Bruce Thornton scores 20, moves up Ohio State scoring list in Buckeyes' 80-73 victory over Rutgers

— Bruce Thornton had 20 points to move into eighth place on Ohio State's all-time scoring list and the Buckeyes defeated Rutgers 80-73 on Friday night.
Jan 2, 2026, 10:24 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--OSU
0%
--RUTG

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Christoph Tilly makes layup (Devin Royal assists)
  • Christoph Tilly makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Dylan Grant misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Emmanuel Ogbole makes layup (Denis Badalau assists)
  • Devin Royal makes 26-foot three point jumper (John Mobley Jr. assists)
  • Dylan Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Harun Zrno misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Denis Badalau makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Amare Bynum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamichael Davis makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Devin Royal misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Denis Badalau misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Bruce Thornton makes 9-foot step back jumpshot
  • Harun Zrno makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Harun Zrno makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bruce Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • John Mobley Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Harun Zrno makes driving layup
  • Devin Royal misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Noel makes layup (Amare Bynum assists)
  • Harun Zrno misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Amare Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amare Bynum misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Amare Bynum makes layup
  • Jamichael Davis misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dylan Grant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
  • Bruce Thornton misses 8-foot jumper
  • Jamichael Davis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
  • Brandon Noel makes layup (Gabe Cupps assists)
  • Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
  • Bruce Thornton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Devin Royal assists)
  • Tariq Francis makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamichael Davis misses layup
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 8-foot jumper
  • Devin Royal misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Tariq Francis misses 18-foot jumper
  • Devin Royal misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tariq Francis misses 11-foot jumper
  • Emmanuel Ogbole makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Brandon Noel makes layup (Devin Royal assists)
  • Amare Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amare Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dylan Grant makes driving layup (Tariq Francis assists)
  • Dylan Grant misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Amare Bynum makes 2-foot hook shot
  • Dylan Grant makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Bryce Dortch assists)
  • Chris Nwuli misses driving layup
  • Bryce Dortch makes 0-foot tip in dunk
  • Dylan Grant misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Amare Bynum misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Tariq Francis makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Lino Mark assists)
  • John Mobley Jr. misses driving layup
  • Tariq Francis makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Christoph Tilly misses layup
  • Tariq Francis makes 28-foot three point jumper
  • Bruce Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bruce Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tariq Francis misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Noel makes layup (John Mobley Jr. assists)
  • Harun Zrno misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Noel makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brandon Noel makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dylan Grant makes 3-foot dunk
  • John Mobley Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandon Noel assists)
  • Brandon Noel makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brandon Noel makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Harun Zrno misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamichael Davis misses layup
  • Dylan Grant misses layup
  • Brandon Noel makes 0-foot dunk (John Mobley Jr. assists)
  • Tariq Francis misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tariq Francis makes 17-foot jumper (Denis Badalau assists)
  • Devin Royal makes 3-foot dunk (Christoph Tilly assists)
  • Tariq Francis misses 16-foot jumper
  • John Mobley Jr. misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Thornton makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dylan Grant misses layup
  • Amare Bynum misses 7-foot jumper
  • Devin Royal misses layup
  • Devin Royal misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • John Mobley Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Thornton assists)
  • Dylan Grant makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
  • John Mobley Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper
  • Emmanuel Ogbole misses 8-foot hook shot
  • Christoph Tilly makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Christoph Tilly misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Amare Bynum misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Emmanuel Ogbole misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Emmanuel Ogbole makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Royal makes driving layup
  • Devin Royal makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Tariq Francis misses 13-foot jumper
  • Tariq Francis misses 13-foot jumper
  • Dylan Grant misses tip in layup
  • Emmanuel Ogbole misses tip in layup
  • Jamichael Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Bruce Thornton makes driving layup
  • Jamichael Davis misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Thornton makes driving layup
  • Lino Mark makes driving layup (Kaden Powers assists)
  • Lino Mark misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Lino Mark makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Christoph Tilly misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Christoph Tilly makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lino Mark misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kaden Powers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lino Mark assists)
  • Bruce Thornton makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Gabe Cupps assists)
  • Dylan Grant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dylan Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Royal misses layup
  • Brandon Noel misses layup
  • Kaden Powers misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Thornton misses 9-foot jumper
  • Bryce Dortch misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Devin Royal makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Royal makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kaden Powers makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kaden Powers makes free throw 2 of 2
  • John Mobley Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kaden Powers makes 2-foot dunk (Lino Mark assists)
  • Devin Royal misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Bruce Thornton misses driving layup
  • Bruce Thornton makes layup
  • Kaden Powers makes driving layup
  • Devin Royal makes layup
  • Kaden Powers misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Bryce Dortch makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bryce Dortch makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bruce Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Colin White assists)
  • Tariq Francis misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Bruce Thornton misses driving layup
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup (Tariq Francis assists)
  • Devin Royal makes layup (Gabe Cupps assists)
  • Devin Royal makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Lino Mark misses driving layup
  • Devin Royal misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Royal makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kaden Powers misses 14-foot jumper
  • Tariq Francis misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Christoph Tilly makes layup (John Mobley Jr. assists)
  • Tariq Francis misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Bryce Dortch makes 4-foot dunk
  • John Mobley Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Amare Bynum misses layup
  • Dylan Grant misses driving layup
  • Amare Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amare Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamichael Davis misses driving layup
  • John Mobley Jr. misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamichael Davis makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot (Kaden Powers assists)
  • Christoph Tilly makes 4-foot dunk (Devin Royal assists)
  • Jamichael Davis makes 18-foot jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Ohio State BuckeyesOSUOSU
(10-3)
(10-3, 2-1 Conf)
-9.5
-112
-9.5
-102
o151.5
-112
-440
Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRUTGRUTG
(7-7)
(7-7, 0-3 Conf)
u147.5
-105
+9.5
-118
u151.5
-108
+340
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