandlers is sentenced to life in prison - Baltimore Sun

  28-02-2022 21:31
  Man who stabbed wife to death in Baltimore and blamed panhandlers is sentenced to life in prison  Baltimore Sun
  
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• 1 Killed In Shooting In Southern Baltimore, Police Say - CBS Baltimore

  28-02-2022 21:24
  
  1 Killed In Shooting In Southern Baltimore, Police Say  CBS Baltimore
  
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• 1 Killed In Shooting In Southern Baltimore, Police Say

  28-02-2022 21:24
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One person has died following a shooting Monday afternoon in southern Baltimore, authorities said.
  About 1:30 p.m., officers were called to the 2900 block of Cherryland Road, where they found an unidentified male shot multiple times, Baltimore Police said.
  The shooting victim was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
  Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call police at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime
  
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• Masks will no longer be required on Baltimore County school buses - WYPR

  28-02-2022 21:17
  
  Masks will no longer be required on Baltimore County school buses  WYPR
  
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• Governor Hogan Cuts Ties With Maryland’s Sister State In Russia

  28-02-2022 20:56
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan has terminated Maryland’s sister-state relationship with the Leningrad Oblast—a region of Northwest Russia that is home to one of the country’s greatest art collections.
  Hogan made the formal announcement in a letter to Leningrad Oblast Gov. Aleksander Drozdenko on Monday. But he said he made the decision to cut ties over the weekend.Maryland and the Leningrad Oblast forged a relationship in 1993 as part of an effort to advance overall b
  
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• Baltimore Investing $41M In ARPA Funds On Recreation And Parks, Part Of $120M Improvement Plan

  28-02-2022 20:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City will put $41 million of its American Rescue Plan Act funds into recreation and parks, part of what Mayor Brandon Scott called a $120 million investment in the city’s rec centers, playgrounds, pools, trails and playing fields.
  Baltimore City Recreation and Parks will use the federal dollars to put $10 million toward public pools, $20 million toward recreation centers, $5 million toward playgrounds, $1 million toward trails, and $2 million toward athlet
  
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• Marty’s Weather Blog: No Snow In Sight To Kick Off March

  28-02-2022 20:43
  
  Hi everyone!
  What a treat it is to share these headlines with you on the last day of February!
  We’re three weeks out from the first day of Spring, and based on what I can see, March will come in like a lamb. The question is will it go out like a lion, as the old adage goes?
  That remains to be seen, but glancing at the 7-Day Forecast and realizing that our average high is 50° and our average low is 30°, we are living pretty large. Especially this time of year.Another thing that catc
  
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• Maryland Ends Sister-State Relationship With Leningrad

  28-02-2022 20:32
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that he’s dissolving Maryland’s decades-old sister-state relationship with Russia’s Leningrad region after the invasion of Ukraine.
  Hogan said in a statement that over the weekend he directed the secretary of state to terminate the relationship that was established in 1993.
  In a letter dated Monday to Gov. Aleksandr Drozdenko, Hogan wrote that the partnership was created “with a view to establishing bilateral r
  
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• Reading Partners' $20M gift to help Baltimore students - Maryland Daily Record

  28-02-2022 20:18
  
  Reading Partners' $20M gift to help Baltimore students  Maryland Daily Record
  
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• Baltimore Sun’s high school Athletes of the Week (Feb. 21-27): Mount Saint Joseph’s Bryson Tucker and Western’s Ny’ceara Pryor - Baltimore Sun

  28-02-2022 20:06
  Baltimore Sun’s high school Athletes of the Week (Feb. 21-27): Mount Saint Joseph’s Bryson Tucker and Western’s Ny’ceara Pryor  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Jeremiah Program to open new campus in Baltimore - Maryland Daily Record

  28-02-2022 19:48
  
  Jeremiah Program to open new campus in Baltimore  Maryland Daily Record
  
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• Cowboys Blockbuster Trade Idea: Amari Cooper for Ravens CB Marcus Peters - Sports Illustrated

  28-02-2022 19:42
  
  Cowboys Blockbuster Trade Idea: Amari Cooper for Ravens CB Marcus Peters  Sports Illustrated
  
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• Towson University Will Move To Optional Masking On March 1 - CBS Baltimore

  28-02-2022 19:28
  
  Towson University Will Move To Optional Masking On March 1  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Towson University Will Move To Optional Masking On March 1

  28-02-2022 19:28
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Towson University will move to optional masking on Tuesday, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and the University System of Maryland, the school announced Monday.
  On Friday, the University of Maryland announced its mandate would expire today.
  Face coverings will still be required in the University Health Center, West Village Test Center, TU Childcare Center and all other “medical settings.”
  Elsewhere on campus, masking will be voluntary.Ef
  
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• JPMorgan Chase applies for branch in Howard County — again - Baltimore Business Journal - Baltimore Business Journal

  28-02-2022 19:11
  JPMorgan Chase applies for branch in Howard County — again - Baltimore Business Journal  Baltimore Business Journal
  
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• MLB: It’s Deadline Day To Save Opening Day, 162-Game Season

  28-02-2022 18:51
  
  JUPITER, Fla. (AP/WJZ) — Max Scherzer and Andrew Miller were leading the players’ bargaining team Monday for the final day of negotiations to end the lockout before Major League Baseball’s deadline to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season and a 162-game schedule.
  The sides agreed to arrive at Roger Dean Stadium at 10 a.m., three hours earlier than usual. It was the eighth straight day of talks at the vacant spring training home of the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardin
  
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• Back to Baltimore: Looking Forward to NFMT's Triumphant Return - FacilitiesNet

  28-02-2022 18:22
  
  Back to Baltimore: Looking Forward to NFMT's Triumphant Return  FacilitiesNet
  
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• Maryland Hospital Association Marks Upcoming Two-Year Anniversary Of COVID-19 Fight

  28-02-2022 18:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Doctors, nurses and medical staff in the state are approaching the two-year anniversary of the fight against COVID-19, the Maryland Hospital Association said on Monday.
  Three Montgomery County residents — a married couple in their 70’s and another woman in her 50’s — became the first Marylanders to test positive for the virus on March 4, 2020.
  Officials said at the time the patients returned from international travel on February 20 and that the sta
  
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• Baltimore CBP Officers Seize Shipment of 29000 Counterfeit Water Purifier Filters from China - Customs and Border Protection

  28-02-2022 18:13
  Baltimore CBP Officers Seize Shipment of 29000 Counterfeit Water Purifier Filters from China  Customs and Border Protection
  
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• Here's where Baltimore ranks in potential 2026 World Cup host cities, study shows - Baltimore Business Journal - Baltimore Business Journal

  28-02-2022 18:02
  Here's where Baltimore ranks in potential 2026 World Cup host cities, study shows - Baltimore Business Journal  Baltimore Business Journal
  
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• Keith Smith Receives Life Sentence For Wife’s 2018 Murder

  28-02-2022 18:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the 2018 murder of his wife and a subsequent attempt to cover it up.
  Keith Smith, 55, was given the maximum sentence of life in prison plus three years in the murder of his wife, Jacquelyn, who was stabbed to death in 2018.
  Smith was convicted in December of first-degree murder and deadly weapon with intent to injure after a week-long trial that saw his daughter testify against him.
  Jacquelyn Smith, an Aberdeen Pro
  
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• How 2 Baltimore-Based Firms Are Carving Unique Paths to Sustainable Growth | The American Lawyer - The American Lawyer

  28-02-2022 17:56
  
  How 2 Baltimore-Based Firms Are Carving Unique Paths to Sustainable Growth | The American Lawyer  The American Lawyer
  
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• Man, 19, Found Dead Behind Anne Arundel County Funeral Home - CBS Baltimore

  28-02-2022 17:24
  
  Man, 19, Found Dead Behind Anne Arundel County Funeral Home  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Man, 19, Found Dead Behind Anne Arundel County Funeral Home

  28-02-2022 17:24
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Sunday behind an Anne Arundel County funeral home.
  Officers were called about 10 a.m. Sunday in response to a body found behind the business located at 4001 Ritchie Highway, Anne Arundel County Police said.
  The victim, identified as 19-ywear-old Devin Scott Freeman, had visible signs of trauma, police said. The nature of his injuries wasn’t immediately known.
  Freeman’s remains were taken to t
  
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• Plan to add bike path to 33rd Street in Baltimore is revived - Baltimore Fishbowl

  28-02-2022 17:05
  
  Plan to add bike path to 33rd Street in Baltimore is revived  Baltimore Fishbowl
  
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• COVID-19 In Maryland: Hospitalizations Dip Below 400 Patients - CBS Baltimore

  28-02-2022 16:50
  
  COVID-19 In Maryland: Hospitalizations Dip Below 400 Patients  CBS Baltimore
  
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• COVID-19 In Maryland: Hospitalizations Dip Below 400 Patients

  28-02-2022 16:50
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maryland are below 400 patients for the first time since August, according to the latest data from the Maryland Department of Health.
  There are 20 fewer patients in the hospital with COVID-19, bringing the number of hospitalizations to 398. The last time hospitalizations were below 400 patients was Aug. 7, when there were 374.
  Of Maryland’s COVID-19 patients, 325 are adults in acute care and 63 are adults in intensive care. Five children
  
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• 42-Year-Old Man Targeted In Hustler Club Shooting, Baltimore Police Say

  28-02-2022 16:44
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man was injured over the weekend in what police described as a targeted shooting at a strip club on “The Block” in downtown Baltimore.
  Officers were called to the Hustler Club in the 400 block of East Baltimore Street about 1:30 a.m. Sunday in response to a reported shooting, Baltimore Police said.
  When they arrived, investigators found a 42-year-old suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the back and upper arm, according to police.
  The unidentified man w
  
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• Maryland Weather: Seasonably Chilly As We Say Goodbye To February

  28-02-2022 16:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — We’re saying goodbye to February on a seasonably chilly note.
  Monday’s temperatures are slightly below our normal high (50°) and low (30°), but the abundant sunshine and relatively light winds will make it tolerable, if not comfortable.
  We’re looking at a general warming trend over the next week or so.
  There will be a few weak cold fronts moving through the area that will knock our temperatures down a bit. Each one stunts the climb in temperature
  
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• The Baltimore Sun’s Best Readers’ Choice: Medical Marijuana Contest 2022 - Baltimore Sun

  28-02-2022 15:51
  The Baltimore Sun’s Best Readers’ Choice: Medical Marijuana Contest 2022  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Keith Smith Set To Be Sentenced In Wife’s 2018 Murder

  28-02-2022 15:25
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland man convicted of killing his wife three years ago and pinning her murder on a panhandler will learn his fate Monday.
  Keith Tyrone Smith, 55, is due in court at 9:30 a.m. for a sentencing hearing in the murder of his wife, Jacquelyn Smith, who was stabbed to death in 2018.
  He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison plus three years.
  Smith was convicted in December of first-degree murder and deadly weapon with intent to injure following a week-long trial that
  
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• Baltimore Police Investigate Shooting Death Of 33-Year-Old Man

  28-02-2022 15:11
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Homicide detectives are investigating the early Monday shooting death of a 33-year-old man in Southwest Baltimore.
  About 1:09 a.m., officers called to a shooting in the 200 block of South Monastery Avenue found a 33-year-old man shot multiple times, Baltimore Police said.
  The shooting victim was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
  Anyone with information about this case is asked to call police at 410-396-
  
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• Missing Baltimore Man, 23, Found Fatally Shot In The Head

  28-02-2022 15:06
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 23-year-old Baltimore man who had been missing for nearly two weeks was found shot to death Sunday evening, authorities said.
  Officers were called to the 2200 block of Talbot Road about 5:22 p.m. to help with a vehicle being towed, Baltimore Police said. Upon arrival, they found a man dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head.
  Based on a preliminary investigation, the shooting victim was identified as Christian Jackson, a 23-year-old man who had been reported missin
  
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• Crisis in teaching profession threatens Maryland reform efforts - Baltimore Fishbowl

  28-02-2022 15:00
  
  Crisis in teaching profession threatens Maryland reform efforts  Baltimore Fishbowl
  
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• Russell, Ayala Lift Maryland Past No. 22 Ohio State, 75-60

  28-02-2022 14:58
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Fatts Russell matched his career high with 27 points, Eric Ayala scored 23 and Maryland took down No. 22 Ohio State 75-60 on Sunday.
  The Terrapins (14-15, 6-12 Big Ten) had lost six of their previous eight. But they wore down the Buckeyes (18-8, 11-6) and held them to 36.2% from the field.
  “They’ve got a lot of good players on their team, and we just had to contest their shots,” said Donta Scott, who had 14 points, nine rebounds and three steals f
  
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