January 31th, 2015
Ohio (15-4, 7-0 MAC) at Toledo (10-9, 4-3 MAC)
Toledo is rated 76 OVR (78 off/76 def/80 sht/81 reb). They have one solid win this year, in the non-conference schedule over Gonzaga. In conference play they've lost to Buffalo, Northern Illinois and Ball State. They did beat Miami OH who seems pretty good. Their other wins are over the bottom teams in the league it appears.
We haven't played out a game vs Toledo since 2013, and they had 4 seniors then, so I don't know any of these guys. They do have one injury, to their starting PG. There's no excuse for the dominance we're going to have inside though.
Scouting
PG Doyle Henson – SR – 69 OVR – 86 speed/86 quicks, 81 defense. 78 close/75 med/72 3, 78 off the dribble. Poor handling and passing for a PG (82/70). 7.4 ppg/2.6 apg.
SG Phillip Scott – JR - 69 OVR – 76 defense, 83 close/84 med/69 3. Not a lot else to worry about. 6.4 ppg.
SF Tim Krymski – JR – 76 OVR – 6'6”. Good speed for a SF (82 spd/81 qck). 77 defender, not good enough to slow down House. 80 close/78 med/68 3, 82 in traffic, only 74 off the dribble. 9.8 ppg/6.6 rpg.
PF Clent Foust – SO – 69 OVR – 6'8” 73 orb/79 drb, not good enough to compete with us. 79 post offense, which is solid. 68 post defense, which is terrible. 84 close/80 in traffic. 12.9 ppg.
C Levi Lloyd – SO – 71 OVR – 6'7”, a natural PF, severely undersized. 71 orb/84 drb. 71 post offense/69 defense. A decent shot blocker(74). 83 close/85 in traffic. B+ strength for a PF, 77... 8.4 ppg/5.5 rpg. We'll destroy this guy.
These are their only big men rated above 55. We'll be simming this one out at halftime too I believe. And i'm not really convinced it would be different if their 71 rated PG was starting :P
Half
| Time
| OHIO
| TOL
| Notes
|
1
| 15:15
| 11
| 2
| Wendell House 11, Toledo 2. House has 2 3's and all 11 of our points. Timeout Toledo.
|
1
| 13:50
| 16
| 4
| House has 14, Cooper 2. Toledo 4. Backups are in.
|
1
| 8:30
| 27
| 19
| They've picked up the scoring quite a bit, we're still winning and should win easily but they're not going to let us run them out of the building it appears.
|
1
| 6:10
| 33
| 23
| Starters are back in for the duration of the half. Mendoza was great for the backups, hitting 3 3's and scoring 10.
|
| HALF
| 53
| 40
| I really wanted to put these guys away, and holy crap did we play well enough on offense to do so, but the defense just wasn't there after the 14 minute mark or so.
So House was his usual aggressive self, attacking the rim hard and scoring 3 or 4 dunks, getting to the line, but today his 3 point stroke is perfect to go along with that. He's 9-12 from the field, including 5-6 from 3. 2-3 from the line as well and he has 25 points at halftime. Mendoza has 10, 3-5 from 3. Murphy, Cooper and Grundy have all contributed 5 points as well.
We've committed more fouls than them and they are 7-9 from the line, likely that is keeping Toledo in the game.
|
2
| 13:40
| 62
| 58
| I can't get anything at all from anyone but House. Murphy and Cooper both miss open jumpers, Bright is blocked inside twice, just not good. They hit 3's on two straight possessions and all of a sudden its a 4 point game instead of 10. I call a timeout and go ahead and bring the backups in.
|
2
| 9:30
| 73
| 62
| Grundy takes over the game and secures our double digit lead again. They really cannot stop someone this size with a 6'8” PF and 6'7” center.
|
2
| 8:01
| 78
| 64
| Mendoza with a 3, Grundy with a little hook 4 feet or so away from the basket. Another Toledo timeout, it would seem their chance has slipped away.
|
2
| 6:45
| 80
| 67
| Starters are coming back in to finish the job.
|
House takes over once again after the starters come back in, he runs off 8 more points in a row and really just had a legendary game today, one I've never had with any individual player before.
Ohio 102
Toledo 75
Murphy: 11 points/7 assists
Cooper: 7 points
House: 47 points (17-26 FG, 7-13 3 pointers, 6-8 FT)
Bright: 0 points/10 boards
Watson: 2 points/9 boards
Grundy: 16 points
Mendoza: 13 points
Grundy was awesome off the bench, 7-11 and a couple free throws. I'll admit I forced a couple shots in the final 5 minutes or so for House once he got 40, to see if I could get him up to 50... but the 40 was pretty much entirely in the flow of the game. He just got by his man, got to the basket, and scored every time he wanted to. 7-13 from 3 is ridiculous.