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Ohio State to visit Cincinnati for charity men's basketball preseason exhibition
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Ohio State men's basketball will return to southwestern Ohio for a preseason exhibition game.
One year after visiting Dayton in a charity game to raise funds for mental health awareness, the Buckeyes will play at the University of Cincinnati in a public charity exhibition on Oct. 18. Information on tickets is expected to be announced by the end of the month, with the funds raised going toward mental health providers and charities in the Cincinnati area.
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The game will be called "The OSU vs. UC CareSource Exhibition Game for Mental Health." It is being staged in conjunction with a game between Xavier and Dayton to be played at UD on Oct. 20.
Although it's an unofficial game, this will mark the fourth time the Buckeyes and Bearcats have faced each other in the last seven years. Under coach Chris Holtmann, Ohio State met Cincinnati to start the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. The Buckeyes won both matchups by an identical 64-56 score.
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On Nov. 7, 2018, Kaleb Wesson led four Buckeyes in double figures with 15 points as the Bearcats played their first game in the renovated Fifth Third Arena. That win helped Ohio State scrape its way into the NCAA Tournament as the final at-large selection and was the first time the teams had played an on-campus game against each other since 1921.
In 2019, Kyle Young (left), Kaleb Wesson (right) and the Ohio State men's basketball team beat Cincinnati 64-56.
The following year, Kyle Young had a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds in a Nov. 6, 2019 win at Value City Arena. The teams would meet again in the second round of the 2022 Maui Invitational, where Zed Key scored 19 points, Bruce Thornton and Brice Sensabaugh each had 17 and the Buckeyes took care of the Bearcats 81-53 inside the Lahaina Civic Center.
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Ohio State still has one more preseason scrimmage to schedule, and it's unclear if the Buckeyes will host a non-Division I team at Value City Arena or play a closed, "secret" scrimmage against another Division I team in a neutral city. In addition to playing at Dayton last year, Ohio State took on Clemson in Nashville and lost 86-74 .
Ohio State's regular season begins with a Nov. 4 game against Texas in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State basketball to visit Cincinnati for preseason charity game
