It was there for the taking. Ohio State, coming off an emotional road win at Michigan State, made only four of 18 triples in Saturday's home game with U-M, enjoying only one short stretch in which they resembled the same team that dropped in triples as though they were free throws in Ann Arbor a few weeks ago.

If not for some cold shooting of their own, the Wolverines might have stolen one in Columbus. Instead, they left empty handed after a 64-54 loss in which Daniel Horton managed only 12 points on 4-of-16 shooting (2-for-8 from three-point range) and Dion Harris three points (1-for-7 FG) before fouling out.

The biggest culprit in addition the poor shooting – turnovers. Michigan squandered a number of chances to establish control early by throwing it away, working the offensive glass for opportunity after opportunity but failing to capitalize. U-M's saving grace was OSU's equally poor shooting, which allowed the Wolverines to hang within 27-22 at the half.

It wasn't the Buckeye guards who burned U-M this time around, but big man Terence Dials. Je'Kel Foster, who had 17 points and hit 5-of-6 triples in Ann Arbor, scored two points, while Jamar Butler was held to five. Dials picked up the slack with 22 points and 11 rebounds to pace OSU, while J.J. Sullinger added 13 and 8. No other OSU player finished in double figures.

OSU expanded its lead to 10 early in the second half before Michigan made a run to cut it to four, sparked by Harris's only triple that cut it to seven. The Buckeyes responded with the run that put it away, expanding the lead to 53-41 on a long triple from Ivan Harris and scoring the next five points to make it 58-41. The Wolverines never got closer than 10 the rest of the way.

U-M outrebounded OSU 40-30 but finished with 18 turnovers to the Bucks' 10, six coming from Horton and five from Harris. The determining difference was at the foul line, where the Buckeyes made 16 of 22 free throws to Michigan's 6 of 9.

Ron Coleman led Michigan scorers with 13 points, though he made only one of five triples, while Courtney Sims notched a double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds and Brent Petway added five points and 11 rebounds in a losing effort. Lester Abram (ankle) and Chris Hunter (knee) did not play.