EJ Liddell calls out Joey Brunk for lying in answer about favorite moment

Joey Brunk registered his best performance since joining Ohio State‘s program on Thursday night in the Buckeyes’ 80-69 win over Michigan State. Putting up 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting and grabbing six rebounds, Brunk – who came into the game averaging just over one point per outing – played a big role in an important game for his team.

While Brunk – who has played at Butler (2016-2019), Indiana (2019-2020) and Ohio State over the course of his collegiate career – was playing at a high level on Thursday, he made some explosive plays – highlighted by a big dunk.

While Brunk threw down the dunk against Michigan State, he was asked during the postgame press conference if that was his favorite moment of the night – but he claimed that it wasn’t.

“My favorite moment was when the clock ran out and we were celebrating as a team,” Brunk said. “That was my favorite part.”

Although Brunk said that his dunk wasn’t his favorite moment from the game, his teammate – EJ Liddell – chimed in and said that Brunk wasn’t telling the truth.

“He’s lying,” Liddell said with a laugh. “It was definitely the dunk.”

Tom Izzo expresses disbelief, criticizes players for Joey Brunk performance

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo was not happy with the way his team performed in Thursday’s 80-69 loss at No. 23 Ohio State – and rightfully so. The Spartans dug themselves into an early 13-0 hole, trailed by 10 at halftime and never led in what marked their fifth loss in their last six games.

Following Michigan State’s loss, Izzo met with the media for his postgame press conference and expressed his disbelief with the Spartans’ performance – and for what Brunk was able to do against their defense.

“Give Chris [Holtmann] and Ohio State all the credit in the world,” Izzo said. “They had some adversity, and I never though in a million years Joey Brunk – I recruited Joey, great kid. I know he’s been through more injuries and everything, but to get 18 points and tear us up like he did … I guess you can say it’s my fault for not doubling him, but he averaged like 1.1 points or something like that.

” … Shame on our guys.”