Ohio State basketball had a problem finding the hoop in the second half and dropped a game to Illinois on the road Sunday.

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Here are three more key numbers that explain just how the Illini were able to turn things around and escape with a win at home – and why they fell behind in the first place: 5.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State women’s basketball team will try to get its 20th win of the the season when it hosts Washington today – Sunday, Feb. 2 – on the Big Ten Network. Tip-off is slated for 5 p.m. Eastern.

Ohio State hangs its hat on 37.4 percent three-point shooting (third in the Big Ten) and is led by the long-distance dynamic duo of Bruce Thornton and John Mobley Jr., each of whom has hit 40-plus threes on the season and is shooting over 40 percent from deep.

Coach Jake Diebler and the Ohio State men's hoops like they would extend their winning streak for much of the afternoon, but Illinois rallied late.

Don't look now, but the Ohio State basketball team might be getting hot at the right time. After losing three in a row by a combined total of five points, the Buckeyes have rattled off three wins in a row and done so in convincing fashion.

If No. 18 Illinois was going to start turning its season back around, it was almost certainly going to need a hand from its freshmen. But with streaking Ohio State in Champaign on Sunday, Will Riley and Morez Johnson Jr.