A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away is where Ohio State’s poor performance on the court has appeared to go.Back here on earth the Buck’s find themselves on a two game winning streak, taking the Wisconsin Badgers to the cleaners on Saturday, winning 60-42 at St. John Arena.It was a no contest situation from the start as the Bucks denied the Badgers all possibilities of scoring during the first nine minutes of play. The 8,642 fans in attendance were seeing a whole new Buckeye basketball team take command of their game.’We knew we could get right back into the conference race, if we got these two wins,’ said forward Shaun Stonerook. ‘We came out and played hard and got both of them.’Wisconsin coach Dick Bennett was on the verge of tears as he tried to explain his teams performance on the court.’Ohio State outplayed us in every aspect of the game,’ Bennett said. ‘As far as our performance and effort, I’m personally embarrassed. We’ve had a number of poor performances since I’ve been at Wisconsin, but this one was the worst.’In fact, Bennett couldn’t recall ever having a worse first half than he did in his 21 years as a collegiate head coach saying, ‘I’ve been a part of some real stinkers, but this one stunk the worst.’Ohio State’s success is due in part to a strategy of playing a smaller zone defense unlike their previous coverage that most teams have expected them to play.Stonerook, who scored nine points and had four assists against the Badgers credits this new approach for their recent victories. Stonerook also said he knows that it will only be a matter of time before opponents catch on.’It’ll probably be tougher once they see, because we put in a new zone,’ Stonerook said. ‘We’re going to keep playing hard, and if we play hard it doesn’t matter if they know it or not.’The Badgers were 0-11 from the field with 8:59 left in the first half when Badger Sean Daugherty finally sunk a three pointer making the score 15-4. Wisconsin’s Paul Grant put the first point on the board from the charity stripe earlier in the game.In the second half of play, the Bucks had pulled so far ahead of the Badgers that coach Randy Ayers decided to rest his starting lineup allowing every suited member of the team to record official playing time. This allowed walk on junior forward Eric Hanna to score his first ever career point from the free throw line after being fouled by Badger Matt Quest.Sophomore guard Damon Stringer led the Bucks in scoring with 18, six that came from back to back trey’s. With Jermaine Tate off the court now for the rest of the season, Stringer said he felt it was his place to pick up the slack.’He’s (Tate) one of our most experienced players and best low post players and with him out, I definitely feel like I need to step up,’ Stringer said.Stringer said that it was the pressure of losing that brought on the team’s new aggressive attitude that has led them to their two recent Big Ten victories.’I think it’s kind of like getting a cat against the wall, and that cat’s going to attack when he feels he’s in trouble,’ Stringer said. ‘I think we had our backs against the wall, and now we know to win games we’re going to have to claw and scratch our way out.’Ayers, who earlier in the week said he wanted to control Stringer’s potential need to step forward for the team, said he was proud of his sophomore guard whose actions won the game for him.’Obviously you need some people to step up and get it done for you, and I think Stringer did that,’ Ayers said.