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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State found its energy after a sluggish performance earlier in the week, and the Buckeyes needed every bit of it to beat Providence.JaQuan Lyle scored 20 points and JaeSean Tate added 14 as Ohio State held off the Friars 72-67 on Thursday night.Ohio State (3-0) looked sharper after barely surviving North Carolina Central earlier in the week and won this game despite the efforts of Rodney Bullock, who was 5 for 9 from beyond the 3-point line and scored 27 points for Providence (1-1).It just seemed like we had more flow to us, Ohio State coach Thad Matta said.Trevor Thompson added 12 points for the Buckeyes in their opener of the Gavitt Tipoff Games, an eight-game series featuring Big Ten teams against the Big East.Indiana transfer Emmitt Holt scored 11 for Providence, and Jalen Lindsey booked 10 as the Friars as a team shot just 34 percent from the floor. The Buckeyes made exactly half their shots.Providence, searching for an identity this season after the loss of its two best players to the NBA, couldnt overcome the Ohio State lead but was still in the game in the final few minutes.Bullock closed it to 50-49 at the 10-minute mark with a 3-pointer, but the Buckeyes went on a 9-0 run over the next 1:28 to lengthen the lead again. The Friars pulled within two at the 4-minute mark with an Isiah Jackson 3-pointer, but a series of fouls put Buckeyes at the line and allowed them to build the lead and hang onto it.We fought back a couple different times, Providence coach Ed Cooley said. I think we were down by double digits two different times and found a way to get back. We lost a lot last year, and to grind it out and make it a competitive game right down to the wire, Im really proud of our group.The Buckeyes led the cold-shooting Friars 38-28 at the half, highlighted by a 9-2 run that erased a 17-16 Providence lead, and punctuated with a Keita Bates-Diop dunk off a steal and a 3-pointer from Lyle. Thats the last time the Friars would lead.Ohio State dominated inside, scoring 42 in the paint against Providences 20.I thought we did a good job finishing down there, Matta said. Its been a little bit of a problematic area for us. Our guys did a good job of getting the ball where we wanted it.BIG PICTUREProvidence: The departures of superstar Kris Dunn and sophomore Ben Bentil to the NBA left Cooley without a proven, experienced player around which he could build this years team, although Bullock stepped up to carry the load Thursday. Some of his teammates are going to have to do more for the Friars to be successful.Ohio State: After struggling on Monday, Ohio State triumphed in their first true test of the season. The Buckeyes were able to hold off Providences scrappy second-half charges and keep the lead.We were up by 12 points at one point, but they went on a run, Lyle said. This team last year probably would have folded and end up losing the game. It shows our maturity and how much we have grown up. We will continue to build off this game.INJURY REPORTBates-Diop went down awkwardly with his leg bent behind him about six minutes into the second half. He stayed down awhile, but eventually was helped to his feet and walked to the locker room under his own power. Matta said Bates-Diop was day-to-day with an ankle injury.UP NEXT:Providence: Returns home to play Grambling State on Saturday.Ohio State: Plays Western Carolina at home Monday night. 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And it might be Tuesday, when the No. 18 Orange host the defending Patriot League champion Holy Cross Crusaders at 7 p.m. at the Carrier Dome.Lydon, who averaged 10.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game as a freshman, was recently named to the 2017 Naismith Trophy Mens 50 College Player of the Year Preseason Watch List. The 6-foot-9 Lydon scored just two points on 1-for-6 shooting with six rebounds in 26 minutes in Syracuses season-opening 83-55 romp over Patriot League-member Colgate Friday night at the Dome. And counting Syracuses two exhibition games, Lydon is 0-for-11 on 3-pointers this season.I wasnt really trying to force anything. My shot hasnt been falling for me so Ill keep working through it, Lydon said. The first three games, even though the first two were exhibition games, I havent made 3-pointers so clearly its a slump but you just have to keep shooting the ball and it will come.Orange coach Jim Boeheim said Lydon, who is playing mostly small forward after playing all over the frontcourt last season, is straying too far from the basket.I think we should have done a better job at getting him to the basket and I think he has to rebound and get on the offensive boards a little better, Boeheim said. And when he gets there, he has to finish or pass it out for a jump shot. But he is a good shooter and if he shoots it, he will be fine.Lydon and the Orange should face a tougher test Tuesday night against a Holy Cross team thats coming off its first Patriot League Tournament championship in nine years and is one of the favorites to win another conference title.dddddddddddd The Crusaders return four starters and eight of its top 10 players from a 15-20 team that got hot at the right time and won its four Patriot League Tournament games on the road and then defeated Southern in the First Four for its first NCAA Tournament victory since 1953.We have a number of experienced players back who know what it takes to win a Patriot League championship, coach Bill Carmody said. But if we are going to be successful over the course of the entire season, we will have to be much more consistent on both ends of the court.The Crusaders got off to a rough start as they fell 81-49 Sunday night at South Carolina in what was technically the first game of the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational Tournament. Syracuse, South Carolina, Holy Cross, Monmouth and South Carolina State are playing round-robin tournament games, but Syracuse and South Carolina are already scheduled to play in the championship game Nov. 26 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.Among the Crusaders returning starters are senior guard Robert Champion (4.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game last season) and senior forward Malachi Alexander (11.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists), who was the 2016 Patriot League Tournament MVP. Against South Carolina, Champion (18 points) and Alexander (15) shot a combined 12-for-26 and scored 33 of Holy Cross 49 points and grabbed a 10 of the Crusaders 16 rebounds. ' ' '